Resources on health and nutrition
Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition
Lack of attention to child and maternal nutrition today will result in considerably higher costs tomorrow. With more than 1 billion people suffering from malnutrition and hunger, international leadership and urgent action are needed. Global commitments on food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture are part of a wider international agenda that will help address the critical issues raised in this report.
Progress for Children: A report card on maternal mortality
This edition of Progress for Children, the seventh inthe series that monitors progress towards theMillennium Development Goals, measures the world’sperformance on maternal health, with a particularfocus on maternal mortality.
The State of Asia-Pacific's Children 2008: Child Survival
This year, UNICEF is publishing the first annualedition for the Asia-Pacific region, which encompasseshalf of the world’s population, under the title of TheState of Asia-Pacific’s Children 2008. This volume and other regional editions complement...
Papua New Guinea: Enhancing pregnancy outcome report
This report was prepared from data collected during the course of the EPO program. The data entry and cross-checking was managed by IMR and files provided to the consultant. Further cleaning of the data, such as harmonising of identification numbers and..
Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency
This report was made possiblewith the advice and contributionsof many people, bothinside and outside UNICEF. Itwas prepared by the UNICEFNutrition Section, ProgrammeDivision and the Division ofCommunications at New YorkHeadquarters.
Joint review of the maternal and child survival strategy in China. 2006
The review analyzed the factors that affect maternal and child mortality in China. This framework also assessed the impact of interventions and related institutional measures related to health services, but also of policies affecting other areas.
Strategy to improve child survival, growth and development for the most at-risk. 2005
This strategy can be used as a tool to assist countries in the East Asia and Pacific region in their programming for child survival growth and development.
Strategy to reduce maternal and child undernutrition. 2003
The strategy proposes to extend interventions to adolescent girls and pre-pregnancy women to improve their nutritional status before conception and through all three trimesters of pregnancy.
Strategy to reduce maternal deaths. 2003
This paper discusses how to lower maternal mortality ratios and maternal and child undernutrition by increasing access to emergency obstetric care facilities and by targeting the smaller but substantial number of preventable causes of maternal death.
