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Contraceptive use and fertility transitions: The distinctive experience of sub-Saharan Africa

Demographic Research, 2022
Background: Continued rapid population growth in sub-Saharan Africa is driven predominantly by high fertility. Contraceptive use was a key determinant of past fertility transitions.
Aisha Dasgupta, Mark Wheldon, Vladimíra Kantorová, Philipp Ueffing   +3 more
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LANDSCAPE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF SDG2 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS USING REMOTE SENSING AND UNSUPERVISED CONTROL SITE SELECTION [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
As part of its objective to achieve Zero Hunger under SDG2 the United Nations World Food Programme, in partnership with Governments, NGOs and other UN agencies, supports food insecure communities to increase natural resource availability and improve ...
H. Kemper, T. Renouard, S. Muir, R. Bonifacio, G. Pini, P. Lucchino, L. Bosi   +6 more
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The United Nations Depository Libraries System asn an “open community”

Umanistica Digitale, 2022
Transition to open access is changing how United Nations Depository Libraries are working to serve local communities (researchers and citizens) in accessing United Nations documents and publications.
Deborah Grbac
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United Nations General Assembly: Declaration and Programme of Action of The Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa

Refuge, 1985
United Nations General Assembly Declaration and Programme of Action of The Second InternationalConference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa.
. United Nations General Assembly
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Mid-term evaluation of Maternal and Child Nutrition Programme (MCNP II) in Kenya

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Kenya is faced with a triple burden of malnutrition which is multi-faceted with health and socio-economic implications. Huge geographical disparities exist, especially, in the arid and semi-arid lands exacerbated by inadequate resource ...
Patrick Codjia, Edward Kutondo, Penjani Kamudoni, Judith Munga, Aneesha Ahluwalia, Indrani Sharma, Yvon de Jong, Tom Amolo, Lucy Maina-Gathigi, Victoria Mwenda, Hemant Chaudhry, Zipporah Bukania   +11 more
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Female genital mutilation and sexual behaviour by marital status among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian women

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain English Summary Female genital mutilation (FGM) recognized internationally as a violation of human right, refers to all procedures that involve partial or complete removal or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
Babatunde Adelekan, Yusuf Olushola Kareem, Zubaida Abubakar, Karima Bungudu, Adewale Aderemi, Erika Goldson, Ulla Mueller, Sanni Yaya, Adesegun Fatusi   +8 more
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Concurrent wasting and stunting among children 6–59 months: an analysis using district-level survey data in Mozambique

BMC Nutrition, 2022
Background In the past it was believed that wasting and stunting were independent of each other. Recent work has shown that they can occur concurrently in a child and that increases considerably the risk of mortality.
Tomás Zaba, Joel Conkle, Mara Nyawo, Dorothy Foote, Mark Myatt   +4 more
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Guidance on the monitoring of salt iodization programmes and determination of population iodine status: Russian language version

Клиническая и экспериментальная тиреоидология, 2018
Over the last two decades, there has been remarkable progress towards eliminating iodine deficiency (ID). While there has been remarkable success, there have been several notable changes in the way that salt iodization programs have been designed and ...
organization: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), organization: Iodine Global Network (IGN)   +1 more
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SOCIAL ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN RESOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS

Vallis Aurea, 2019
The matter of role and influence of the United Nations in resolution of international conflicts is decisive because they demonstrate their legal presence at the national as well as international level.
Mirza Čaušević , Marijeta Vitez Pandžić   +1 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on meeting needs for family planning: a global scenario by contraceptive methods used [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Gates Open Research, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis could leave significant numbers of women and couples without access to essential sexual and reproductive health care. This research note analyses differences in contraceptive method mix across Sustainable Development Goal regions and ...
Aisha Dasgupta, Vladimíra Kantorová, Philipp Ueffing   +2 more
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