Summary: As childhood health and nutrition are important global health issues, many countries have begun to prioritize the well being of children to reduce mortality and morbidity at a young age. This paper takes a closer look at the relationship between childhood malnutrition and infectious...
BIOGRAPHY Natali Valdez, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College and specializes in issues of race and gender across biomedical fields. Dr. Valdez is an anthropologist who utilizes feminist and ethnographic methodologies. Her teaching and research lies at...
Biography: Dr. Michael Wessells is a Professor at Columbia University in the program on Forced Migration and Health. A long time psychosocial and child protection practitioner, he is former Co-Chair of the IASC Task Force on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. Formerly, he...
BIOGRAPHY Aaron Bernstein is the Interim Director of The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard C-CHANGE), a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr...
Cereal import has played a crucial role in compensating local water deficit. A quantitative account of water deficit and cereal import relations therefore is of significance for predicting future food import demand and formulating corresponding national and international policies. On the basis of...
Evolution in approaches to improve access to education for children living in urban slums ABSTRACT: Poverty is urbanizing. After 2008, more people live in urban than rural areas of the world. While the global number of poor is on the decline, an increasing number of people live in urban slums...
This op-ed shares the story of Pooja Shah’s grandmother, married at age 14. Her story is followed by statistics and information on the impact early marriage has on the education of girls, as well as the increasing number of human rights violations these girls face. Find it here: https://www...
As the designated custodian agency for monitoring progress towards reaching this target, UNICEF is responsible for generating periodic global estimates of child marriage. These estimates are produced primarily from nationally representative household surveys, and for a minority of countries, from...
Child marriage is a violation of human rights. Every child has the right to be protected from this harmful practice - one that has devastating consequences for individuals and society. Child marriage is now firmly on the global development agenda, most prominently through its inclusion in...