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Ending Legalised Violence Against Children by 2030: Progress towards prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment in Pathfinder countries
This report tracks the country-level progress that has been made to prohibit corporal punishment of children in Pathfinding Countries. It emphasizes the importance of ending corporal punishment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.2. Furthermo
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Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) 2017
The 2017 Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict Report reveals an alarming increase in grave violations against children—21,000 verified occurences in the last year alone (compared to 15,500 in 2016). Children in conflict areas in the Central Af
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Nutrition in the WHO African Region
Today, nutrition is considered a fundamental pre-requisite to health and well-being, and a primary indicator of future human capital development. The first 1000 days of a child's life is especially crucial. Physical growth and cognitive development within
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Displaced and Host Communities Livelihoods and Food Security in Borno State, Nigeria: HEA Urban Baseline Report
The Household Economy Approach (HEA) was developed in the early 1990s by Save the Children UK in order to assist humanitarian practitioners in predicting short-term changes in a population’s access to food. It is a livelihoods-based framework for analysin
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Turning Education Around: Responding to the crisis in Borno state, Northeastern Nigeria
Many children in Borno State and Northeast Nigeria are risking not receiving an education. A lack of education, and subsequently a loss of job opportunities, has the potential of fueling additional cycles of violence and forced migration in the region. Do
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Basic Needs & Response Analysis Framework Report: Pilot assessment in and around informal IDPs settlements in Borno State, Nigeria, June 2017
This report, undertaken by Okular Analytics, Save the Children, the World Food Programme, and Plan Internation, assesses the basic needs and the required response for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in settlements in Borno State, Nigeria.
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Every Last Child Country Spotlight: Nigeria
Save the Children is campaigning at an international and national level to achieve the greatest impact for children with the Every Last Child Campaign. Save the Children in Nigeria aims to revolutionize the way the country treats children in the next 15 y
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Feasibility of Community-level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia: perspectives, knowledge and task-sharing from Nigeria, Mozambique, Pakistan and India
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), particularly pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, remain one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and are contributory in many fetal/newborn deaths. This editorial discusses a supplement of seven papers which prov
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Building a Safe and Prosperous Future for Nigeria’s Children through Education
The terrorist group Jama’atu Ahlus Sunnah Lid Da’awati Wal Jihad, more commonly referred to as Boko Haram and loosely translated to “Western education is forbidden”, have carried out terrible atrocities in the north-east of Nigeria since 2009. Schools hav
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Ending Malnutrition for Every Last Child in Nigeria
Nigeria has the second-largest economy in Africa, yet its benefits have not been shared fairly. Approxiamtely 55% of all children in the country are malnurished, totalling the highest number in Sub-Saharan Africa. Those in Northeastern Nigeria are especia
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North East Nigeria: Children's lives and futures at risk
Children in North East Nigeria are paying the heaviest price for seven years of brutal insurgency, coupled with months of intensified fighting between insurgents and the Nigerian government. Violence has forced a million children to flee their homes and s
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North East Nigeria: Children’s lives and futures at risk
Children in North East Nigeria are paying the heaviest price for seven years of brutal insurgency, coupled with months of intensified fighting between insurgents and the Nigerian government. Violence has forced a million children to flee their homes and s