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Engaging on health financing- A guide
Many governments in low-income countries and fragile environments are currently exploring strategies to improve access to essential healthcare. This guide responds to requests from staff working in low-income and fragile environments to support their poli
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Preventing the Preventable: An analysis of CRC concluding observations on the right to survival
How the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child treats newborn and child survival in eleven countries with high levels of child mortality: Bangladesh, China, DRC, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda. Although newbo
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A fair chance at life: Why equity matters for child mortality
'A Fair Chance at Life' draws attention to one of the most pressing development challenges of our age –the toll of preventable child deaths in the world’s poorest countries, which in 2008 claimed nearly 9 million lives. This is a scandalous waste of human
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Community champions: Adapting to Climate Challenges
This publication contains abstracts from papers presented at the fourth International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change which was held on 21-27 February 2010 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Conference was structured around plenary
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Working with Customary Justice Systems: Post-Conflict and Fragile States
This volume aims to assist readers develop a better understanding of the relationship between customary justice and the legal empowerment of users and identify possible entry points for engaging with customary justice systems. It features chapters on init
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Case Study. Bringing to end corporal punishment: alternative forms of discipline for children in Tanzania
Corporal punishment in schools is still widely practised in Tanzania, and although the Government of Tanzania has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, corporal punishment in schools remains legal. The programme implemented by Save the Ch
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The Millennium Development Goals and the African Food Crisis – Report from the Afrint II project
This report summarizes research carried out between 2007 and 2010 in the Sida-financed Afrint II project. Afrint stands for intensification of food crops agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. The most salient, policy relevant conclusions deal with maize- whi
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Situation analysis of newborn health in Tanzania: Current situation, existing plans and strategic next steps for newborn health
Tanzania has substantially reduced child mortality in the past five years, but most of the decline has come after the first month of life and neonatal mortality has not reduced. Each year, at least 51,000 Tanzanian newborns die; an additional 43,000 babie
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The evaluation of cash transfer schemes in Africa
This report is based on discussions held at the Meeting on the Evaluation of Cash Transfer Schemes in Washington DC in September 2009. The meeting was supported by USAID and hosted by Boston University School of Public Health. The report serves as a docum
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The experiences and priorities of young people who care for their siblings in Tanzania and Uganda
This research report presents key findings from a small-scale pilot research project that explored the experiences and priorities of young people caring for their siblings in sibling-headed households affected by AIDS in Tanzania and Uganda. Qualitative a
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Children Now- Winter 2010/2011
'Children Now' features news and articles on Save the Children's work across the world. This issue introduces No Child Born to Die — Save the Children's campaign to give every child the chance to fulfil their potential. It also takes a glance back at some
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Capturing Children's Views on the Children's Bill 2010. The National Child Consultation Programme in Zanzibar
A report compiled by Save the Children in partnership with UNICEF and the Ministry of Labour, Youth, Women and Children Development. It outlines the findings of the National Child Consultation Programme on the development of a Children’s Bill for Zanzibar