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Human Rights and MDGs in Practice
Governments that pursue development hand-in-hand with human rights stand a better chance of reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A new publication by the United Nations Human Rights office (OHCHR) shows what this entails in practice.
With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the MDGs, preparations are in full gear for a [...]
Youth contest fosters dialogue on armed conflict
Geneva (ICRC), 23-08-2010 – In an effort to give young people a stronger voice concerning today’s most pressing humanitarian issues – from mass displacement caused by war to the lifelong and devastating impact of landmines – the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching a global “young reporter” competition, aimed at enabling people between [...]
International Conference on Right to Health: the Case of Pharmaceutical Transnational Corporations
The Center for the Study of Violence (NEV/USP) would like to invite researchers, professors, students, NGOs, human rights activists and the general public to take part in this forum of discussion, which is going to take place on August 30th and 31st of 2010. In this website, you will be able to register for the event, [...]
The Draft Plan of Action for the second phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (WPHRE)
The Draft Plan of Action for the second phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (WPHRE) has been made available on the Human Rights Council website. The Plan of Action has several references to child health and rights and mainstreaming education of health professionals.
You may download the draft Plan of Action at:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/15session/A.HRC.15.28_en.pdf
New publication: Counselling for Maternal and Newborn Health Care. A handbook for building skills
The main aim of this MNH Counselling Handbook is to strengthen counselling and communication skills of health providers including skilled birth attendants, helping them to effectively discuss with women, their husbands/partners and families and communities the important issues surrounding pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, postnatal and post-abortion care. Key information from the clinical guide “Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum [...]
Boosting child vaccines across the world
Vivienne Parry, Freelance broadcaster
BCC News
Vaccination is at a crossroads in the developing world, delegates were told at the recent International Paediatric Association congress in Johannesburg, South Africa.
It is the first time ever that this annual congress has been held in a sub-saharan country.
Although Johannesburg no longer echoes to the sound of vuvuzuelas, the football legacy [...]
‘Being fat at four means a life of ill-health’
By Jane Elliott, Health reporter, BBC News, 14 August 2010
Children who are overweight at the age of four face a lifetime of ill-health, according to a leading expert.
Dr David Haslam, a GP who chairs the National Obesity Forum, says that the age of four is a crucial point, because once a child starts school “the [...]
Childhood stress leads to adult ill health, studies say
BBC News 14 August 2010
Adversity and stress early in life leads to long-term ill health and early death, a group of psychologists warn.
A series of studies suggest that childhood stress caused by poverty or abuse can lead to heart disease, inflammation, and speed up cell ageing.
The American Psychological Association meeting heard that early experiences [...]
Children’s Rights Principles of Business
UNICEF, Save the Children and the UN Global Compact are working with business leaders to create a set of universal principles to ensure that their companies’ actions have a positive impact on children. The Children’s Principles of Business – which will be launched in 2011 – will be based on the Convention on the Rights [...]
The worldwide campaign to end the institutionalisation of children
After years of fighting abuses against children on a country-by-country basis, Disability Rights International (DRI) has gathered much evidence that the institutionalisation of children with disabilities is a worldwide problem. Over the past 16 years they have documented abuses against children in over 25 countries in the Americas, the United States, Eastern Europe and Russia, [...]