Maternal and Child Health

The Lancet Series, Maternal and child undernutrition

Effective international action against undernutrition:
why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?


UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health to examine maternal mortality in India

At the invitation of the Government, , the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt, will visit India from 22 November to 3 December 2007.


Social protection in health schemes for mother, newborn and child population: lessons learned from the Latin American Region


Pan American Health Organization - PAHO/WHO
Area of Health Systems Strengthening -  Health Policies and Systems Unit - 2007


Cottonseed cultivation exposes children employed in the industry to poisonous pesticides

India has distinction of having the largest area under cotton cultivation in the world and has been a pioneer in developing hybrid cotton seeds for commercial use. The Indian cottonseed industry is also marked by the highest proportion of child labour in its workforce.

The local seed farmer justifies the continued and increasing employment of children, particularly girls.


Caring for Children affected by HIV and AIDS Innocenti

Insight - November 2006 UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence Italy Available online as PDF file [60p.] at:

http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/insight-hiv-eng.pdf


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