UNICEF PROMOTION OF HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT AND SAFE STORAGE IN UNICEF WASH PROGRAMMES January 2008 PROMOTION OF HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT AND SAFE STORAGE IN UNICEF WASH PROGRAMMES Why is household water treatment and safe storage an important intervention for preventing disease? Unsafe drinking water‚ along with poor sanitation and hygiene‚ are the main contributors to an estimated 4 billion cases of diarrhoeal disease annually‚ causing more than 1.5 million deaths‚ mostly among children
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brightly coloured walls and nicely hung children’s paintings. All these factors contribute to a child’s learning environment. They promote positive interactions thus unknowingly allowing the child to learn languages and other essential life skills. UNICEF (2001) declares that child centred approach identifies that the child’s rights and needs are emphasised for development. The environment also includes the adults that are within it. Hayes (2010) states that the practitioner needs to be able to
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(DOH) has urged healthcare facilities that provide services to pregnant mothers‚ new mothers and newborns to follow the “10 steps to successful breastfeeding” recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to ensure that infants are fed adequately with mother’s milk (PhilStar‚ 2010). This very supportive attempt of the health agencies of the government to promote breastfeeding should impress mothers on how they are cared about and their babies.
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Bibliography: 1. "Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Recommendations‚" The World Bank (Oct. 1996). http://www.worldbank.org/afr/f indings/english/find73.htm 2. "Malaria: A Major Cause of Child Death and Poverty in Africa‚" UNICEF (Jan. 2004). http://www.unicef.at/fil eadmin/medien/pdf/malaria_eng. pdf 3. "Specialists debate the incidence and causes of poverty in Africa‚" Cristina Muller‚ UN Economic Commission for Africa (Dec. 13‚ 2005). http://www.uneca.org/eca_resou rces/news/131205espd_dna2
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flat pumps‚ black cowl-neck‚ black leggings and elegant earrings. Audrey hepburn was not just a pretty face‚ she was a great humanitarian who cared about the wellbeing of others. She devoted the rest of her later life to become an ambassador for UNICEF to provide feeding schemes‚ clean water‚ housing‚ jobs and an education for the people who have been suffering from poverty and disease. She is the perfect model of how a woman should carry herself. She is a complete package of beauty and attitude
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non- medical reasons. This inhuman act is mostly common in African countries and a few Middle East countries. However due to migration‚ FGM is now been practiced in other countries like: the UK‚ the USA‚ Canada‚ France‚ Australia etc. In a recent UNICEF publication about FGM‚ statistics shows that more than 130 million girls and women living in the world today have experienced FGM/C and if nothing is done to eradicate this practice‚ it is said an additional 65 million girls and women will
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Table of contents Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page2 Messi’s early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page3 Messi’s achievements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page4 My Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page5 Conclusion
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be married as children than young boys (Mathur et al 2003; UNICEF 2005; Save the Children 2004) more than 60 million women aged 20–24 were married before they reached the age of 18 (UNICEF 2007). (Clifton & Frost 2011). However‚ as Figure 1 shows‚ countries with the highest percentage of females 20 to 24 who report having been married before 18 are not the same countries girls who are affected by child marriage live in South Asia (UNICEF 2007).
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Briefing Paper on the Ethical Issues Concerning the Marketing of Breast - Milk Substitutes‚ and Other Ethical Issues Relating to Nestlé Introduction This briefing paper has been produced by the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church (CFB). It attempts to set out the ethical issues‚ not to reach conclusions. Where any opinions appear to be given they should not be viewed as representing CFB policy. Similarly‚ they should not be considered as representative of the views of the Methodist
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Child marriage limits young girls’ skills‚ resources‚ knowledge‚ social support‚ mobility and autonomy. Young married girls have little power in relation to their husbands and in-laws. They are therefore extremely vulnerable to domestic violence‚ abuse and abandonment. Violence may include physical‚ sexual or psychological abuse.1 Child Marriage ViOlaTeS girlS’ huMan righTS women married after 18 to talk to their husbands about the use of contraception‚ when they wanted to have
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