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The United Nations Children's Fund
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as mentioned in this paper was originally created to provide relief for children in countries devastated by the destruction of World War II, and in 1965, it was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for its humanitarian efforts.Abstract:
The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, was originally created to provide relief for children in countries devastated by the destruction of World War II. After 1950, UNICEF turned to focus on general programs for the improvement of children's welfare worldwide, and in 1965, it was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for its humanitarian efforts. The organization concentrates on areas in which relatively small expenditures can have a significant impact on the lives of the most disadvantaged children in developing countries, such as the prevention and treatment of disease, child healthcare, malnutrition, illiteracy, and other welfare services.read more
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Worldwide prevalence of anaemia, WHO Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System, 1993-2005
TL;DR: Anaemia affects one-quarter of the world’s population and is concentrated in preschool-aged children and women, making it a global public health problem, which makes it difficult to effectively address the problem.
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The effects of antibiotics on the microbiome throughout development and alternative approaches for therapeutic modulation
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Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History
TL;DR: New evidence is presented on how suffrage rights for American women helped children to benefit from the scientific breakthroughs of the bacteriological revolution as cause-specific reductions occurred exclusively among infectious childhood killers sensitive to hygienic conditions.
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Worldwide implementation of the WHO Child Growth Standards.
Mercedes de Onis,Adelheid W. Onyango,Elaine Borghi,Amani Siyam,Monika Blössner,Chessa K. Lutter +5 more
TL;DR: Five years after their release, the WHO standards have been widely scrutinized and implemented and countries have adopted and harmonized best practices in child growth assessment and established the breast-fed infant as the norm against which to assess compliance with children's right to achieve their full genetic growth potential.
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Effect of maternity-care practices on breastfeeding.
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Worldwide prevalence of anaemia, WHO Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System, 1993-2005
TL;DR: Anaemia affects one-quarter of the world’s population and is concentrated in preschool-aged children and women, making it a global public health problem, which makes it difficult to effectively address the problem.
Journal ArticleDOI
The effects of antibiotics on the microbiome throughout development and alternative approaches for therapeutic modulation
TL;DR: This review summarizes current research on the short-term and long-term consequences of antibiotic use on the human microbiome, from early life to adulthood, and its effect on diseases such as malnutrition, obesity, diabetes, and Clostridium difficile infection.
Journal ArticleDOI
Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History
TL;DR: New evidence is presented on how suffrage rights for American women helped children to benefit from the scientific breakthroughs of the bacteriological revolution as cause-specific reductions occurred exclusively among infectious childhood killers sensitive to hygienic conditions.
Journal ArticleDOI
Worldwide implementation of the WHO Child Growth Standards.
Mercedes de Onis,Adelheid W. Onyango,Elaine Borghi,Amani Siyam,Monika Blössner,Chessa K. Lutter +5 more
TL;DR: Five years after their release, the WHO standards have been widely scrutinized and implemented and countries have adopted and harmonized best practices in child growth assessment and established the breast-fed infant as the norm against which to assess compliance with children's right to achieve their full genetic growth potential.
Journal ArticleDOI
Effect of maternity-care practices on breastfeeding.
TL;DR: Increased “Baby-Friendly” hospital practices, along with several other maternity-care practices, improve the chances of breastfeeding beyond 6 weeks, and the need to work with hospitals to implement these practices continues to exist.