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Child survival: Other resources
A collection of other useful resources on child survival.

UNICEF A Reflection of the South African Maize Meal and Wheat Flour Fortification Programme (2004 to 2007)

An overview of the Food Fortification Programme from 2004, including issues and challenges faced, social marketing, management and monitoring and evaluation. This intervention included fortification of maize meal and wheat flour with 6 vitamins and 2 minerals. The report also highlights the key results and lessons learned. Published in partnership with the Department of Health and GAIN.

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Rapid assessment of cell phones for development

This assessment, commissioned by UNICEF in South Africa and implemented by Women’sNet, aims to provide baseline data that will inform a strategy to launch a new generation of cell phone technologies to address underdevelopment and in particular HIV/AIDS as a development issue. Written and compiled by Sally-Jean Shackleton (Women’s Net). May 2007

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Saving Children, Enhancing Lives

Combating HIV and AIDS in South Africa, Second Edition, 2006

June 2007 update included

This publication looks at the strategies proposed by UNICEF South Africa to assist the Government in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The stragies are:

Paediatric treatment
PMTCT-plus and nutrition
Primary prevention of HIV transmission
Protection, care

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UNICEF/SouthAfrica Little Heroes

A focus on the effect of HIV and AIDS on children. UNICEF supported supplement to the Mail & Guardian on World AIDS Day 2006. Download and read the pdf files:

Little Heroes 1: Missing childhood, missing parents, missing you

Little Heroes 2: Early Intervention is key. Youth problem: Adults to blame

Little Heroes 3: Teen speak

Including Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to prevent HIV and AIDS into post-sexual assault health sevices in South Africa: Cost and cost effectiveness of user preferred approaches to provision
Rape is a serious human rights and public health issue in South Africa. In the context of high rates of HIV/AIDS in the country the focus on the transmission of HIV after rape has received substantial attention over the past few years. This project was designed to provide information to inform the health service response to rape.
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Saving Children, Enhancing Lives

Combating HIV and AIDS in South Africa

This publication looks at the four core strategies proposed by UNICEF SA to assist the Government in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The stragies are:

Prevention amongst young people through lifeskills and response to sexual violence
Scaling up PMTCT+
Early testing and effective paediatric ART
Safety nets to care for orphans & vulnerable children

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What are the leading causes of death among South African children?

A Medical Research Council Policy Brief

This was the first attempt to derive consistent and coherent estimates of all causes of death from a range of data sources and models.

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South Africa is close to eliminating iodine deficiency disorders
Iodine deficiency disorder occurs when there is a lack of the mineral iodine in the human body.A lack of iodine hampers the development of the brain in children and leads to goitre in adults. Severe iodine deficiency disorders may include mental retardation, cretinism,abortion and hypothyroidism.

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