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Universal Health Care and Coverage Index 2019
The global community has committed to work together to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite this, at least half the world’s population still lack access to essential health services and inc
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A Cost of the Diet Analysis in Sylhet & Moulvibazar District in North-East Bangladesh, December 2018
The Cost of the Diet (CotD) assessment in Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts in 2018 was conducted to estimate the potential contribution of Suchana programme interventions on household food affordability. This analysis aimed at assessing the degree to whic
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Tanzania: Lishe Endelevu- Sustainable Nutrition
This is a Project fact sheet for the USAID-funded multi-sectoral nutrition activity Lishe Endelevu in Tanzania (2018-2022). "Lishe Endelevu" is Swahili for "sustainable nutrition".
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Legacy Maternal and Child Cash Transfer Endline Evaluation: Key findings
The Legacy Maternal and Child Cash Transfer (MCCT) was funded by the Livelihoods and Food Security Fund from January 2016 to April 2019. The MCCT aimed to improve nutrition outcomes for mothers and children through the delivery of nutrition-sensitive cash
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Follow the Money: Equitably financing child survival
Four years on from the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, child mortality rates continue to fall, yet big inequalities in child survival persist. Deprived and marginalised children are far less likely to have access to basic healthcare services
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Save the Children Global Nutrition Factsheet 2019
The global Nutrition factsheet summarizes Save the Children's nutrition approach, advocacy, programming and research work around the world for 2019. It also includes links to recent Save the Children nutrition-related publications School Health & Nutritio
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Small Steps Big Leap: Save the Children India annual report 2017-18
This Annual Report, covering the period 2017-18, presents the work and achievements of Save the Children India. It highlights the organization's success in delivering on-ground projects to address some of the most pressing issues of children, including un
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A Cost of the Diet Analysis in Sylhet and Moulvibazar District of North-East Bangladesh
This research brief summarises the key findings and recommendations of the Cost of the Diet (CotD) assessment conducted in Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts of Bangladesh in 2018. The study was conducted to estimate the potential contribution of DFID & EU
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Innovation in school-based MHM programming: How do we know what works?
Schools are a popular locus of menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) programming. Although the linkages between addressing MHH in schools and school attendance have been globally emphasised, there is little rigorous evidence. We do know that supporting girls
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USAID/Projet Nutrition et Hygiène: Stories from the Heart
Without first-hand knowledge, it is often difficult to understand and appreciate the transformative changes that communities are experiencing. This book of success stories shares the USAID/Nutrition and Hygiene (Projet Nutrition et Hygiene) project’s jour
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Fighting for Breath Call to Action: End childhood pneumonia deaths
Pneumonia is the world’s leading infectious killer of children, claiming the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five every year, more than 2,000 every day. It is a shocking demonstration of pervasive health inequities disproportionately
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Improving Minimum Dietary Diversity for Children Aged 6-23 Months When Household Affordability is a Major Constraint in Northeast Bangladesh
This article was published in the ENN Field Exchange on November 2019 (Issue 61) and shared the key findings from two studies (a Barrier Analysis and a Cost of the Diet analysis) carried out to inform the Suchana programme (2015-2022), which aims to reduc