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Child health
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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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Sizing Up: The stunting and child malnutrition problem in the Philippines
Stunting in the Philippines, with a rate of 33%, is largely due to inequality of access to nutritious food, long period of hunger, and a lack of nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life. The first 1,000 days, from the time of conception up to the chi
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Children's Participation in Learning and Action for Nutrition: A basic guide
The Children's Participation in Learning and Action for Nutrition (PCAAN) approach contributes to the reduction of chronic malnutrition by building and consolidating a platform that enables children to work together to create behaviour change for themselv
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The Rainbow Garden: Growing colourful food to keep you healthy
This child-friendly book follows Mika and Christina as they search for the perfect Mother's day gift for their mother. The story teaches important lessons about nutrition and the importance of eating a colorful plate. The story is followed by suggestions
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The Puzzle: How to keep clean and why it is important
This child-friendly book tells a story about the invisible bacteria that come to Mika and Christina's village to make the villagers sick. The story teaches important lessons about hygiene and precautions children can take to avoid sickness. The story is f
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What is Kangaroo Mother Care? Systematic review of literature
This study investigates the various available definitions of kangaroo mother care and identifies its core components.
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The Special Glasses: A story about stomach pain and how to avoid it
After Mika and Christine suffer a round of unpleasant diarrhea and stomach ache, the parrots ZuZu and ZaZa give the siblings a special pair of glasses that allow them to see the bacteria making them sick. This child-friendly book teaches important lessons
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Everyone Counts: How to share your food so everyone gets enough to eat
This child-friendly book follows Mika and Christina’s Family as they challenge the eating norms of their village to ensure that each family membrer gets enough food. The parrots Zaza and Zuzu suggest that they divide the food before eating, instead of le
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Mid-upper Arm Circumference Screening in Informal Camps at the Northern Greece Border
Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) is the circumference of the left upper arm, measured at the mid-point between the tip of the shoulder and the tip of the elbow. MUAC is used for the assessment of nutritional status.
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A Stone is a Strange Thing: A story about Ebola, grief and loss, and how friends can help
When Hannah's mother falls sick with Ebola she is forced to take care of her brother Daniel on her own. Within a short period of time, Hannah's mother passes. This child-friendly book informs children about Ebola and how to cope with the loss of a loved o
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Further, Faster, Fairer: Reaching every last child with immunisation
Immunisation saves lives and is undoubtedly one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions, with far-reaching benefits. Improved coverage has contributed to the impressive 50% drop in child deaths globally between 1990 and 2015, from 1
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Real-Time Assessments of the Strength of Program Implementation for Community Case Management of Childhood Illness: Validation of a mobile phone-based method in Malawi
This study seeks to assess the validity of using mobile technology to monitor the provision of community case management by health surveillance assistants (HSAs) in Malawi. To do so, it compares the sensitivity and specificty of the information obtained t