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This article investigates the effect increasing secondary education opportunities has on teenage fertility in Brazil. Using a novel dataset to exploit variation from a 57 increase in secondary schools across 4,884 Brazilian municipalities between 1997 and 2009, the analysis shows an important...
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thin mothers are at risk of having wasted or thin children. Only children of mothers in the richest wealth group and with … of being stunted. The short stature of mothers may take a generation or more to eliminate. Delaying marriage and …According to the Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Survey, in 2016 about 46 percent of all children less than five …
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The proportions of girls marrying or having children before the age of 18 have been declining in Uganda according to … than one third of girls still marry as children, and close to three in ten girls have their first child before turning 18 … strategy to end child marriage and teenage pregnancies. Improving girls' education is also a priority of the government …
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behaviors, in domains as varied as HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, or early marriage prevention. This paper presents …
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cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …
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children under-five were replaced with case-based payments paid by or through the government or donors, for essential MCH …
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development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least … extremely effective in getting high quality, essential health services to women and children. He remarks that empowering … transformational changes in access and quality. As countries move toward universal coverage, fewer mothers die in childbirth, and more …
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This document offers a useful background for NGOs or organizations working to deliver culturally appropriate maternal health services or interventions through comadronas (midwives) in Solola, Guatemala or the surrounding region. To this end, the information contained herein focuses on...
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children. Additionally, the research also explores aspects related to female genital cutting (FGC or FGM) and girls' access to …
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significant only for children living in disadvantaged households. The presence of a partner worsens the effect of maternal …
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