This 2019 edition of The State of the World’s Children (SOWC) examines the issue of children, food and nutrition, providing a fresh perspective on a rapidly evolving challenge. Despite progress in the past two decades, one third of children under age 5 are malnourished – stunted, wasted or overw...eight – while two thirds are at risk of malnutrition and hidden hunger because of the poor quality of their diets. At the center of this challenge is a broken food system that fails to provide children with the diets they need to grow healthy. This report also provides new data and analyses of malnutrition in the 21st century and outlines recommendations to put children’s rights at the heart of food systems.
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Crecer bien en un mundo en transformación
The CB MHPSS operational guidelines were developed in response to emerging evidence on the determinants of children’s resilience, lessons learned from the evaluation of existing approaches, and the unique challenges that today’s crises pose for children’s safety, wellbeing and optimal developm...ent.
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A Agenda para a Criança nos Municípios que o UNICEF Moçambique propõe, sintetiza os aspectos prioritários para a realização dos direitos da criança no meio urbano (Cidades e Vilas). Ainda que a maioria dos programas eleitorais abordem algumas dessas questões, as eleições autárquicas repr...esentam uma oportunidade não apenas para debater, mas, sobretudo, para transformar os compromissos políticos em medidas concretas e resultados para as crianças e adolescentes
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Психическое здоровье ребенка – это результат правильного психического развития ребенка, его понимания физического и социального мира. Психическое здоровье не я...вляется просто отсутствием психического расстройства. Оно определяется как состояние благополучия, при котором каждый человек может реализовать свой собственный потенциал, справляться с обычными жизненными стрессами, продуктивнои плодотворно работать, а также вносить вклад в жизнь своего сообщества.
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The report studied child poverty in nine dimensions – development/stunting, nutrition, health, water, sanitation, and housing. Other dimensions included education, health related knowledge, and information and participation.
An estimated 36 million of a total population of 41 million children und...er the age of 18 in Ethiopia are multi-dimensionally poor, meaning they are deprived of basic goods and services in at least three dimensions
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The conflict in Yemen has a mounting cost to the lives of mothers and newborns
Незважаючи на те, що охорона психічного здоров'я єневід'ємною частиною суспільної охорони здоров'я, цьомупитанню не приділяється належної уваги. Психічне здоров'... визначається як стан благополуччя,при якому людина може реалізувати свій потенціал,справлятися з життєвими стресами, продуктивно й пліднопрацювати та робити внесок у життя свого співтовариства, ане як наявність або відсутність психічних розладів.
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WHO and UNICEF have established recommendations for breastfeeding practices. Although every mother decides how to feed her child, this decision is strongly influenced by economic, environmental, social and political factors. The Global Breastfeeding Scorecard analyzes indicators on how countries pro...tect, promote and support breastfeeding through funding or policies.
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Executive summary
Accessed: 31.03.2019
This video is part of a series of short, animated videos that make up the Interpersonal Communication for Immunization Package. The videos illustrate interpersonal communication-based challenges and solutions to improving immunization coverage and are intended to be used as job aids to support front...line health workers as they address barriers to immunization in their communities.
The series is brought to you by UNICEF in partnership with BMGF, CDC, Emory University, GAVI, IPA, USAID/MCSP, University of Alberta-Canada, and WHO
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