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Rwanda: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Ministry of Education, Rwanda (2011) C2

The Early Childhood Development Policy and its Strategic Plan seek to provide a framework to ensure such a holistic and integrated approach to the development of young children. International research has demonstrated the high economic returns on ECD investment and its positive impact on health and ... more

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Coming together for refugee education

UNHCR (2020) CC

Children in every country are struggling with the impact of COVID-19. An entire generation has had its education disrupted, from nurseries and pre-primaries to universities and apprenticeships

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Preventive chemotherapy to control soil-transmitted helminth infections in at-risk population groups
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A. Montresor World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Treating children infected with intestinal worms is one of the simplest and most cost–effective ways to improve their health. The recommendations are intended for a wide audience, including policy-makers and their expert advisers as well as technical and programme staff at government institution... more

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“Tufwile Twasakamana” Ubwafya bufuma ku Mutofwe mu Kukowesha kwa Ncende pa Nsambu sha Bana mu musumba wa Kabwe, mu calo ca Zambia

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1

Children in Kabwe are especially at risk because they are more likely to ingest lead dust when playing in the soil, their brains and bodies are still developing, and they absorb four to five times as much lead as adults. The consequences for children who are exposed to high levels of lead and are no... more

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The Child With a Disability: Parental Acceptance, Management and Coping

Isack Kandel and Joav Merrick (2007) CC

ScientificWorldJournal. 2007 Nov 12;7:1799-809. Research indicates that family reaction to the birth of a disabled child changes according to the type of disability and the child's diagnostic category. The differences are probably an indirect consequence of anticipated or actual reactions by those ... more

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Rwanda: What is Ebola? (Poster)

UNICEF, Rwanda Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Center (2014)

A poster to raise awareness about Ebola among children, showing ways how to protect yourself from infection. Also available in Kinyarwanda: https://www.unicef.org/rwanda/RWA_resources_iecebolaK.pdf

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Coronavirus. Bilou's advices

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2020) CC

A children's poster on how to protect yourself from Covid-19

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Measuring effective coverage of curative child health services in rural Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study

Koulidiati J. L., Nesbitt R. C., Ouedraogo N. et. al. BMJ Open (2018) C2

BMJ Open2018;8:e020423. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-02042 EC has been increasingly used in the evaluation of maternal and child health programmes.12–15 For instance, Nesbitt et al compared crude coverage and EC of pregnant women with facility-based obstetric services in Ghana and estimated that alth... more

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Hi! My name is Coronavirus

Molina, M. Mind Heart Kids (2020) C1

A children´s book to understand Coronavirus

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Stand Proud

(2019) CC

By providing free mobility-enhancing treatment and equipment, U.S., U.K., and Swiss charity StandProud improves the dignity and social integration of impoverished children and youth with motor disabilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) .

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Covibook - Portuguese

Manuela Molina (2020) C1

A children´s book to explain Coronavirus

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Trauma and Treatment in Early Childhood: A Review of the Historical and Emerging Literature for Counselors

Buss, K.E., Warren, J.M. & Horton, E. The Professional Counselor (TPC) (2015) C1

Young children are especially susceptible to exposure to trauma. Rates of abuse and neglect among this population are staggering. This article presents a review of relevant literature, including research findings specific to early childhood vulnerability to trauma, symptoms associated with traumatic... more

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A Guide to Inclusive Education 2023
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Jesuit Refugee Service (2023) CC

Refugee children with disabilities experience a reality of exclusion and marginalisation that makes them among the most vulnerable displaced persons in the world. Excluded from participation in social activities and access to school, not only because of their disability, but especially because of so... more

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Navigating the landscape of child disability measurement: A review of available data collection instruments

C. Cappa, N. Petrowski , J. Njelesani (2015) CC

ALTER, European Journal of Disability Research 9(2015)317–330. The purpose of this paper is to describe the varying scope and content of data collection instruments on child disability and to provide a historical snapshot of the rates of reported disability among children. A total of 716 data sou... more

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Understanding refugee trauma: for mental health professionals
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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network NCTSN (2007) C1

Refugee children and adolescents exhibit resilience despite a history of trauma. However, trauma can affect a refugee child’s emotional and behavioral development. Mental health providers should consider how the refugee experience (e.g., exposure to hunger, thirst, and lack of shelter; injury an... more

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Fair'n Square

Handicap International; UNICEF (2018)

Accessed October 2018 The Information, Orientation and Social Support Service (SIOAS) reaches out to people with disabilities, mainly through its mobile teams, in 35 of the poorest neighborhoods in Maputo, Matola and Beira and will soon also be present in Tete and Nampula; these are five of the mos... more

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A Roadmap for Ending Exploitation, Abuse of Talibés in Senegal

Human Rights Watch (2020) C2

For over a decade, Senegalese and international journalists, human rights advocates, and child protection experts have documented and denounced the ongoing exploitation, abuse and neglect of children living in many of Senegal’s traditional Quranic schools, or daaras. Thousands of these children, k... more