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Updated: 8 weeks 6 days ago How can children effectively participate in disaster risk reduction?This guide, and the examples within it, show the varied, productive and leading roles children can play in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The guide states ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Analysing education and school-to-work transitions amongst young people in BrazilThis paper develops a model of investment in education and school-to-work transition under uncertainty, using Brazil as a case study. The main predictions ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Conditional cash transfers for South African childrenThis paper assesses the rationale behind Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) in South Africa. It looks at evidence of the reach and impact of major CCT programmes, ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Mobilising communities on young people's health and rights: an advocacy training guideThe international community and many national governments have endorsed young people's rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Community advocacy for young people's health and rights: a toolkit for programme managersThe international community and many national governments have endorsed young people's rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Progress made in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother to child transmission of HIVThis United Nations report shows progress in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, but urges greater ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Combating commercial sexual exploitation of childrenThese guidelines offer a project planning tool for designing strategies of an International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Young people and children in the mediaThis section of the fourth edition of the Gender and Media Diversity Journal contains a selection of articles explores youth, children, and the media. ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
How to address school development issues through activities and trainingThis toolkit outlines activities and training methods to address problems that affect school attendance and development in Cambodia. The toolkit is ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Involving young people in tackling the HIV epidemic in NigeriaThe HIV epidemic in Nigeria is complex and varies widely by region. In some states, it is more concentrated and driven by high-risk groups, while others ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
What impact do natural disasters brought about by climate change have on children?Climate change is likely to lead to an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, and it will be the people in the poorest countries, ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
A policy guide to ending girl child marriageGirls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Programmes targeting displaced and returning populations in NepalIn 1996, an armed Maoist insurgency grew out of the Communist Party of Nepal and resulted in 10 years of conflict, human rights violations perpetrated ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
How to implement effective mechanisms for promoting the rights of disabled childrenThe document finds that children with disabilities and their families constantly experience barriers to the enjoyment of their basic human rights and ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
An analysis of young people's conceptualization of sexual relations in MalawiThe statistics regarding HIV/AIDS prevalence among young people in sub-Saharan Africa are well-known and often cited, with the 15 to 24 year old category ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Challenging gender roles in small scale miningIn the small-scale mining industry little is understood about the roles and activities of girls and the effect that this has on their lives and livelihoods. ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Mapping child malnutrition in Ecuador: a canton level analysisThe Government of Ecuador has made a commitment to eradicating childhood hunger, and is presently undertaking steps to develop policies and programmes ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
HIV and hunger: community perspectives from Kitwe, ZambiaThis report documents the findings of Local Voices, a six month qualitative research project that provided HIV orphans, vulnerable children and their ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Tackling child malnourishment in India: an analysis of inter-regional disparitiesIn spite of recent economic growth, India maintains one of the highest proportions of undernourished children in the world, partly owing to the highly ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
Recognising variations in childcare for AIDS orphansAlthough caring for children orphaned by AIDS is increasingly acknowledged as a priority area for HIV/AIDS and development programs, there is limited ...
Categories: Global Health Headlines, Maternal and Child Health
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