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Murray, C., and H. Newby. "Data Resource Profile: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)." International Journal of Epidemiology 41, no. 6 (December 1, 2012): 1595–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys185.
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Taha, Zainab. "Trends of Breastfeeding in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)." Arab Journal of Nutrition and Exercise (AJNE) 2, no. 3 (December 28, 2017): 152. http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ajne.v2i3.1356.
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In 1990, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) declared a “global goal” for protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding (Innocenti Declaration) (WHO/UNICEF 1990). In 1991 health care authorities in the UAE started to implement breastfeeding promotion and support programs across the country. To date, there are ongoing national efforts and investments in these programs including development and update of policies and strategies.This mini review evaluates the trends of infant and child feeding practices in the UAE over the last few decades to assess the progress attributed to the rollout and implementation of breastfeeding promotion programs.Keywords: Breastfeeding, United Arab Emirates, Nutrition.
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Laird, Siobhan E. "International Child Welfare: Deconstructing UNICEF's Country Programmes." Social Policy and Society 4, no. 4 (October 2005): 457–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746405002642.
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There has been exhaustive scrutiny of the policies of the Bretton Woods institutions and the United Nations Population Fund. UNICEF, despite a prominent role in agenda setting for children's welfare in developing countries, has not been subject to comparable scrutiny. This paper argues that the Country Programmes promulgated by UNICEF to improve children's welfare reflect ethnocentric conceptualisations of the family. As a case study, Ghana's Country Programme 2001–2005 is considered in detail. Anthropological studies are adduced to highlight underlying ethnocentric assumptions around social organisation. The ramifications of these assumptions are then considered.
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Tamara, Junisti. "Kajian Semiotika Roland Barthes pada Poster Unicef." Journal of Education, Humaniora and Social Sciences (JEHSS) 3, no. 2 (December 2, 2020): 726–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.34007/jehss.v3i2.403.
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is an organization from the United Nations that provides humanitarian assistance and welfare development to children and their mothers in developing countries. Until now, UNICEF has published numerous posters containing appeals and warnings to help fellow human beings who are experiencing difficulties. However, some of the posters are difficult to translate directly. This study aims to determine how best to understand the message conveyed by the UNICEF posters. As well as knowing the denotation, connotation and ideology in UNICEF posters. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The data analysis used is semiotic analysis based on Roland Barthes' theory, namely the meaning of the signifier, signified to determine the meaning of denotation, connotation and ideology on the UNICEF poster. The overall results in this study explain that by utilizing the semiotic analysis method, posters that look quite confusing can be easily understood. Semiotics presents a sequence of processes so as to deliver a work of art and design as steps that can be explained in a structured manner.
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Miskelly, MPP, Reiko, Will Parks, PhD, Nawshad Ahmed, PhD, Asenaca Vakacegu, MA, Katherine Gilber, MPP, and Tim Sutton, MA. "Monitoring the early response to a humanitarian crisis: The use of an Omnibus Survey in the Solomon Islands." Journal of Emergency Management 7, no. 5 (September 1, 2009): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2009.0022.
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On April 2, 2007, an earthquake followed by a tsunami hit islands in Western and Choiseul Provinces of Solomon Islands. More than 36,500 people living in 304 communities were affected. Alongside other United Nations agencies, International and National Non-Government Organizations and Faith- Based Organizations, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has played a significant role in the emergency response. UNICEF mobilized staff and resources guided by the agency’s Core Commitment for Children in Emergencies (CCCs). Dialogue with government counterparts and partners led to an initial 6-month Emergency Management Plan (EMP) enabling coordination of UNICEF’s response to the needs of the affected population. This article describes the use of a rapid monitoring tool—the Omnibus Survey— designed to measure initial EMP targets for key child survival interventions 10 weeks after April 2. The article begins with an overview of UNICEF’s role in declared emergencies. A background to the April 2 disaster and UNICEF’s early work with partners is then provided, followed by an explanation of the Omnibus Survey. Immediate implications of the survey’s findings for UNICEF’s ongoing assistance are discussed together with broader lessons learned when preparing for and managing humanitarian crises in the Pacific.
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Siddiqui, Rehana. "Savitri Goonesekere (ed.). Violence, Law and Women’s Rights in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2004. 352 pages. Paperback. Indian Rs 390.00." Pakistan Development Review 47, no. 2 (June 1, 2008): 217–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v47i2pp.217-219.
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The book titled Violence, Law and Women’s Rights in South Asia deals with a critically important issue for all countries, and particularly so for South Asian countries. In the latter, despite socio-cultural similarities, significant differences exist in handling gender-based violence. The issues are linked to the socio-cultural norms of the societies and the legal and institutional set-up prevailing in each country—viz., India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The present study was initiated by United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
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Samuel, Tilahun. "Challenges of donor fund allocation and utilization: The case of United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) Ethiopia." International NGO Journal 14, no. 1 (January 31, 2019): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ingoj2018.0330.
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Johnstone, Ian. "Introductory Remarks by Ian Johnstone." Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 113 (2019): 99–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/amp.2019.207.
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In 1945, world leaders gathered in San Francisco to sign the United Nations Charter, which laid the blueprint for today's international system. The institutional architecture that was built around the United Nations, including its specialized agencies (such as the World Bank and World Health Organization) and funds and programs (such as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)), survived the Cold War and seemed to have hit its stride in the immediate post-Cold War era. Yet the global distribution of power has changed, states are no longer the sole actors in international affairs, and the very idea of global governance is being called into question. Not surprisingly, there is much questioning of whether the institutional architecture that was built almost seventy-five years ago is still fit for purpose. Policymakers are rightly focused on reform of that architecture. Rather than tinkering at the margins, this panel was conceived with a more radical agenda. If the UN did not exist today, would we create it? If so, what would it look like?
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SAARI, FARRAH ATIKAH, WAN AHMAD AMIR ZAL WAN ISMAIL, and TENGKU FAUZAN TENGKU ANUAR. "IMPLIKASI COVID-19 TERHADAP KEMISKINAN KANAK-KANAK." International Journal of Creative Future and Heritage (TENIAT) 9, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 126–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.47252/teniat.v9i1.403.
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Abstrak Isu kemiskinan kanak-kanak amat jarang diwacanakan di Malaysia sedangkan ia merupakan isu kritikal yang menjadi penentu masa hadapan mereka dan negara. Keadaan kemiskinan kanak-kanak menjadi lebih teruk dengan penularan wabak Covid-19 dan pengisytiharan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP). Andaian awal, PKP memberikan kesan secara multidimensional ke atas kemiskinan kanak-kanak. Justeru, objektif kajian adalah untuk mengetahui cabaran berkaitan implikasi Covid-19 yang berbentuk multidimensional ke atas kemiskinan kanak-kanak. Kajian menggunapakai pendekatan kualitatif dengan merujuk kepada sumber sekunder sahaja yang terdiri dari Laporan Kemiskinan Kanak-kanak Bandar, UNICEF 2017, artikel jurnal, buku dan tesis yang berkaitan. Pengkaji menggunakan instrument melalui pendekatan Cadangan Dasar Program sedia ada yang dikeluarkan oleh United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF Malaysia) yang meliputi empat bidang iaitu pendidikan, makanan, kesihatan dan kebajikan. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa implikasi Covid-19 sememangnya telah memberi pelbagai kesan negatif kepada kanak-kanak dalam pendidikan, makanan, kesihatan dan kebajikan. Kesimpulannya, kajian ini telah membantu pelbagai pihak, khususnya pihak kerajaan berkaitan realiti kesan Covid-19 dan PKP ke atas kemiskinan kanak-kanak dari pelbagai dimensi. Abstract The poverty issue among children is rarely being discussed and talked about in Malaysia while it is one critical problem that could affect the future generation as well as the nation. The poverty rate among children has increased with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and also the declaration of Restricted Movement Order (RMO). Based on the early estimation, RMO has been affecting the children's poverty in multidimensional aspects. Hence, objective of the study is to know the challenges related to the Covid-19 implications in form of multidimensional aspects regarding the children poverty. The research is using a qualitative approach by referring to the secondary resources which is the Report of Poverty in Urban Kids, UNICEF 2017, journal articles, books, and theses. Researchers use the instrument through the existing Program Policy Proposal approach issued by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF Malaysia) which covers four areas, education, food, health and welfare. The results of the study found that the implications of Covid-19 have indeed had various negative effects on children in education, food, health and welfare. In conclusion, this study has helped various parties, especially the government bodies on tackling the reality of Covid-19 and RMO towards the poverty of children in multidimensional aspects.
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O'Brien, Kathleen. "Syrian Refugee Children And Mental Health Trauma." Allons-y: Journal of Children, Peace and Security 2 (March 27, 2020): 32–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.15273/allons-y.v2i0.10055.
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In 2015, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) named Syria as the most dangerous place on earth to be a child (UNICEF, 2). Since the onset of civil war in 2011, nearly 4.8 million Syrians are refugees outside of Syria and approximately 6 million are internally displaced (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2016). While some refugees have successfully resettled in North American and European nations, many remain in limbo in refugee camps. What is most staggering about the population of affected persons is that nearly half, approximately 6 million, are children (UNICEF, 2016). Nearly all of these children have been subjected to trauma that has manifested in a variety of ways. They have often been subjected to or witnessed violence and have experienced the loss of one or more of their caregivers. Refugees face difficulty accessing psychological and health services and are met with the stigma surrounding mental health in countries including Lebanon and Turkey, regions that many refugee children have fled to. In the absence of these supports, the mental trauma a child is experience can impact learning and development and have disastrous impacts on their future.
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Chamberlain, Marie. "A Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in northern China." Nursing Ethics 4, no. 6 (November 1997): 511–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096973309700400607.
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In the People’s Republic of China, an approach has been adopted to ensure that all children born as a result of the one-child policy are healthy. The World Health Organization/United Nations Children’s Fund (WHO/UNICEF) has encouraged the Chinese Government to embrace this philosophy. Part of this approach has resulted in an attempt to increase the breastfeeding rates. This report describes a visit by two nursing faculty members of a Canadian university to an urban hospital maternity unit in the northeast of China, where the staff were attempting to incorporate this philosophy into their maternity care with the assistance of nursing faculty members from the local university. The method chosen to integrate this philosophy was the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative initiated by WHO/UNICEF.
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Sari, Venisa Yunita. "Efektivitas Program No Lost Generation UNICEF dalam Menangani Kasus Child Soldiering di Konflik Suriah Tahun 2011-2018." Jurnal Al Azhar Indonesia Seri Ilmu Sosial 2, no. 1 (February 26, 2021): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.36722/jaiss.v2i1.530.
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<p><em>United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) adalah organisasi internasional bekerja di 191 negara yang berfokus pada penegakan dan perlindungan hak-hak anak. UNICEF melalui program </em><em>No Lost Generation Initiative </em><em>yang bertujuan untuk menyelamatkan tentara anak dan melindungi keselamatan anak di Suriah. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat efektivitas dalam pencapaian program bantuan yang diberikan oleh UNICEF melalui program No Lost Generation (NLG). Melalui metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif, sumber data dalam tulisan ini berasal dari studi pustaka dengan telaah buku, jurnal ilmiah, laporan, serta artikel dari sumber terpercaya. Penelitian ditelusuri dengan menggunakan teori efektivitas organisasi yang dikemukakan oleh </em><em>S.P. Siagian</em><em> yang selaras dengan tujuan penelitian untuk menganalisis efektivitas suatu program organisasi internasional. Penulis menemukan bahwa program UNICEF No Lost Generation tahun 2011-2018 telah efektif dalam membantu aktor pemerintah untuk memenuhi, menegakkan, dan melindungi hak-hak anak di Suriah melalui enam indikator, yaitu </em><em>adanya kepastian tujuan NLG yang hendak dicapai, NLG memiliki kepastian strategi, proses analisis dan perumusan kebijakan NLG yang baik, penyusunan NLG yang matang, tersedianya sarana dan prasarana yang memadai, sistem monitoring dan pengelolaan dalam implementasi NLG yang baik.</em></p><p><strong><em>Kata kunci</em></strong><em>: No Lost Generation, </em><em>UNICEF, Tentara Anak di Suriah</em></p>
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Banerjee, Subhanil, Ashok Kumar Sar, and Shilpa Pandey. "Improved yet Unsafe: An Aquatic Perspective of Indian Infant Mortality." Journal of Health Management 22, no. 1 (March 2020): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972063420908379.
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Infant mortality rate (IMR) is an important development indicator and a vital component of millennium development goals (MDGs) set by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). According to UNDP, so far India has only fared moderately in reducing IMR (Goal 4 of MDGs). India (32) ranks 144th among 196 countries regarding IMR as per the 2017 data availed from World Development Indicators. Its adjacent countries such as Bhutan (25.6), Bangladesh (26.9) and Nepal (27.8) have fared much better regarding infant survival. Numbers within the parentheses indicate the IMR of the respective country. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has identified that IMR among families with better access to improved drinking water sources and toilet is much lower than those bereft of the same. This inference has been drawn from National Family Health Survey 3 data (NFHS III). The present study investigates into the aforementioned relation analysing NFHS IV data. The result depicts that contrary to UNICEF’s findings, IMR increases with better accessibility to improved water sources. Further to this, the article shows that an additional aqua-related practice together with improved drinking water sources might lead to the betterment of IMR for India.
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Meleis, Afaf I. "Community Participation and Involvement: Theoretical and Empirical Issues." Health Services Management Research 5, no. 1 (March 1992): 5–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095148489200500102.
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In 1978, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), in their Alma Ata Declaration, declared a war against ill health and lack of access to and use of health services by advocating a joint effort among countries to bring health for all for the year 2000. Although such wars have been waged many times before, this time the declaration had a slightly different message, one paying respect to the people who are the target of that declaration. The message was to help people achieve their health potential within their abilities, values, and technologies by helping them help themselves. Other significant parts to this message included dealing with the use of local technology, the involvement of intersectorial cooperation, and the view of health as integral to development (WHO, 1978).
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Woltanowski, Piotr, Andrzej Wincewicz, and Stanisław Sulkowski. "Protection of Children’s Human Rights and Health: A Legacy of Julian Kramsztyk, Janusz Korczak, and Ludwik Rajchman." Global Pediatric Health 5 (January 1, 2018): 2333794X1775415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794x17754157.
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Tutor of generations of Warsaw medical doctors, Julian Kramsztyk (1851-1926) was son of Rabbi Izaak Kramsztyk, Polish patriot and fighter for independent Poland. Julian Kramsztyk graduated in medicine from Warsaw University in 1873 to soon work as a supervisor of the Internal Diseases Department of Bersohns and Baumans Children’s Hospital from 1878 to 1910, and despite of refusing professorship from Imperial Warsaw University, he worked as a lecturer of pediatric disorders from 1880 with strong association of his medical practice with scientific and editorial tasks as well as engaging in charity. This article focuses on selective retrieval of biographical data of social and scientific achievements of followers of Julian Kramsztyk: his student, pioneer of children human rights, and pioneer of healthy patterns of nutrition of children, pediatrician Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit; 1878 or 1879-1942); and a skilled bacteriologist and a brilliant epidemiologist who was a prominent activist of the League of Nations (later United Nations Organization), cofounder of the UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund), and the first chairman of the Organization from 1946 to 1950, which was primarily dedicated to “provide emergency food and health care to children in postwar time,” Ludwik Rajchman (1881-1965). Janusz Korczak works laid foundation for international recognition of children rights to health, respect, education, privacy, and all the other human rights to be included in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In 1989, nutrition and vaccination issues were the main medical interests of these medical doctors and still remain major fields of UNICEF actions.
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Muthoharoh, Husnul. "Determinants of Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Lamongan Public Health Center." STRADA Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan 9, no. 2 (November 1, 2020): 1151–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.30994/sjik.v9i2.443.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recommend initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of life. This research aimed to investigated the determinants of breastfeeding practices in Lamongan Public Health Center. This study used an observational analytic research design with a cross-sectional approach. The population in this study were all mothers giving birth at the Lamongan Public Health Center when the study was running in May-July 2020. The sampling technique used total sampling. The sample in this study are 43 people. The factors associated with the implementation of early breastfeeding initiation were knowledge about early initiation of breastfeeding (p value = 0.000) and family support (p value = 0.006). It is recommended that childbirth service providers provide education to families before childbirth in order to facilitate the implementation of early initiation of breastfeeding.
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Holla, Radha. "The malnutrition bazaar: the case of RUTF." World Nutrition 12, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 104–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.26596/wn.2021122104-118.
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Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children is life-threatening. Its causes range from lack of access to balanced food, to incorrect feeding practices, lack of access to an efficient health system, to clean potable water and sanitation. However, the present approach to managing SAM is fortified packaged food – a paste made with peanuts or other protein rich food such as chickpeas, milk and sugar, to which micronutrients are added. Currently, a version of the paste with less energy levels is also being recommended for treating even moderate forms of malnutrition, as well as for prevention of malnutrition (World Health Organization (WHO), 2012; WHO/UNICEF/WFP, 2014; WFP/UNICEF/USAID, undated).
The large number of malnourished children around the globe furnish the food and pharmaceutical industries with an immense potential market for these fortified food packages. That the market for ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) is rapidly expanding is primarily due to its endorsement by the World Health Organisation (WHO, the World Food Programme, the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition[1] (UNSCN) and UNICEF for treating SAM (World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition and the United Nations Children’s Fund. (2007).). Non state actors like Action Against Hunger (Action Contre La Faim) and Médecins Sans Frontières have also been working to introduce RUTF treatment in countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, Malawi, Yemen, India and Pakistan. In addition, several of the new manufacturers use unethical marketing practices to increase their share of sales.
The long-term sustainable solution to reducing undernutrition has to be based on policies that manage conflict, inequity, gender imbalance, food sovereignty and security, infant and young child feeding, basic health services and provision of safe drinking water and sanitation.
[1] In 2020, the UN Network for SUN (UNN) merged with the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) to form a new entity, called UN Nutrition. As of 1 January 2021, the UN Nutrition Secretariat, hosted by FAO headquarters, became operational.
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Parkinson, Joy, Philip C. Mkandawire, Timo Dietrich, Abi Badejo, Mohammad Kadir, and Violet Tembo. "Developing the UNICEF Malawi School Handwashing Program." Social Marketing Quarterly 24, no. 2 (April 22, 2018): 74–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524500418766355.
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Diarrhea is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among children and immune-compromised individuals in Malawi. Handwashing with soap (HWWS) is one of the most cost-effective health interventions to prevent diarrhea. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Malawi has adopted a social marketing approach to achieve large-scale behavioral change for HWWS. The study, commissioned by UNICEF Malawi, was developed by PSI Malawi and Griffith University and conducted by PSI Malawi. Formative research insights using two research studies are presented including observations at 30 primary schools in terms of HWWS behavior. Second, key informant interviews with school administrators and staff members were conducted to understand HWWS motivation, opportunity, and ability factors. This study found less than half of the assessed schools had handwashing facilities. Structural barriers that prevent school children from practicing HWWS were identified including a lack of financial resources to construct permanent handwashing facilities in schools. Many schools also experience a lack of support from the community as citizens are not aware of the benefits of HWWS. Changes to school and community infrastructure are required to facilitate the adoption of the behavior. Supporting activities to encourage school children to practice HWWS and reinforcement strategies to sustain the behavior over time should also be implemented. School children can then become change agents for HWWS by reinforcing the behavior at home thereby contributing to the achievement of the national objectives to reduce diarrhea and leading to improved health and well-being for communities in Malawi.
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Medie, Peace A. "Women and Postconflict Security: A Study of Police Response to Domestic Violence in Liberia." Politics & Gender 11, no. 03 (September 2015): 478–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x15000240.
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Domestic violence or Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the form of violence against women (VAW) that is most reported to the police in Liberia. This violence cuts across class, ethnic, religious, and age lines (Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services, et al. 2008) and results in psychological trauma, physical injuries, and, in some cases, death. Societal beliefs that frame domestic violence as a regular part of life serve to legitimize and foster the problem in Liberia (Allen and Devitt 2012; LISGIS et al. 2008) and pose a challenge to the state and to international organizations (IOs) and women's nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that have introduced measures to combat domestic violence since the end of the country's 14-year civil war in 2003. One such effort is the Women and Children Protection Section (WACPS) of the Liberian National Police (LNP), established by the government in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other international partners in 2005. Although the section was established primarily to address rape, its officers are mandated to investigate all forms of VAW, including domestic violence.
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Miyan, Masooma Zehra. "Hygiene Awareness Through Digital-Game-Based Learning." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 8 (January 6, 2018): 67–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i8.2986.
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Hygiene education is the major issue in developing nations. Improper sanitation and hygiene are hampering growth in other sectors, particularly education and health. Deaths of 110 children are being caused by improper hygiene in Pakistan [United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)]. Hygiene is essential for eliminating communicable diseases, however in Pakistan, as UNICEF states few people wash their hands with soap after defecation. Hence, with intentions of diminishing malpractices, various serious games have been developed, focusing on training users regarding health, and are gaining admirations in this digital age. In Pakistan, serious games are being used for educational purposes only by elite schools. A pilot study was conducted as phase one of this research for impact assessment of the available games on hygiene as well as to assess the need for a hygiene game in local context. Qualitative research was adopted in this study. Ten learners from socio-economic marginalised areas volunteered in achieving goal by playing serious games. Keeping in mind the fact that these learners have limited vocabulary, interviews were conducted with participants from the focus groups. The participants were engaged and motivated during intervention; however, they required guidance throughout. Therefore, the need for hygiene games depicting local context to minimise guidance required by the learners. Keywords: Hygiene, education, serious game, Pakistan
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Kersting, Mathilde, and Madeleine Dulon. "Assessment of breast-feeding promotion in hospitals and follow-up survey of mother–infant pairs in Germany: the SuSe Study." Public Health Nutrition 5, no. 4 (August 2002): 547–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/phn2001321.
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AbstractObjective:To assess breast-feeding promotion in maternity hospitals and breast-feeding prevalences during the first year of life in mother–infant pairs in Germany.Design:Cross-sectional assessment of breast-feeding practices in a random sample of German maternity hospitals by use of a postal questionnaire. Follow-up of mother–infant pairs recruited in the participating hospitals to assess breast-feeding prevalences and infant feeding practices by use of a telephone interview 14 days after birth and food-frequency questionnaires mailed at the end of the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th and 12th month of life. Use of indicators for breast-feeding proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).Setting:Nation-wide survey.Subjects:One hundred and seventy-seven maternity hospitals, 1717 mother–infant pairs.Results:There were wide variations in breast-feeding promotion in hospitals as evaluated by the practice of the '10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding' given by WHO and UNICEF for certification as a ‘Babyfriendly Hospital’. Some steps (3, 4, 8) were practised in about 90% of the hospitals, others (steps 7, 9) in only 10%. Prevalences for exclusive (total) breast-feeding as defined by WHO were: 73% (86%) at discharge, 60% (85%) at 14 days, 42% (70%) at 2 months, 33% (59%) at 4 months, 10% (48%) at 6 months, <1% (26%) at 9 months and 0 (13%) at 12 months.Conclusions:By use of indicators proposed by WHO and UNICEF, a differentiated insight into the breast-feeding situation in Germany has become possible. Moderate levels of breast-feeding promotion in hospitals resulted in almost satisfactory early breast-feeding prevalences but were not effective for long-term breast-feeding success in most mothers.
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Malik, K. "PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE CHILD AS A PRIORITY AREA OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF)." International Law Almanac, no. 24 (2020): 148–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.32841/ila.2020.24.18.
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&NA;. "WHO and the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) have developed a plan to improve access to essential medicines for children,." Inpharma Weekly &NA;, no. 1552 (August 2006): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00128413-200615520-00006.
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Devriany, Ade, and Endah Mayang Sari. "Hubungan Pemberian ASI Eksklusif terhadap Pertumbuhan Bayi 6 – 11 Bulan di Puskesmas Girimaya Pangkalpinang." Ghidza: Jurnal Gizi dan Kesehatan 4, no. 1 (July 29, 2020): 51–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.22487/ghidza.v4i1.110.
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Air Susu Ibu (ASI) merupakan makanan alamiah yang ideal untuk bayi, terutama pada bulan-bulan pertama. Berdasarkan data dari United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) dan WHO (World Health Organization), pemberian ASI eksklusif di dunia masih tergolong rendah. Tujuan penelitian yait untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian ASI eksklusif terhadap grafik pertumbuhan pada KMS pada bayi. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian observasional dengan desain cross sectional study. Subyek penelitian ini adalah seluruh bayi usia 6 – 11 bulan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Girimaya Pangkalpinang sebanyak 172 orang. Sampel minimal pada penelitian ini adalah 105 bayi yang dipilih dengan Stratified Random Sampling. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan KMS dalam menilai pertumbuhan bayi dan kuesioner untuk menilai pemberian ASI eksklusif. Analisa data dilakukan menggunakan uji Chi-Square dengan fisher exact test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa lebih banyak bayi yang tidak diberikan ASI eksklusif yaitu sebesar 59% dan bayi yang tumbuh normal sebesar 78,1%. Hasil analisis bivariat menyatakan ada hubungan pemberian ASI eksklusif terhadap pertumbuhan bayi usia 6-12 bulan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Girimaya
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Tanuwijaya, Fanny, and Fiska Maulidian Nugroho. "Child-Friendly Cities and Districts As Human Rights Protection in Indonesia’s Decentralization Context." Indonesian Journal of Law and Society 1, no. 2 (September 30, 2020): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.19184/ijls.v1i2.17496.
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This paper aims to examine the implementation of the Child Friendly Cities and Districts in Indonesia, as part of the decentralized agenda of current Indonesian reform. Child protection has become one of the current problematic issues. This protection includes the effort to guarantee and ensure the right to live, grow, develop, and participate fully in realizing each child's future. The Indonesian government introduces regional child protection, it is Child-Friendly Cities and Districts as a part of the critical address responding to the issue to the extent the government provide a serious protection for the infant generation. Historically, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) initiated this concept, whose purpose was to aspire to children's rights through the goals, programs, policies, and local governance structures. To date, there remain many regional governments that do not have regulations on child-friendly cities or districts. This paper considers Indonesia's regions experiencing in regulating and implementing the child-friendly cities and districts that have become a benchmark for the other regions. In the end, this paper concludes that each region must regulate and implement the child-friendly cities with regional characteristics into a series of regional regulations, particularly preceded by the regional regulation.
KEYWORDS: Human Rights, Child Protection, Children Rights, Child-Friendly Cities.
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Sellick, Clive. "Children at Risk in Central and Eastern Europe Perils and Promises. United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Economies in Transition Studies Regional Monitoring Report No 4." Child & Family Social Work 3, no. 1 (January 1998): 71–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2206.1998.0070d.x.
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de Benoist, Bruno, Ian Darnton-Hill, Lena Davidsson, Olivier Fontaine, and Christine Hotz. "Conclusions of the Joint WHO/UNICEF/IAEA/IZiNCG Interagency Meeting on Zinc Status Indicators." Food and Nutrition Bulletin 28, no. 3_suppl3 (September 2007): S480—S484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15648265070283s306.
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Zinc deficiency is an important cause of morbidity in developing countries, particularly among young children, yet little information is available on the global prevalence of zinc deficiency. A working group meeting was convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG) to review methods of assessing population zinc status and provide standard recommendations for the use of specific biochemical, dietary, and functional indicators of zinc status in populations. The recommended biochemical indicator is the prevalence of serum zinc concentration less than the age/sex/time of day-specific cutoffs; when the prevalence is greater than 20%, intervention to improve zinc status is recommended. For dietary indicators, the prevalence (or probability) of zinc intakes below the appropriate estimated average requirement (EAR) should be used, as determined from quantitative dietary intake assessments. Where the prevalence of inadequate intakes of zinc is greater than 25%, the risk of zinc deficiency is considered to be elevated. Previous studies indicate that stunted children respond to zinc supplementation with increased growth. When the prevalence of low height-for-age is 20% or more, the prevalence of zinc deficiency may also be elevated. Ideally, all three types of indicators would be used together to obtain the best estimate of the risk of zinc deficiency in a population and to identify specific subgroups with elevated risk. These recommended indicators should be applied for national assessment of zinc status and to indicate the need for zinc interventions. The prevalence of low serum zinc and inadequate zinc intakes may be used to evaluate their impact on the target population's zinc status.
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Kisselev, Andrei K. "The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (LRCS)." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 1, no. 3 (1985): 209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00065651.
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The “International Red Cross” is composed of: (1) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which focuses on war victims; (2) the LRCS; and (3) the 130 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies worldwide which are federated by the LRCS. The LRCS was founded to facilitate, encourage and promote the humanitarian activities of its member societies and thus contribute to the promotion of peace in the world. The LRCS considers health as one of the keys to a better world for everyone. Red Cross programs include the training of nursing personnel, the provision of health care in rural areas, the organization of assistance to the sick, aged, and handicapped, and teaching first aid skills to lay people.The Red Cross bases its actions on seven principles: (1) Humanity; (2) Impartiality; (3) Neutrality; (4) Independence; (5) Voluntary Service; (6) Unity; and (7) Universality.The LRCS assists national societies in improving their disaster relief preparedness through the following functions: (1) to encourage, facilitate and assist in the establishment of a national disaster relief plan; (2) to give technical assistance to national Red Cross societies by sending delegates and equipment and/or by giving cash grants; (3) to convene seminars and conferences to help exchange opinions and share experiences; (4) to train qualified personnel; and (5) to maintain contact with other international governmental and non-governmental organizations. These include the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization (UNDRO); the World Health Organization (WHO); the International Children's Fund (UNICEF); the World Meteorological Organization (WMO); the Food and Agricultural Organization/World Food Program (FAO/WFP); the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHR); and the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Stefanati, Armando, Erica d’Anchera, Francesco De Motoli, Marta Savio, Maria Vittoria Toffoletto, and Giovanni Gabutti. "Value of Immunizations during the COVID-19 Emergency." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 2 (January 18, 2021): 778. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020778.
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Recent estimates by World Health Organization (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) show a significant decline in vaccinal coverage rates in both pediatric and adult populations. The interruption of vaccination services is reported in at least 68 countries, with the involvement of about 80 million children worldwide. The situation is alarming if we consider that already in the period preceding the pandemic, immunization programs slowed down in various areas of the world. For these reasons, there is the risk of overloading health systems, already under pressure from the pandemic emergency, by employing human and economic resources for the management of epidemic outbreaks from vaccine-preventable diseases. The restoration and integration of vaccination services, the immunization of susceptible individuals as well as the adoption of adequate monitoring and surveillance measures are the main activities adopted by different countries to address the current global health emergency.
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Brugaletta, Concetta, Karine Le Roch, Jennifer Saxton, Cécile Bizouerne, Marie McGrath, and Marko Kerac. "Breastfeeding assessment tools for at-risk and malnourished infants aged under 6 months old: a systematic review." F1000Research 9 (November 10, 2020): 1310. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24516.1.
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Background: Many small and malnourished infants under 6 months of age have problems with breastfeeding and restoring effective exclusive breastfeeding is a common treatment goal. Assessment is a critical first step of case management, but most malnutrition guidelines do not specify how best to do this. We aimed to identify breastfeeding assessment tools for use in assessing at-risk and malnourished infants in resource-poor settings. Methods: We systematically searched: Medline and Embase; Web of Knowledge; Cochrane Reviews; Eldis and Google Scholar databases. Also the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), CAse REport guidelines, Emergency Nutrition Network, and Field Exchange websites. Assessment tool content was analysed using a framework describing breastfeeding ‘domains’ (baby’s behaviour; mother’s behaviour; position; latching; effective feeding; breast health; baby’s health; mother’s view of feed; number, timing and length of feeds). Results: We identified 29 breastfeeding assessment tools and 45 validation studies. Eight tools had not been validated. Evidence underpinning most tools was low quality and mainly from high-income countries and hospital settings. The most comprehensive tools were the Breastfeeding, Evaluation and Education Tool, UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative tools and CARE training package. The tool with the strongest evidence was the WHO/UNICEF B-R-E-A-S-T-Feed Observation Form. Conclusions: Despite many possible tools, there is currently no one gold standard. For assessing malnourished infants in resource-poor settings, UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative tools, Module IFE and the WHO/UNICEF B-R-E-A-S-T-Feed Observation Form are the best available tools but could be improved by adding questions from other tools. Allowing for context, one tool for rapid community-based assessment plus a more detailed one for clinic/hospital assessment might help optimally identify breastfeeding problems and the support required. Further research is important to refine existing tools and develop new ones. Rigorous testing, especially against outcomes such as breastfeeding status and growth, is key.
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Schiavo, Renata, Upal Basu Roy, Latisha Faroul, and Galina Solodunova. "Grounding evaluation design in the socio-ecological model of health: a logic framework for the assessment of a national routine immunization communication initiative in Kyrgyzstan." Global Health Promotion 27, no. 4 (May 13, 2020): 59–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757975920914550.
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Childhood routine immunization (RI) is a highly effective public health intervention for the prevention of infectious diseases. Despite high immunization rates, a 2018 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) study by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) noted a growing practice of vaccine refusal among parents and primary caregivers as well as clusters of significantly lower immunization coverage in some provinces. Moreover, a 2018 Joint Appraisal report by GAVI (Global Vaccine Alliance) has highlighted a decrease in immunization rates among children under 1 year of age from 96.1% to 92% for some vaccines. As a result, UNICEF is spearheading a national communication initiative to increase the rates of RI in Kyrgyzstan. This initiative includes strengthening interpersonal communication skills of local healthcare workers, improving the quality and accuracy of media coverage via a tailored outreach to the Kyrgyz media, as well as fostering community engagement to give voice to local champions and engage hesitant parents and vaccine refuters. UNICEF has also partnered with a research team for the design phase of a suitable evaluation framework. Grounded in the socio-ecological model (SEM) of health, the framework recognizes the interconnection of behavioral, social, and policy change, and includes not only activity-specific indicators (process indicators) but also progress, outcome, and impact indicators to document results among key groups and stakeholders at different levels of the SEM, and, ultimately, on immunization rates in Kyrgyzstan. The framework reflects the importance of an integrated and multilevel approach to intervention and communication design, and integrates the SEM with a logic model that connects different components of the initiative. This paper introduces this evaluation framework, including implications for the evaluation of child health programs, and other public health, communication, and international development interventions.
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Khosrovyan, Anahit. "Inclusive Education from a Very Beginning: Yerevan School N20 Principal's Narrative." Armenian Journal of Special Education 3, no. 1 (February 26, 2021): 7–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.24234/se.2021.3.1.254.
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There are more than one billion “disabled persons” worldwide, 10% of whom are children mostly living in developing countries. Within the United Nations (UN) the term “disability” is defined as “any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the way or within the range considered normal for a human being” (Sharma, 2015).
The UN and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) endeavor for all children to have equitable access to education as a basic human right. Education is critical for children to develop their human capital and enhance their upcoming economic and social prospects (Sharma, 2015). The “Salamanca Statement” adopted at the “World Conference on Special Educational Needs: Access and Quality” called upon all governments and urged them to: adopt as a matter of law or policy the principles of inclusive education, enrolling all children in regular schools, unless
there are compelling reasons for doing otherwise (UNESCO, 1994).
In developing countries understanding of inclusive education is closely related to the special education needs of students and their participation in regular school classes. From this perspective, this paper aims to tell a story of one school in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia from the very beginning till nowadays.
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Benguigui, Yehuda. "Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI): an innovative vision for child health care." Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil 1, no. 3 (December 2001): 223–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1519-38292001000300003.
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The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO) and the United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF), joint experiences of previous frequent diseases programs in children, with prevention and health promotion activities. In this new approach the family, the community and health workers have a leading role in health condition of the child. The strategy aims a reduction in Infant Mortality Rate, specially in those regions and countries in which it is high. Pneumonia, diarrhea, malnutrition and other preventable diseases are the main causes of deaths in this settings. Health workers can early recognized danger signs of severe diseases, as well as they can evaluate and treat the most frequent health problems. By enhancing prevention and health promotion activities, as better conditions of life, giving an holistic vision of the child and his family, and not only looking for the symptom that motivate the consultation.
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Ververs, Mija, and Puneet Anantharam. "Nutritional Care for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in Ebola Treatment Units – Past and Current Experiences from Practitioners." International Journal of Nutrition 4, no. 4 (November 16, 2019): 9–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-3083.
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Background In November 2014, the World health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme, produced interim guidelines (iGL) on providing nutritional support to patients in Ebola treatment units (ETUs). They have been translated into French and issued by the Ministry of Health, UNICEF and WHO in adapted versions to be used in the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This paper evaluates the use and usefulness of the 2014 iGL in the West Africa and current DRC Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks and identifies experiences and lessons learned from practitioners on the operational aspects of nutritional care and support in ETUs. Methods Key-informants (n=26), from 12 organizations (Non-Governmental Organizations, United Nations, Red Cross Red Crescent Movement) were interviewed who were actively engaged in the nutritional and/or clinical care of EVD patients. Results There was a consensus among key informants that the 2014 iGL initially served a guiding purpose. However, the vast amount of learning from the 2014-2016 and current EVD outbreaks indicates that the interim guidelines need to be revised. Practitioners struggled to find operational solutions for nutritional care, and the challenges were plentiful, especially regarding 1) the different perceptions of the importance of nutritional care among ETU staff; 2) the difficulties around food preparation and distribution for EVD patients; 3) how to take into account the patients’ dietary preferences; 4) the nutritional care needed in relation to specific EVD symptoms; 5) who assumed roles in nutritional care in ETUs; 6) if and how feeding support was organized; 7) whether malnutrition needed to be addressed and how; and 8) whether the intake of specific nutrients could contribute to improved treatment outcomes. Information from the key-informants interviews resulted in numerous lessons learned and recommendations for nutritional support during current and future outbreaks. Conclusions This investigation underscored the importance of documenting experiences of practitioners on nutritional care in emerging infectious diseases for which limited scientific evidence exists and for which interim guidelines are produced to fill in knowledge gaps. It also emphasized the importance of nutritional care in ETUs during treatment.
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Giné Garriga, R., and A. Pérez Foguet. "Water, sanitation, hygiene and rural poverty: issues of sector monitoring and the role of aggregated indicators." Water Policy 15, no. 6 (July 24, 2013): 1018–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2013.037.
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Water and sanitation improvements together with hygiene (WASH) are central to health. However, progress in ensuring access to these basic services remains inadequate, particularly in the rural developing world. To remedy this appalling situation, decision-makers need reliable data on which to base planning, targeting and prioritization. However, the challenges of collecting such data and producing consistent evidence are diverse. To influence policy, data have to be easily and meaningfully interpreted. In addition, the evaluation framework needs to capture the complexity inherent in the delivery of rural services. And with limited resources, the neediest must be prioritized. In this paper we compare three different monitoring and evaluation approaches: health impact indicators, standard indicators of the World Health Organization (WHO)/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP), and one multidimensional, WASH-focused indicator. From a policy-making perspective, the likely utility of the outcomes produced by each approach is discussed. The epidemiological study produces misleading results, which do not help draw relevant conclusions. JMP indicators provide reasonable quality basic estimates of coverage across different contexts, but are inappropriate to build up a complete picture of such context. The index approach takes into account a broader view of service level, and proves useful as a policy tool to guide action towards improved service delivery.
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Flores Baquero, Óscar, Alejandro Jiménez, and Agustí Pérez-Foguet. "Reporting progress on the human right to water and sanitation through JMP and GLAAS." Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 5, no. 2 (February 11, 2015): 310–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2015.151.
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International institutions have the authority to monitor States' compliance with the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) but the necessary tools for this task are not yet ready. The human development sector has a wider experience of using information about progress, which provides a perfect opportunity to develop this further. The World Health Organization (WHO)/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Joint Monitoring programme (JMP) and the UN Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) data sets could be used for those with a mandate to monitor the right, contributing to this challenge. Consequently, the information they offer has been analysed through a human rights lens. A matrix has been constructed to specifically identify to what extent their data sets could be combined to monitor HRWS in a broad sense. The JMP-led post-2015 proposal makes a considerable contribution to outcome indicators for measuring right-holders’ enjoyment of the right, and GLAAS adds structural and process outcome indicators to measure duty-bearers’ conduct. However, there are still some critical gaps if both UN Water platforms are to be used to report progress on HRWS. Finally, the article suggests some ideas concerning the way these shortcomings could be addressed.
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Munamati, Muchaneta, Innocent Nhapi, and Shepherd N. Misi. "Monitoring sanitation performance: unpacking the figures on sanitation coverage." Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 5, no. 3 (July 13, 2015): 341–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2015.180.
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An understanding of the sanitation situation is crucial for planning and evaluating effectiveness of sanitation interventions. Such knowledge is gained through monitoring sanitation performance. At the international level, sanitation monitoring is done by the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The JMP tracks progress made towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) sanitation target using information collected from household surveys. This article critically describes and reviews the JMP sanitation monitoring approach based on information from literature. The paper argues that while JMP methods have been useful in reporting sanitation progress, it has a number of weaknesses which have led to questions being raised on the sanitation coverage figures. Specifically, the JMP has been criticized for its usage of the term ‘improved’ sanitation and the technology-based sanitation ladder. It is argued that this approach does not monitor other components of sanitation systems such as storage, transport, treatment and disposal and/or re-use of human excreta. In addition, the sustainability of the sanitation systems is also overlooked. All these factors have led to an overestimation of sanitation coverage. A monitoring approach which considers the function of sanitation and sustainability of sanitation systems is therefore recommended.
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Halida, Erda Mutiara, and Feni Andriani. "Mother's Behavior in Exclusive Breastfeeding and Factors Affecting It in the Working Area of Air Dingin Padang Health Center." Journal of Midwifery 6, no. 1 (July 7, 2021): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/jom.6.1.113-119.2021.
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that children only be breastfed with breast milk (ASI) for at least six months in an effort to reduce child morbidity and mortality. Solid food should be given after the child is 6 months old, and breastfeeding continued until the child is two years old. Many factors will affect the success of exclusive breastfeeding including knowledge, education, occupation, problems with the mother's breast, and interest in formula milk promotion. This study aims to determine how the behavior of mothers in exclusive breastfeeding and the factors that influence it. This type of research is quantitative with a cross sectional study design. The independent variables of this study were education, mother's knowledge and husband's support, while the dependent variable is the mother's behavior in exclusive breastfeeding. The subjects in this study were all mothers who had babies aged 6-12 months with multistage sampling technique. The statistical test in this study used the Chi Square test. The results showed that there was no relationship between mother's knowledge and mother's education with mother's behavior in exclusive breastfeeding (p>0.05), and there was a relationship between husband's support and mother's behavior in exclusive breastfeeding (p=0.000)
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Kaluski, Dorit Nitzan, Einat Ophir, and Tilahun Amede. "Food security and nutrition – the Ethiopian case for action." Public Health Nutrition 5, no. 3 (June 2002): 373–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/phn2001313.
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AbstractObjective:To assess the 1999–2000 food security situation and the food relief programmes in Ethiopia, and evaluate the need for a national food and nutrition policy.Design:A systematic search of data sources from the Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), the Ethiopian Central Statistical Authority, the World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the bibliographic database Medline and direct contacts with associations, institutions and people concerned with food security in Ethiopia.Setting:Consultations to WFP Ethiopia.Results:Food availability was severely restricted due to recurrent disasters such as drought, flood, war and a lack of diversity of food items. Food accessibility was limited due to a weak subsistence-agriculture-based economy, depletion of assets, absence of income diversity and a lack of alternative coping mechanisms. Food intake adequacy was rarely achieved due to food shortages, improper diet and poor sanitary conditions. There was a lack of early warning data to monitor food security indicators. Food aid programmes did not meet the requirements for food quantities and composition, and faced major obstacles in logistics and targeting of the vulnerable population.Conclusions:Improvements in food security and the eradication of famine will require investment in sustainable projects. There is an immediate need for better planning and targeting of food aid and a national food security monitoring system. A national food and nutrition policy is recommended, focusing both on relief efforts and on underlying factors contributing to the famine.
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Morelli, Gilda, Naomi Quinn, Nandita Chaudhary, Marga Vicedo, Mariano Rosabal-Coto, Heidi Keller, Marjorie Murray, Alma Gottlieb, Gabriel Scheidecker, and Akira Takada. "Ethical Challenges of Parenting Interventions in Low- to Middle-Income Countries." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 49, no. 1 (December 19, 2017): 5–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022117746241.
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This article explores ethical issues raised by parenting interventions implemented in communities in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) with rural, subsistence lifestyles. Many of these interventions foster “positive parenting practices” to improve children’s chances of fulfilling their developmental potential. The practices are derived from attachment theory and presented as the universal standard of good care. But attachment-based parenting is typical primarily of people living Western lifestyles and runs counter to the different ways many people with other lifestyles care for their children given what they want for them. Thus, such parenting interventions involve encouraging caregivers to change their practices and views, usually with little understanding of how such changes affect child, family, and community. This undermines researchers’ and practitioners’ ability to honor promises to uphold ethic codes of respect and beneficence. Support for this claim is provided by comparing positive parenting practices advocated by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF; with the world health organization [WHO]) Care for Child Development (CCD) intervention with parenting practices typical of communities with rural, subsistence lifestyles—the most common of lifestyles worldwide and largely observed in LMICs. As UNICEF has a considerable presence in these countries, the CCD intervention was selected as a case study. In addition, parenting interventions typically target people who are poor, and the issues this raises regarding ethics of fairness and justice are considered. Recommendations are made for ways change agents can be sensitive to the living conditions and worldviews of communities, and, thus, be appropriately effective and ethically sensitive to the diverse needs of different communities.
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Fitrianingsih, Nining, Titih Huriah, and Sri Muryati. "Hubungan Antara Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat dengan Kejadian Pneumonia pada Balita di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mlati II Yogyakarta." Journal of Health 1, no. 2 (July 31, 2014): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.30590/vol1-no2-p72-78.
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Background: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006 stated, pneumonia is the most important child killer. Every year, more than 2 million children die from pneumonia, means that 1 in 5 infants died in the world. Health status is not only determined by health service, but the most dominant are environment and people’s behavior. One efffort to change people’s behavior, in order to support the improvement of health is by implemented of Clean And Healthy Life Behavior Program.
Aim: To know the correlation between the behavior of clean and healthy life with incident pneumonia in children in the work area of Mlati II Primary Health Center Yogyakarta.
Methods: The reseach method used an analytical survey research with cross sectional survey design. Total population in this study were 2.243 childrens, while the technical sampling is done with cluster techniques obtained as 96 samples of children. Statistical tests used chi square and than analized the relationship using Prevalence Ratio (PR).
Results:Result showed p value = 0.000 and PR = 2.88 on the relationship between the incidence of pneumonia with clean and healthy life behavior. Exclusive breastfeeding variables showed p value 0.00 and PR = 3.811. Variabel wash hand shows the results p value 0.034 and PR= 1.277. Variable smoking habits of family members is p value 0.026. and PR = 9.831.
Conclusion: There are relation between the behavior of clean and healthy life, exclusive breastfeeding, hand washing with soap and smoking habits of family members with the incidence of pneumonia.
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Kotelevets, Anastasiia. "Volunteering online – today’s challenges." Social work and social education, no. 1(6) (April 15, 2021): 98–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.31499/2618-0715.1(6).2021.234142.
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The article examines the issue of online volunteering in Ukraine and the world as a whole. The concepts of volunteering and e-volunteering are defined. Current data is presented on the state of volunteering in Ukraine amidst the pandemic according to the survey «Volunteering during quarantine», which took place in August 2020. 4148 respondents from all over Ukraine took part in the survey. The study was conducted by U-Report - an international youth project of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The focus is on available online resources for potential volunteers in response to the challenges of volunteering activities that have arisen on quarantine restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following online opportunities are described: Ukrainian Volunteer Service, Ukraїner, National Holodomor Museum with the initiative to digitize the history of eyewitnesses to the events of that time, the #FINDWAY project.
One type of remote volunteering is considered to be hotlines; the My Telephone Friend project, the Children's National Hotline of the La Strada-Ukraine International Women's Human Rights Center, the free Legal Aid Hotline, and others.
The «Fundamentals of Volunteering» course of the all-Ukrainian Public Center «Volunteer» is analyzed, which has online lectures in the format of picture-links: volunteering, who a volunteer is, the skills and abilities of a volunteer, volunteer opportunities.
The English-language book The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook by D. Kravens and S. J. Ellis is examined, which addresses how to successfully lead online volunteers and develop virtual volunteer assignments, from microvolunteering to long-term projects.
The content of the report «Are technologies capable of opening access to volunteering instead of creating new barriers?», which was considered during the Global Technical Meeting 2020 on Voluntary Activities, is analyzed.
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Mursyida, Eliya, Ratih Ayuningtiyas, and Nurmaliza Hasan. "PENTINGNYA PEMBERIAN ASI EKSKLUSIF PADA BAYI DI POSYANDU BUNGA TANJUNG DESA TANAH MERAH." Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Multidisiplin 2, no. 1 (October 1, 2018): 30–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.36341/jpm.v2i1.587.
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Mother’s Milk (ASI) is a natural food that has nutritional value that is ideal with a balanced composition and in accordance with the needs for growth or development of the baby. Exclusive breastfeeding according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is breast milk given to infants aged 0-6 months without additional fluids or other foods. ASI provides many benefits for babies and mothers. For babies, one of them can prevent babies from various diseases, while for mothers can prevent breast cancer. The purpose of this service is to provide information or knowledge to the public about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for babies in Posyandu Bunga Tanjung. Community service activities are carried out at Posyandu Bunga Tanjung using oral methods or presentations to the community. A total of 20 respondents (100%), obtained 90% of respondents who have good category knowledge. The dissemination of Exclusive Breastfeeding is a form of providing information to very mother who has a baby or prospective mother.
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Dielsa, Maya Fernanda. "Hubungan Usia dan Status Gravida Ibu dengan Kejadian Preeklampsia di RSI Ibnu Sina Simpang Ampek Pasaman Barat." Jurnal Bidan Komunitas 3, no. 2 (May 31, 2020): 80–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.33085/jbk.v3i2.4615.
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Latar Belakang: Data Survey Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak (SKIA) yang dilakukan oleh Gender Relatet Development Index (GDI) dan United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) menunjukan bahwa preeklampsia pada kehamilan ikut berkontribusi kepada kematian ibu di indonesia. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan usia dan status gravida ibu dengan kejadian preeklampsia. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif analitik dengan desain cross sectional, penelitian di laksanakan di RSI Ibnu Sina Simpang Ampek dengan cara studi dokumentasi. Sampel sejumlah 294 orang. Metode dengan pengambilan sampel adalah random sampling. Data dianalisa secara univariat dan bivariat menggunakan software SPSS dengan uji Chi Square. Hasil: Hasil penelitian didapatkan jumlah responden yang memiliki usia beresiko untuk melahirkan sebanyak 143 orang (48,6%), multigravida sebanyak 121 orang (41,16%) dan responden yang mengalami preeklampsia sebanyak 100 orang (34%). Hasil pengujian Chi Square antara usia dengan kejadian preeklampsia mendapatkan nilai pValue=0,000, dan status gravida dengan preeklampsia mendapatkan pValue=0,26. Kesimpulan: Terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara usia ibu dengan kejadian preeklampsia dan tidak ada hubungan antara status gravida dengan kejadian preeklampsia.
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Efriani, Rolita, and Dhesi Ari Astuti. "Hubungan umur dan pekerjaan ibu menyusui dengan pemberian ASI eksklusif." Jurnal Kebidanan 9, no. 2 (August 31, 2020): 153. http://dx.doi.org/10.26714/jk.9.2.2020.153-162.
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One of the efforts of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce the Infant Morbidity and Mortality Rate (IMR) is to recommend that babies should only be breastfed for the first six months of life (exclusive breastfeeding). The coverage of exclusive breastfeeding in the Special Region of Yogyakarta was 73.3%. The lowest was in the city of Yogyakarta at 59.52%. This achievement had not yet reached the government's target of 80%. Puskesmas Umbulharjo 1 is the health center with the lowest exclusive breastfeeding coverage in Yogyakarta City at 39.15%. This study aims to determine the relationship between mothers' age and occupation with exclusive breastfeeding at Puskesmas Umbulharjo 1 Yogyakarta City. This research is an analytic survey with a cross-sectional approach. A sample of 64 mothers was taken from a population of 179 mothers who had babies aged 6-12 months. Data were analyzed by using the Chi-Square test. The results of the analysis of maternal age with exclusive breastfeeding obtained a p-value of 0.007 (p <0.05), while the analysis of maternal age with exclusive breastfeeding showed a p-value of 0.000 (p <0.05). In conclusion, there is a relationship between the mother's age and occupation and exclusive breastfeeding in the working area of Puskesmas Umbulharjo 1 Yogyakarta City
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Leite, Adriana Moraes, Isília Aparecida Silva, and Carmen Gracinda Silvan Scochi. "Comunicação não-verbal: uma contribuição para o aconselhamento em amamentação." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 12, no. 2 (April 2004): 258–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692004000200016.
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O "Curso de Aconselhamento em Amamentação", idealizado e implantado pela United Nation's Children's Emergency Fund -UNICEF, em parceria com a Organização Mundial da Saúde - OMS, representa uma das importantes iniciativas no sentido de valorizar a mulher enquanto agente da amamentação. Visando a compreensão e facilitação da aplicação das habilidades de comunicação não-verbal, que esse curso se propõe a desenvolver nos profissionais, este trabalho tem como objetivo organizar pressupostos teóricos que dêem suporte para o ensino das Habilidades de Ouvir e Aprender 1- "Use comunicação não-verbal útil", fundamentado a partir de conceitos da comunicação humana, extraídos de diversos autores sobre o tema. Percebemos que as habilidades discorridas no curso centram-se em técnicas somente voltadas para as atitudes dos profissionais, porém, é fundamental estarmos atentos aos sinais não-verbais da mulher, pois esses retratam suas emoções. Tais sinais podem ser indicadores das dificuldades que a mulher enfrenta, das interpretações que ela está fazendo acerca de elementos interacionais em seu contexto e que, muitas vezes, são os indicativos do curso que ela poderá imprimir ao processo de amamentação.
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Hasudungan, Anju Nofarof, Sariyatun Sariyatun, and Hermanu Joebagio. "Pengarusutamaan Pendidikan Perdamaian Berbasis Kearifan Lokal Pela Gandong Pasca Rekonsiliasi Konflik Ambon di Sekolah." Jurnal Lektur Keagamaan 17, no. 2 (February 20, 2020): 409–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.31291/jlk.v17i2.664.
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The reconciliation of the Ambon Maluku conflict in 2002 is inseparable from the local wisdom of the Maluku people namely, pela gandong. When many parties find it difficult to find out how to end the conflict, pela gandong transforms into part of conflict resolution. However, peace conditions that are still vulnerable (peace vulnerabilities) allow conflict to occur again. Therefore, the achievement of conflict reconciliation must increase to the stage of peace education. The Maluku people define pela as a model of friendship, a system of brotherhood, or a system of fellowship that is developed between all indigenous people of two or more countries. Pela gandong local wisdom-based peace education has been implemented at SMPN 9 Ambon City and SMPN 4 Salahutu Liang Central Maluku District in the form of hot education pela education activities. This is different from the civil education model developed by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Ambon Public Middle School 9 has a total of 1431 students with 99% Christians, while SMP Negeri 4 Salahatu Liang has 414 students with 100% Muslims. This study aims to reveal how the mainstreaming of peace education with the local wisdom model is implemented. The study was conducted in January 2018 at SMPN 9 Ambon. To get the answers of researchers, qualitative case study research methods are used. Data collection through literature study, interview, and participatory observation methods. The results of the study revealed the mainstreaming of peace education with the local wisdom model of Pela Gandong can be well implemented and able to maintain peace (keeping the peace) in schools.Keywords: Mainstreaming, Peace Education, Pela Gandong, Ambon Conflict Reconciliation, Schools. Rekonsiliasi konflik Ambon Maluku tahun 2002 tidak terlepas dari kearifan lokal kepunyaan masyarakat Maluku yakni, pela gandong. Saat banyak pihak sulit menemukan bagaimana cara mengakhiri konflik, pela gandong bertransformasi menjadi bagian dari resolusi konflik. Akan tetapi, kondisi perdamaian yang masih rentan (peace vulnerabilities) memungkinkan konflik dapat terjadi lagi. Oleh karena itu, pencapaian rekonsiliasi konflik harus meningkat ke tahap pendidikan perdamaian (peace education). Masyarakat Maluku mendefinisikan pela sebagai model persahabatan, sistem persaudaraan, atau sistem persekutuan yang di kembangkan antar seluruh penduduk asli dari dua negeri atau lebih. Pendidikan perdamaian berbasis kearifan lokal pela gandong telah diimplementasi di SMPN 9 Kota Ambon dan SMPN 4 Salahutu Liang Kabupaten Maluku Tengah dalam bentuk kegiatan panas pela pendidikan. Hal ini berbeda dari model pendidikan perdamaain yang kekembangkan oleh United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). SMP Negeri 9 Ambon memiliki jumlah peserta didik 1431 jiwa dengan 99 % beragama Kristen, sedangkan SMP Negeri 4 Salahatu Liang memiliki jumlah peserta didik 414 jiwa dengan 100 % beragama Islam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkapkan bagaimana pengarusutamaan pendidikan perdamaian dengan model kearifan lokal terlaksana. Penelitian dilakukan pada Januari 2018 di SMPN 9 Ambon. Guna mendapatkan jawaban peneliti, dipergunakan metode penelitian kualitatif studi kasus. Pengumpulan data melalui metode studi kepustakaan, wawancara, dan observasi-partisipatoris. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan pengarusutamaan pendidikan perdamaian dengan model kearifan lokal pela gandong dapat terlaksana dengan baik dan mampu memelihara perdamaian (keeping the peace) di sekolah.Kata Kunci: Pengarusutamaan, Pendidikan Perdamaian, Pela Gandong, Rekonsiliasi Konflik Ambon, Sekolah.
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Roberts, John L. "Mahesh S. Patel. Eliminating social distance between north and south:-cost effective goals for the 1990s. Start working paper number 5, New York: Unicef (United Nations Children's Fund), (U.S.) $12." International Journal of Health Planning and Management 6, no. 2 (April 1991): 161–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpm.4740060211.
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Danert, Kerstin, Dotun Adekile, and Jose Gesti Canuto. "Striving for Borehole Drilling Professionalism in Africa: A Review of a 16-Year Initiative through the Rural Water Supply Network from 2004 to 2020." Water 12, no. 12 (November 24, 2020): 3305. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12123305.
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Drilled boreholes are vital to achieving universal, safe drinking water and meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.1, particularly in Africa. Poor quality siting, borehole design, drilling and completion lead to premature failure of the water supply. From 2004 to 2020, a multi-stakeholder initiative through the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) has endeavored to raise the professionalism of borehole drilling and its management in Africa. The initiative comprised in-country and desk studies, training, and the development of guidelines, manuals, training materials, short animated films for advocacy as well as using blogs, webinars and online communities of practice to share experiences. The initiative was funded to approximately USD 750,000 in total. Funding was fragmented throughout, but the initial support by the World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme Africa (WSP-AF), consistent leadership and subsequent partnerships between Skat Foundation, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), WaterAid UK and others enabled progression on the topic, as well as innovation and opportunities to be harnessed. The initiative has raised the profile of drilling professionalism, provided a wealth of materials and inspired others to take action. Thousands of stakeholders have improved their knowledge. Academic research on the topic has also increased and capacity strengthening of groundwater management and professional drilling is now an action area for the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW). UNICEF and WaterAid are among the organizations that have made changes to procurement and project management as a result of the initiative. Despite a growing recognition of the importance of drilling professionalism, reliable, long-term investment in in-country training and professional development, and addressing challenges in the institutional environment remains inadequate. Despite the importance of water well drilling, and commitments to SDG 6.1, capacity strengthening in this area remains a marginal issue for national and international political leadership, and arguably for international funding agencies.
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Ugarte-Gurrutxaga, M. Idoia, Brígida Molina-Gallego, Laura Mordillo-Mateos, Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino, M. Carmen Solano-Ruiz, and Gonzalo Melgar de Corral. "Facilitating Factors of Professional Health Practice Regarding Female Genital Mutilation: A Qualitative Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21 (November 8, 2020): 8244. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218244.
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Introduction: According to figures released by UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), more than 200 million girls and women have suffered female genital mutilation (FGM) in 30 African and Middle East countries. An increasing number of African women who come from ethnic groups where FGM is practised are arriving in Western countries. Healthcare professionals play a fundamental role in its prevention. Goals: To learn about the factors that healthcare professionals consider as facilitators for prevention and action when faced with female genital mutilation. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study developed on the basis of the qualitative methodological perspective, where 43 healthcare professionals participated. A series of analysis dimensions were established, based on which, the interview and discussion group scripts were designed. Results: Addressing FGM requires a series of structural adaptations of the healthcare system that facilitate the recording and monitoring of cases, both for treatment and for prevention. In addition, it is necessary to establish coordination between the healthcare, social services and education sectors. Conclusions: The existence of a protocol of action and training in its use is one of the key tools to take into account.