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INSPIRE Handbook: Action for implementing the seven strategies for ending violence against children
Approximately 1 billion children are subjected to violence across the globe each year. The costs of such widespread violence are immense; exposure to violence is associated with effects on brain function, psychological well-being, noncommunicable diseases
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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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INSPIRE Indicator Guidance and Results Framework: Ending Violence Against Children: How to define and measure change
In 2016, a cohort of 10 global organisations collaborated to produce INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children, the first-ever global technical package for preventing and responding to violence against children. To supplement the te
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Pathways for Peace: Inclusive approaches to preventing violent conflict
Today's conflicts are increasingly complex and long-lasting. By 2030, it is estimated that over half of the worlds poor people will be living countries affected by high levels of violence and conflict. The consequences of such widespread violence will be
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World Development Report 2018: Learning to realize education's promise
This report by the World Bank is the first of its kind to be entirely devoted to education. Around the world, there are many obstacles to learning, These challenges, left unattended, stall the development of communities, with far-stretching and long-lasti
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DCP Chapter 2: Mortality at Ages 5 to 19: Levels and Trends, 1990 to 2010
This chapter reviews and expands on estimates of mortality rates and numbers of deaths in those ages 5–19 years in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for 1990 and 2010. The age range of 5–19 years encompasses the inflection point of human mortality
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DCP Chapter 3: Global Nutrition Outcomes at Ages 5 to 19
Details of what is known about dietary intake and the consequences of malnutrition for children ages 5 to 19 are discussed in this chapter, as well as what actions are needed globally to address their nutritional needs. Statistics show the extent of anemi
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DCP Chapter 4: Global Variation in Education Outcomes at Ages 5 to 19
This chapter confirms the positive relationship between educational attainment and economic growth. Student achievement at the system level is affected by size of the rural population, diversity of terrain, adult literacy rates, income distribution, ethni
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DCP Chapter 6: Impact of Interventions on Health and Development during Childhood and Adolescence: A Conceptual Framework
This chapter provides a conceptual framework for exploring the processes and inputs that determine the physical, cognitive, and intellectual growth of human beings from conception to adulthood. This task is made particularly difficult by the absence of a
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DCP Chapter 7: Evidence of Impact of Interventions on Growth and Development during Early and Middle Childhood
Worldwide patterns of linear growth faltering, based on data from many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Victora and others 2010), indicate deterioration of child nutritional status, on average, from 0-24 months, after which there is leveling-off
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DCP Chapter 8: Evidence of Impact of Interventions on Health and Development during Middle Childhood and School Age
Evidence is explored regarding whether interventions in school-age children can affect their later development by (1) reviewing the evidence for and against irreversibility to look for specific empirical examples supporting or refuting the idea of lifelon
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DCP Chapter 9: Puberty, Developmental Processes, and Health Interventions
Key dynamics of adolescent development and how they provide opportunities for intervention are examined in this chapter. Adolescence remains a time of great developmental plasticity and risk for the onset of a range of disorders that can carry a high burd