Country Progress Report
Reporting Period
January – December, 2014
Accessed: 26.09.2019
What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Need to Do
Background. Children and adolescents can develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after exposure to a range of traumatic events, including domestic, political or community violence, violent crime, physical and sexual abuse, hijacking, witnessing a violent crime and motor vehicle accidents. This... is particularly critical given the substantial challenge that PTSD poses to the healthy physical, cognitive and emotional development of children and adolescents.
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J Nepal Health Res Counc 2012 May;10(21):82-87
PART 2: The convention on the Rights of Persons with Disbilities, Chapter 15
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and causes a significant number of deaths in the South-East Asia Region. Nearly 200 000 new cases of cervical cancer occurred in SEA Region Member States in 2008, giving an incidence of almost 25 per 100... 000 and a mortality rate of almost 14 per 100 000. Cervical cancer can be prevented by early screening and vaccination. However, due to poor access to screening and treatment services, the vast majority of these deaths occur in women from nine Member States of the South-East Asia Region which account for more than one third of the global burden of cervical cancer.
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Reading Material for ASHA no.8
Senegal is on course to meet the global target for under-five overweight, but is off course to meet the targets for all other indicators analysed with adequate data.
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