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Save the Children Global Nutrition Factsheet 2018
The global Nutrition factsheet summarises Save the Children's nutrition approach, advocacy, programming and research work around the world for 2018. It also includes links to recent Save the Children publications. School, Health and Nutrition (SHN)
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Air Pollution and Child Health: Prescribing clean air
This report, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), summarizes the latest scientific data and knowledge on the connections between air pollution exposure and adverse impact on child health. Air pollution causes over seven million premature deat
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Effects of a Violence Prevention Intervention in Schools and Surrounding Communities: Secondary analysis of a cluster randomised-controlled trial in Uganda
The Good School Toolkit is effective in reducing staff violence against children in Ugandan primary schools. A secondary analysis of cluster-randomised trial data was conducted to investigate intervention effects on school operational culture, and on norm
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Fighting for Breath: A call to action on childhood pneumonia
This report shows that pneumonia, ‘the forgotten child killer,’ is responsible for the deaths of more children under five than any other disease. It kills two children in this age group every minute—more than malaria, diarrhoea, and measles combined. More
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Care for Child Development (C4CD) Plus: A pilot project for 3-5 year old children
Save the Children, in partnership with the Ministry of Health of Bhutan, implemented an innovative intervention to provide a quality parenting program which is “The Care for Child Development Program (C4CD) Plus”. The program aims to empower parents and
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Vaccination to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance
This document discusses the benefits of adopting an expanded vaccination strategy to decrease antimicrobial resistance in the fight against pneumonia.
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Actualising CHAON Case Studies
Save the Children implemented a child rights program, titled as CHAON “Children's Action against Oppression and Neglect” in 200 villages of Muzaffargarh (Punjab) and 150 villages of Sanghar (Sindh) from 2009 to 2014. This program was implemented with the
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The Patrons of CHAON
Save the Children implemented a child rights program, titled as CHAON- Children’s Action against Oppression and Neglect in 200 villages of Muzaffargarh (Punjab) and 150 villages of Sanghar (Sindh) from 2009 to 2014. This Program was implemented in partner
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Lives Cut Short: Rate of child deaths due to undernutrition in the Philippines now higher than global average
The Philippines has seen a steady decrease in the under-five child mortality in the past decades. From a child mortality rate of 42 per 1,000 live births in 1998, it is now down to 27 per 1,000 live births in 2015. This means that 27 out of 1,000 Filipino
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Children's Healthy Nutrition: Advice and recipes for the nutrition of 6-month to 6-year old children
Healthy nutrition is necessary throughout all life stages, from the early stages of fetal development during gestation, to the delivery, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, up until late adulthood. A good and appropriate nutrition is essential to
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"Every Day Things are Getting Worse" The Impact on Children of Attacks on Health Care in Yemen
The ongoing conflict in Yemen, that escalated sharply in March 2015, has led to the near collapse of the country’s already fragile health care system. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that as of Januar
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For Clean, Healthy, and Beautiful Children: A handbook parents and kindergarten teachers
Since the very first years of childhood, it is important to teach the child to recognise the rules and to take care of his/her personal hygiene. Healthy habits of hygiene and nutrition make children healthy and increase their self-confidence. In order be