To what extent does conflict in a war zone affect the development of children? War does a lot of things: it destroys economies‚ destroys land‚ ruins relations‚ but there is also a problem which the global news seem to skip‚ the welfare of the children in our society1 who need to develop but cannot reach their full potential2 due to the constant fear of getting killed. Children who do grow up in a war zone can struggle enormously during these times. This is because they can be caught in crossfire
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War brings out the worst in human nature. Soldiers pinned against one another‚ and for what purpose? Justice‚ life and freedom? No‚ all these luxuries can not be afforded by the dead. Those soldiers who have survived this “clash of ideas” ‚ and have been captured by the enemy‚ have seen a fate worst than death. The American soldier captured and held in camps endured many horrible conditions which‚ were caused many deaths. The horrible treatment of the American P.O.W (Prisoners of War) reached it
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incidence (the rate of influence of something‚ especially of something unwanted) of kwashiorkor is between the age of 9 months and 2 years (Vlok‚ 1986). Kwashiorkor is not differentiated between genders. Kwashiorkor is a form of severe protein - energy malnutrition which means there are usually enough calorie intakes but not enough protein consumption (Unknown‚ Kwashiorkor‚ 2015). It is the most common widespread nutritional disorder in developing countries (Cafasso‚ 2012). Every cell in the body contains
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facilities‚ as well as providing the protein supplements. Doctors in the underdeveloped countries could volunteer to lecture and educate people at these various educational facilities and programmes. Poverty is also a major problem when it comes to malnutrition‚ because a healthy‚ balanced diet can work out to be quite expensive. A solution to this would be for the government to subsidize more expensive foods that are needed for a balanced diet (eg. Protein)‚ thereby making these foods available to the
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nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and milder conditions And one of the example food problems are: Famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition‚ starvation‚ epidemic‚ and increased mortality. Emergency measures in relieving famine primarily include providing deficient micronutrients‚ such asvitamins and minerals‚ through fortified sachet powders or directly through supplements. The famine
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and the Calvinists in the northern part of Europe. “Socially‚ the Thirty Years War cause a significant number of problems‚ particularly for the peasant and working people” The only way to pay the vast amounts of money it required to prolong fighting was to heavily tax the citizens of the states at war. 2 In France‚ the rate of land tax paid by peasants doubled in the eight years after France joined the war. Along with the heavy taxation‚ governments deliberately depreciated the value of the
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to this issue‚ shortages of all of our resources‚ limits on personal freedom‚ overcrowding and the health and survival of other species are at risk. One out of every six people alive go to bed hungry. Every day‚ 24‚000 die of hunger and other malnutrition related diseases. In many places all over the world‚ childhood asthma rates have been increasing. These are usually in air polluted areas due to factories and the harmful smoke they let out into the atmosphere. The air quality is severely bad
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Child Malnutrition in Darbhanga District North East India Introduction India has the highest prevalence of underweight and malnourished children in the world and is almost double of the Sub-Saharan Africa. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India (World Health Organisation‚ 2008). Indian National Family Healthy Survey reports that‚ 48% of children under the age of three are malnourished and 19.8% suffered from acute malnutrition (IIPS‚ 2006). There are many inequalities
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infections could be harmful to us because it produces toxins which damage surrounding cells. Most bacterial infections are generally in one single area of the body and are characterized by pain and some swelling. The human body is not capable of fighting off most bacterial infections so they can mainly be treated with antibiotics. A viral infection is a type of infection by a virus. It is one in which is spreaded by a virus that is pathogenic to human beings. They are much smaller than bacteria
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of a war-torn country than was before. The war was a result of U.S. sanctions that resulted in the deaths of over 1 million Iraqis. Over half a million Iraqi children died because of either getting caught in crossfire and "minor bombings” or the malnutrition/diseases caused because of the lack of clean water and medicine. Not only in Iraq have the actions the U.S. has taken come at a great cost. As of February 2013‚
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