Toolkit
HIV Treatment and Care
Frontiers in Pediatrics | www.frontiersin.org
1 April 2019 | Volume 7 | Article 159
July 2019
Policy brief
HIV Treatment
Accountability for the global health sector strategies, 2016–2021
WHO/CDS/HIV/19.7
Stories of putting people at the centre
Accessed: 20.11.2019
Public Health Factsheet
Accessed: 29.09.2019
Zhou et al. Int J Ment Health Syst (2019) 13:10 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-019-0263-1
Children in Kabwe are especially at risk because they are more likely to ingest lead dust when playing in the soil, their brains and bodies are still developing, and they absorb four to five times as much lead as adults. The consequences for children who are exposed to high levels of lead and are no...t treated include reading and learning barriers or disabilities; behavioral problems; impaired growth; anemia; brain, liver, kidney, nerve, and stomach damage; coma and convulsions; and death. After prolonged exposure, the effects are irreversible. Lead also increases the risk of miscarriage and can be transmitted through both the placenta and breastmilk.
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This report tells the stories of some of the world’s 7.1 million refugee children of school age under UNHCR’s mandate. In addition, it looks at the educational aspirations of refugee youth eager to continue learning after secondary education, and highlights the need for strong partnerships in o...rder to break down the barriers to education for millions of refugee children.
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UNAIDS | 2016–2021 Strategy
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