Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern regarding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in July 2014, UNICEF was asked to co-lead, in coordination with WHO and the ministries of health of affected countries, the communication and social mobilization component-which UNICEF refers to as communication for development (C4D)-of the ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert Davis works for the American Red Cross as health and measles delegate, based in Nairobi, Kenya. A 1978 graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, he has just started his 25th year in Africa, where he has worked with WHO, UNICEF, the International Rescue Committee, and Save the Children Fund. The views expressed in this editorial are his own.

Ariel Higgins-Steele, Piyali Mustaphi, Sherin Varkey, Humayoun Ludin, Najibullah Safi and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office, UNOCA Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan, Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, and Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto,...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BMI: Body Mass Index; CM: Centimeter; χ2: Chi Square; KG: Kilogram; M: Meter; MAC: Mid-Arm Circumference; MLS: Milliliters; NTDS: Neglected Tropical Diseases; OR: Odd Ratio; RPM: Revolutions Per Minute; SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Sciences; UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund; US CIA: United States ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com J Pediatr Neonatal Care, 2(6): 00102 Abbreviations: RDW: Red cell distribution width; IDA: Iron Deficiency Anemia; MCV: Mean Corpuscular Volume; TIBC: Total Iron Binding Capacity; PBF: Peripheral Blood Film; NFHS: National Family Health Survey; UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund; IRB: Institutional Research Board; EDTA: Ethylene Diamino-Tetra Ac...

Copyright: © 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Background: Despite the fact that UNICEF declared freedom from hunger and malnutrition a basic human right in 1948, more than 20 million children were severely malnourished in 2010 and a further 170 million were stunted. Malnutrition attributes to >50% of child dea...

Department of Reproductive Health and Research and UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37203 USA; University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine and British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Va...