Committee Name: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Committee Topic: Child Malnutrition in Haiti Country Name: Republic of Ireland A. Brief Background of the Topic The Haiti earthquake in January 2010 had a detrimental impact on the rate of malnutrition within the country. However‚ according to UNICEF‚ Haiti already had the highest number of children that were suffering from malnutrition in Latin America and Caribbean region. Children in Haiti are not consuming the proper amount of
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Nutrition Effects • Good nutrition – an adequate‚ well balanced diet combined with regular physical activity – is a cornerstone of good health. • Poor nutrition (Malnutrition) can lead to reduced immunity‚ increased susceptibility to disease‚ impaired physical and mental development‚ and reduced productivity Types of Malnutrition • Over
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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and whether the malnourished participants were being identified and documented as malnourished. To evaluate the impact of poor documentation on financial reimbursement to the hospital. Subjects: Three hundred and twenty-four inpatients from a total of 690 randomly selected patients consented to participate in the study. Design and setting: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) was used to assess the nutritional status of inpatients. There were
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whether fighting should be allowed or banned in the National Hockey League (NHL). In generalization‚ most people see that physically fighting someone‚ fist-to-fist‚ is a negative conflict. However‚ in certain sports fighting is the main objective of the sport. For instance boxing‚ kickboxing‚ or the rising sport of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). Then people look at NHL‚ and point out that fighting is not the main purpose or goal of the sport. People who disapprove of the fighting also believe
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However the University and the NCAA were given a lawsuit by the Standing Rock & Spirit Tribes. They feel as the mascot and nickname the Fight Sioux is racists and stereotypical to their people. However the school fells as if having the name of the Fighting Sioux should be seen as a great honor‚ especially because of all the recognition‚ and the recognition is always positive‚ the only negative is those of critics but still the lawsuit stands. The university feels as if the lawsuit is lost on their
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FIGHTING FOR THE EDUCATION Nelson Mandela said: ‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ But what if the education that has been given in schools is limited and it is not enough to train students to “change the world”. Even though we live in a world that proclaims education and educators are the basis of the society‚ the reality is different. Education and especially public education is in dangerous and as future teachers it is vital to know about the war
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Bull Fighting The immediate reaction of many non-Spanish people to bull fighting is that it is sick‚ animal killing‚ unmoral entertainment. To many others around the world‚ though‚ bull fighting is a sport which involves courage‚ skill‚ and power‚ in a struggle between man and beast. This purpose of this paper is not to discuss the moralities of bullfighting though‚ it is to give some information on a sport which is loved by many throughout the world. A bull fight‚ or corrida de toros‚ consists
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N What I have learned from fighting. What I have learned from this experience is that everything you do has its consequences. In the end‚ it really isn’t worth it. But that is what growing up is all about right? Learning what not to do‚ and what isn’t right. Learning what is good and bad‚ it’s just life. Everything happens for a reason in my life. And I decided to learn from this‚ with an open mind. Fighting doesn’t resolve anything‚ it only makes things worse. If everybody
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Fighting for peace Can one man make a difference in the World By: Zlatko Georgiev I’ve never understood the war. I do not understand the reasons for starting it and I definitely do not understand why people engage in it with such enthusiasm. I do not understand why people believe the crap that other people are shoving that war begins in order to achieve peace. Wars are started for money and power‚ for power and money. These are the only reasons for starting the insane killing of thousands‚
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Heifer International Somewhere around the world‚ somebody is dying of hunger. They die of hunger because of poverty‚ lack of food and resources. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ’s (FAO) reports that‚ "The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2003 showed that the number of people suffering from chronic extreme hunger increased during the last half of the 1990s by 18 million. This means that 842 million people in developing and transition countries are severely undernourishedthree
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