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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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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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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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Pneumonia Case Study: Community Case Management
Case studies on effective management of pneumonia in hard to reach areas of Bangladesh.
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Analysis of the Children's Sector in South Africa
Save the Children South Africa commissioned a mapping of the children’s sector in South Africa as of June 2014 to provide an information platform to inform its strategic reflection and planning process. The brief for the mapping exercise, the results of w
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Every Child Deserves a Chance: Save the Children South Africa vision 2020
South Africa is a young nation, one in which more than 18 million children comprise roughly 37 percent of the population. For about 70 percent of them, however, the future is bleak. They live in the poorest households and are exposed to inhumane violence
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Children's Health Priorities and Interventions
This document argues for continued investment in children's health and presents evidence-based interventions that can help end preventable child deaths and promote their healthy growth and development.
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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
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Mamme in Arrivo
This is a guide to support mothers in one of the most delicate periods of life. It contains key information regarding the process that leads to childbirth and continues with the care of the newborn and the beginning of the parenting experience.
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Safety and Efficacy of Alternative Antibiotic Regimens Compared with 7 day Injectable Procaine Benzylpenicillin and Gentamicin for Outpatient Treatment of Neonates and Young Infants with Clinical Signs of Severe Infection when Referral is not Possible
Severe infections are one of the main causes of neonatal deaths worldwide. The typical recommended treatment for young infants experiencing severe infection is hospital admission with antibiotic therapy. Since there are barriers to hospital care for many
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Protecting Women's and Children's Health From a Changing Climate
Climate change increases challenges to women’s and children’s health. There is more likelihood of women and children suffering and dying from problems such as diarrhoea, undernutrition, malaria, and from the harmful effects of extreme weather events, incl
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Guide de l'Animateur: Formation des agents de santé communautaire du Burkina Faso sur le genre
The purpose of this facilitation guide is to support child rights organizations in their work on gender-sensitive health programs. The training sessions are designed to facilitate the participation of health professionals in this discussion, both the expl