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Child health
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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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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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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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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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Safe, Strong, and Smiling: Messages and activities
This infographic provides 20 messages on malaria and health and lifeskills adapted for children. The second page explains the messages in-dept. The resource is available in English, Lingala, and French.
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Children's Multidimensional Health and Medium-Run Cognitive Skills in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This paper examines the effects of children’s health on their education in later life stages in low- and middle-income countries. It has the following four objectives: To explore whether the positive relationship between children’s height and cognitive sk
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Save the Children and The Global Fund Together Against HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria: Africa and Asia
Save the Children has considerable direct involvement with the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, mainly in Asia and across all three diseases, with an evolving partnership at the global level. This document presents Save the Children's key G
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Save the Children and The Global Fund Together Against HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria: Asia
This document presents Save the Children's key Global Fund Projects in Asia with a focus on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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Ending the Scandal of Preventable Child Deaths: Our call to the next UK government
The next UK government has the opportunity to play a leading role in this global process, promoting ambitious and sustainable goals that could bring an end to preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths and achieve universal health coverage, whereby al