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Health and nutrition
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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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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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Advances in the Measurement of Coverage for RMNCH and Nutrition: From contact to effective coverage
Current methods for measuring intervention coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition (RMNCH+N) do not adequately capture the quality of services delivered. Without information on the quality of care, it is difficult to a
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Advancing Measurement and Monitoring of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition: Global and country perspecitves
Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) represents an essential shift in prioritisation for actions designed to help families live healthy, secure lives and fulfil t
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Stunting, Wasting, and Education in Nigeria
Globally, the number of primary school children with nutritional deficiencies is high. This rapid review focuses on children with such deficiencies (namely stunting and wasting), and how it affects them throughout their primary education. Although the foc
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Don't Push It: Why the formula milk industry must clean up its act
The lives and the health of millions of vulnerable children are at risk from a threat that receives too little attention – the rapid growth of the market for baby milk formula. The unique life-saving and life-enhancing benefits of breastfeeding are proven
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Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) in Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
The United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition has focused on the elimination of malnutrition in all its forms. To achieve this goal, countries are focusing on nutrition specific and sensitive programs. This paper reviews studies in three thematic areas
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Improving Child Nutrition and Development through Preschools in Malawi
Some 12,000 community preschools in Malawi serve 45 percent of the county’s preschool population. Yet, because of food insecurity and communities’ difficulties in providing preschoolers with a midmorning meal, these schools may not survive. To address thi
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Nutrition: 10 messages for children to learn and share
This poster provides 10 key messages about nutrition adapted for children. The second page contains Frequently Asked Questions on how the infographic can be adapted and used. School, Health and Nutrition (SHN)
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Financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Putting the children who are the furthest behind first
The potential gain is extraordinary. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – with their underlying pledge to reach those furthest behind first – would ensure that all children are given the chance to fulfill their potential. It would deliver
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Adolescent Nutrition: Call to Action
An estimated 1.2 billion adolescents aged 10-18 will have a profound impact on the current and future health and well-being of their children, and society as a whole. Through the promotion of healthy diet and eating practices during adolescence, we have t
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Recent Lessons from the Literature on Advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through Health Systems Strengthening
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a global priority, as essential quality services are still not available or used by many of the poorest children, and Save the Children has taken a strong stance in support of UHC, being committed to build local and nati