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School Health Thematic Ladders: Guidance for the well-being and physical protection of school-age children
The School Health Thematic Ladders contain rubrics or milestones for any school, or school district, or an entire project to meet the basic requirement for the wellbeing and physical protection of school-age children. They are based on Save the Children’s
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Mitigating the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food and Nutrition of Schoolchildren
While cases of COVID-19 appear to be fewer among children (and symptoms generally milder), national responses to the pandemic can have important consequences for child nutrition and educational outcomes, especially in lieu of school closures. This joint n
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Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes: National implementation of the International Code status report 2020
Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS) and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions through enforcement of national legal measures is essential to ensuring that parents and other caregiver
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Guideline for Remote Support on Nutrition During COVID 19 Pandemic Version 1.0
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to affect the quality and scale of nutrition, health and other lifesaving interventions. The restrictions on mobility and recommendations on social distancing will affect nutrition programmes, and measures are need
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Nutrition & Coronavirus Advocacy Messaging
This document contains Save the Children's advocacy messaging to put vulnerable children first in the coronavirus crisis.
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COVID-19 and Children in Indonesia: An agenda for action to address socio-economic challenges
The measures to control the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia are having a widespread impact on the economy, but also the daily lives of the population. For some children, the impact will be life-long. Existing inequalities may be exacerbated, particularly
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Global Nutrition Report 2020: Action on equity to end malnutrition
In 2020, malnutrition remains a pressing global challenge. Even though some progress has been made towards ending malnutrition, it has been too slow and unfair. The Global Nutrition Report 2020 reveals that one in nine people are still hungry or undernour
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Good Nutrition on Tea Estates
Between 2016 and 2019, Save the Children US worked together with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health to improve child and maternal health and nutrition in the Tea Estates. The nutrition of a child during the 1000 days of their lives is especially important
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Improving Early Childhood Development: WHO guideline
Enabling young children to achieve their full developmental potential is a human right and a central part of sustainable development. Given the critical importance of enabling children to make the best start in life, the health sector, among other sector
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Understanding the Factors Affecting The Humanitarian Health and Nutrition Response for Women and Children in Somalia Since 2000: A case study
Two decades of armed conflict has caused immense damage to Somalia's infrastructure and led to mass displacement and suffering among the population. Health and nutrition indicators in the country are some of the worst in the world, as the complex context
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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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Learning Brief: Village Savings and Loans Associations Promote Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
This is a learning brief developed by the USAID/Nutrition and Hygiene project (Projet Nutrition et Hygiène- PNH). Access to sustainable micro-credit was long considered impossible in the rural communities of Mali’s Sikasso Region. Yet, with the support of