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COVID-19 Impacts on African Children: How to protect-a-generation at risk
The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented with the virus spreading in almost all countries in the world. In Africa, 55 out of 54 countries have reported at least one COVID-19 infection. Luckily for Africa, confirmed COVID-19 cases remain comparatively low, a
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Mental Health Matters: Protect children's well-being in Hong Kong
This report is a component of a larger research initiative by Save the Children Hong Kong, assessing the changing dynamics of Hong Kong children’s most significant needs for support. The report examines the current mental health needs for children in Hong
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Towards a New EU Global Health Strategy: Civil society shadow Global Health Strategy
The EU hosts many of the best healthcare systems in the world and brings its extensive technical and managerial experience to advancing global health. It has tremendous convening power, a wide scope of action and partnerships, presence in international or
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2020 Global Hunger Index: One decade to zero hunger linking health and sustainable food systems
At the time of writing, approximately 200 million children suffer from stunting or wasting worldwide. Worldwide hunger is estimated to be moderate, but it is evident that the COVID-19 pandemic has undermined food and nutrition security for many. The impac
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Child Development Grant Programme: Strengthening social protection systems in Nigeria
This three page brief summarises how Save the Children has been working with the government of Nigeria and partners to expand and strengthen its social protection system using an evidence-based approach. The brief first details some of the major challenge
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Every Breath Counts in Nigeria: A coalition to accelerate reductions in child pneumonia deaths
Pneumonia, the leading infectious killer of children under five, has been called a “forgotten killer,” “a neglected tragedy,” and a “global cause without champions.” Less than 5% of international Development Assistance for Health and just 3% of all infect
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The Health of Internally Displaced Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
Around 41,3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) were located around the world at the end of 2018. The same year, internal displacement in sub-Saharan Africa was higher than in any other region, with approximately 7,4 million people displaced due t
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Health System Challenges for Improved Childhood Pneumonia Case Management in Lagos and Jigawa, Nigeria
There is a clear need for improved case management of pneumonia, through the sustainable implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) diagnostic and treatment algorithms, as case fatality rates remain high in Nigeria. The stud
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Community and Caregivers’ Perceptions of Pneumonia and Care‐seeking Experiences in Nigeria: A qualitative study
Pneumonia deaths can be reduced by timely care-seeking, however, the success of this is largely determined by caregivers and community norms of health. This study aims to understand the contexts that drive pediatric service uptake in Nigeria by exploring
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Leading Minds Conference 2019: Healthy minds, healthy futures
When asked about their mental health, young people across the world often express a sense of hopelessness. This often relate to structural determinants such as growing inequalities, rising hate and intolerance. However, climate change and environmental ha
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PMNCH 2019 Annual Report: Ensuring universal health coverage delivers for women, children and adolescents
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) is the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. Bringing together over 1,000 partner organizations from 10 constituencies across 192 countries, PMNCH provides a
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Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2020
COVID-19 is threatening decades of progress towards eliminating preventable childhood deaths the L evels and Trends in Child Mortality 2020 report finds. While under-five deaths were at an all-time low in 2019, totaling 5.2 million, this trend can be halt