UNAIDS and HIV Education: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
The education sector plays a critical role in national responses to the HIV epidemic. However, this contribution is often poorly appreciated and understood due to limited, difficult-to-measure data and the... read more Posted on 11-24-2009
The Children DeState of America's Children 2008
The Children's Defense Fund's State of America's Children 2008 report is a compilation of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on poverty, health, child welfare, youth at risk,... read more Posted on 11-20-2009
October 5th: Child Health Day in the US
US President Obama declared October 5, 2009 as Child Health Day. He stated, “Our Nation has an obligation to provide access to affordable, high-quality health care for all our children,” and... read more Posted on 11-20-2009
400 Million Indigenous People Have Low Standards of Health
This article, published by The Lancet, notes that almost 400 million of the world's indigenous people have low standards of health. This poor health is associated with poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding,... read more Posted on 11-18-2009
Seen and Heard: Involving Children in Responses to HIV and AIDS
This publication explores the involvement of children, including young children, in responses to HIV and AIDS and examines issues around children's participation. It examines the challenges of enabling children to... read more Posted on 11-18-2009
Child Health and Wellbeing Health Equity for children Could Help Save Millions of Lives Worldwide.
According to the Global Health Council, "Over the last 30 years, the global community has used effective and targeted methods to save the lives of millions of children. Despite... read more
Child Rights and Child Poverty: Can the International Framework of Children's Rights Be Used to Improve Child Survival Rates?
by Simon Pemberton, David Gordon, Shailen Nandy, Christina Pantazis, and Peter Townsend Published online 2007 October 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040307
This paper explains how the international framework of human rights can be better used to... read more
Children, Health and the Environment
Children face innumerable risks to their health and wellbeing, and these are directly linked the environments they live in. The physical or built environments (or lack there of) as well as environmental pollution affect the deveopment and wellbeing... read more
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