Nutrition

GUATEMALA: Muertes por desnutrición se pierden en las estadísticas

Jesica — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:30:24 +0000

De acuerdo con el Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social el año pasado fallecieron 6 mil 054 menores, de edades comprendidas entre los cero y cinco años, por diferentes problemas y afecciones médicas, pero profesionales de la salud y analistas consideran que la desnutrición juega un papel determinante en una buena cantidad de casos, y a pesar de su relevancia, el problema pasa desapercibido en las estadísticas y políticas públicas.

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GUATEMALA : La dénutrition infantile chronique reste très préoccupante

Louise — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:15:26 +0000

Quatre enfants sur dix de moins de cinq ans souffrent de malnutrition chronique sur le territoire.

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FRANCE : la situation sur le territoire de Calais

Louise — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:27:12 +0000

Ce rapport du Défenseur des droits dénonce des conditions d’hygiène terribles, un manque d’accès à la santé, à l’assistance juridique, à l’éducation, ainsi qu’un harcèlement policier constant.

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DISCRIMINATION : Roms et droits de l’enfant

Louise — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:56:56 +0000

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HEALTH: Child death rate cut by half, but UN target missed

Victor — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:43:26 +0000

As many as 16,000 children under five die each day, even though they are half as likely to die before their fifth birthday now than they were in 1990.

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SENEGAL: First steps taken to eradicate forced child begging in Quranic schools

Victor — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:56:36 +0000

A committee of African human rights experts agreed that Senegal must work to stop children in Quranic schools being forced to beg for food and money after two postgraduate students compiled a complaint on behalf of the exploited children.

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ENVIRONMENT: International human rights law and fracking

Victor — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:21:52 +0000

This report demonstrates how the international human rights framework can be used to initiate rights-based advocacy against human rights violations that result from the harm caused by hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

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FRANCE: 3 millions d'enfants sous le seuil de pauvreté

Louise — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:25:18 +0000

Plus de 3 millions d'enfants, soit un sur cinq, vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté en France, 30.000 sont sans domicile, 9.000 habitent des bidonvilles et 140.000 décrochent de l'école chaque année, s'alarme l'Unicef dans un rapport publié mardi.

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EBOLA: World Health Organization calls for special care for children with ebola to address high mortality rate

jonas — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:47:38 +0000

Experts discuss lifting the 'no touch' policy for Ebola patients to tackle the high mortality rate of 80 percent for children under five years due to lack of care.

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PAKISTAN: Cientos de niños mueren de hambre por sequía

Crintern — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:03:59 +0000

Los niños y las niñas son los primeros en caer víctimas de la diarrea y la neumonía provocadas por la desnutrición en Tharparkar.

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YEMEN: Half of children's population is malnourished as hunger worsens strife

jonas — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:58:42 +0000

Nearly half the children in Yemen are suffering from malnutrition, the agriculture minister has said, as insurgencies, water scarcity and climate change exacerbate sectarian strife in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest state.

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KENYA: Childhood Disability and Malnutrition in Turkana, Kenya

jonas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:13:51 +0000

This study aimed to assess whether children with disabilities were included within humanitarian and food security response programmes and whether there was an association between disability and malnutrition. The fieldwork was conducted in 2013 in the Turkana region of Kenya, a region repeatedly classified as experiencing a humanitarian emergency, and used both qualitative and quantitative methods.

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Nencheva v. Bulgaria

Denitsa — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:54:19 +0000

Case concerning deaths of children in institutional care in Bulgaria.

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Concluding Observations for India's Third and Fourth Periodic Reports

CRIN — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:46:28 +0000

CRC/C/IND/CO/3-4

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HEALTH: Road injuries, depression top adolescent challenges - UN agency

vanessa — Thu, 15 May 2014 04:33:03 +0000

New World Health Organization report urges stronger focus on adolescent health.

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