Childhood health and nutrition is an important global health issue. Many countries have begun to prioritize the well being of children because they want to prevent mortality and morbidity at a young age. Mitigating childhood malnutrition, including wasting, stunting, and micronutrient deficiencies...
Research Question: How do parent-child relationships during the Yemeni Civil War impact the attachment styles of children with long-lasting consequences? Summary: The Yemeni Civil War has proven detrimental to the health of millions of children, as many have suffered from malnutrition, violence, and...
Today, in 2020, COVID-19 has thrown the world into an unprecedented global health crisis, forcing most countries into periods of lockdown and economic turmoil. However, the crisis in Yemen is much different from the rest of the world. UNICEF describes the conflict in Yemen as 'A living hell for...
Roughly 15,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed annually among American children. Eighty percent of these children ultimately are cured, which is a remarkable medical success story. But in sub-Saharan Africa, where about 100,000 new cases of pediatric cancer occur annually and 90 percent of those...
Malnutrition is a global challenge that all countries need to address. Despite some progress, the world is not on track to meet globally agreed goals and targets for nutrition. While more than 149 million children have stunted growth, childhood overweight and obesity are increasing almost everywhere...
United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Report 2019. Tremendous progress in child survival has been made over the past two decades. And yet, one child or young adolescent died every five seconds in 2018. The vast majority of these deaths (85 per cent) occur in the...
Although a short video, Professor Sonia Bhalotra addresses whether a decline in child morality influences women's choices of labour market participation, marriage, and fertility. ...
The research, funded mostly by the Gates Foundation (which is also a funder of NPR and this blog), looks within the borders of 99 low- and middle-income countries that account for 93% of child deaths. Since 2000, those deaths have dropped from some 10 million a year to 5.4 million. Access Case Study...
This study enables the identification of high-mortality clusters, patterns of progress and geographical inequalities to inform appropriate investments and implementations that will help to improve the health of all populations. Abstract Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success...