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THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S CHILDREN

 

The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

 

The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Statistical Tables

 

The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Executive Summary

 

The State of the World’s Children 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health

 

The State of the World's Children 2008: Women and Children - Child Survival

 

The State of the World's Children 2007: Women and Children - The double dividend of gender equality

 

The State of the World's Children 2006: Excluded and Invisible

 

The State of the World's Children 2005: Childhood under threat

 

The State of the World's Children 2004: Girls, Education and Development

 

The State of the World's Children 2003: Child Participation

 

The State of the World's Children 2002: Leadership

 

The State of the World's Children 2001: Early Childhood

 

The State of the World's Children 2000

 

The State of the World's Children 1999: Education

 

The State of the World's Children 1998: Nutrition

 

The State of the World's Children 1997: Child Labour

 

The State of the World's Children 1996: Children in war

 

PROGRESS FOR CHILDREN

 

Progress for Children: A Report Card on Child Protection: Number 8, September 2009

 

Progress for Children: A Report Card on Maternal Mortality: Number 7, September 2008

 

Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review: Number 6, December 2007

 

Progress for Children: A Report Card on Water and Sanitation: Number 5, September 2006

 

Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition: Number 4, May 2006

 

Progress for Children: A Report Card on Immunization: Number 3, September 2005

 

Progress for Children: A Report Card on Gender Parity and Primary Education: Number 2, April 2005

 

Progress for Children: A Child Survival Report Card: Number 1, 2004

 

CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH

 

Child Survival and Development in Africa

 

Progress in Intervention Coverage - Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival in Africa

 

The State of the World's Children 2008: Women and Children - Child Survival

 

Child Survival Report: Number 1, 2004

 

  • Child Mortality

     

    Levels and trends in under-5 mortality, 1990–2008, The Lancet, 2009, DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61601-9

     

    Child Mortality 30 years after the Alma-Ata Declaration, The Lancet, 2008, Volume 372

     

    Levels and Trends of Child Mortality in 2006: Estimates developed by the Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation

     

    Trends in Child Mortality in the Developing World: 1960-1996

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  • Pneumonia

     

    Pneumonia: the leading killer of children, The Lancet, 2006, DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69334-3

     

    Pneumonia the Forgotten Killer of Children

     

  • Malaria

     

    Malaria and Children: Progress in Intervention Coverage - Summary Update

     

    Malaria and Children: Progress in intervention coverage

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    World Malaria Report 2005

     

    Africa Malaria Report 2003

     

  • Diarrhoeal Disease 

     

    Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what can be done, The Lancet, 2009, DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61798-0

     

    Why are children still dying and what can be done

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  • Immunization

     

    Immunization Summary: A statistical reference containing data through 2008

     

    Immunization Summary: A statistical reference containing data through 2007

     

    Immunization Summary 2008: A statistical reference containing data through 2006

     

    Immunization Summary 2007

     

    A Report Card on Immunization: Number 3, September 2005

     

  • CHILD NUTRITION

     

    Tracking progress on child and maternal nutrition - A survival and development priority

     

    The State of the World's Children 1998: Nutrition

     

    A Report Card on Nutrition: Number 4, May 2006

     

  • Low Birthweight

     

    Low Birthweight: Country, Regional and Global Estimates

     

    Monitoring low birthweight: an evaluation of international estimates and updated estimation procedure

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  • Breastfeeding

     

    Trends in Infant Feeding Patterns

     

  • Iodine Deficiency

     

    Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency

     

  • Vitamin A Deficiency
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    Vitamin A supplementation – A decade of progress

     

    MATERNAL HEALTH

     

  • Maternal Mortality

     

    Maternal Mortality in 2005

     

    Maternal Mortality in 2000

     

    Maternal Mortality in 1995

     

    Progress for Children: A Report Card on Maternal Mortality: Number 7, September 2008

     

    Maternal Mortality at the end of a decade: signs of progress?

     

    Guidelines for Monitoring the Availability and Use of Obstetric Services

     

    The Sisterhood Method for Estimating Maternal Mortality

     

    Estimates of Maternal Mortality for 1995

     

  • Antenatal Care

     

    Antenal Care in Developing Countries

     

    WATER AND SANITATION

     

    Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water - 2010 Update

     

    A Snapshot of Drinking Water and Sanitation in South-eastern Asia and the Pacific, 2008

     

    The Drinking Water and Sanitation Situation in the Arab States, 2008

     

    The Drinking Water and Sanitation Situation in Asia and the Pacific, 2008

     

    Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: Special Focus on Sanitation, 2008

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    A Report Card on Water and Sanitation: Number 5, September 2006

     

    A Snapshot of Drinking Water and Sanitation in Africa, 2008

     

    A Snapshot of Sanitation in Africa, 2008

     

    Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: the urban and rural challenge of the decade, 2006

     

    Progress for Children: A Report Card on Water and Sanitation, 2006

     

    Shaping a healthy future for Africa's children, 2008

     

    EDUCATION

     

    Adolescents and Education in Africa

     

    Beyond gender: Measuring disparity in South Asia using an education parity index

     

    Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from MICS and DHS surveys

     

    Child labour, education and the principle of non-discrimination

     

    Children out of school: Measuring exclusion from primary education

     

    The State of the World's Children 2004: Girls, Education and Development

     

    A Report Card on Gender Parity and Primary Education: Number 2, April 2005

     

    The State of the World's Children 1999: Education

     

    Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review

     

    CHILD PROTECTION

     

  • Birth Registration

     

    The 'Rights' Start to Life: A Statistical Analysis of Birth Registration

     

    Innocenti Digest - Birth Registration, Right From the Start

     

  • Child Disability

     

  • Child disability screening, nutrition, and early learning in 18 countries with low and middle incomes: data from the third round of UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (2005–06), The Lancet 2009, DOI: 374: 1831–39

     

    Monitoring Child Disability in Developing Countries

     

    Final report of expert group meeting on Violence against Children with Disabilities

     

    Child-friendly schools and care and support in schools

     

    Inclusive Education Initiatives for Children with Disabilities, Lessons from the East Asia and Pacific Region

     

    An Overview of Young People Living with Disabilities – Their Needs and Their Rights

     

    Measuring Children’s Disability via Household Surveys: The MICS Experience

     

  • Child Labor

     

    Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from MICS and DHS surveys

     

    Child labour, education and the principle of non-discrimination

     

    The State of the World's Children 1997: Child Labour

     

    Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review

     

  • Child Marriage

     

    Early Marriage: a Traditional Harmful Practice: A Statistical Exploration

     

    Innocenti Digest - Early Marriage

     

  • Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

     

    Long-term evaluation of the TOSTAN programme in Senegal: Kolda, Thiès and Fatick regions [Eng] [Fr]

     

    Coordinated strategy to abandon FGM/C in one generation

     

    Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: a Statistical Exploration

     

    Innocenti Digest - Changing a Harmful Social Convention: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

     

    HIV/AIDS

     

    Children and AIDS: Fourth Stocktaking Report, 2009

     

    Towards Universal Access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector: Progress Report 2009 

     

    Children and AIDS: Third Stocktaking Report

     

    Children and AIDS: Second Stocktaking Report

     

    Children and AIDS: A Stocktaking Report

     

    2008 Report on the Global AIDS epidemic

     

    Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS

     

    Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations: Children affected by AIDS

     

    Towards Universal Access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector, 2008

     

    Towards Universal Access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector, 2007

     

    MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

     

    The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009

     

    The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008

     

    The Millennium Development Goals Report 2007

     

    The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006

     

    The Millennium Development Goals Report 2005

     

    A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN

     

    We the Children: Meet the Promises World Summit for Children

     

    COUNTDOWN TO 2015

     

    Countdown to 2015 for maternal, newborn, and child survival: the 2008 report on tracking coverage of interventions, The Lancet, 2008, DOI: 371: 1247–58

     

    Tracking Progress in Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival, The 2008 Report

     

    Tracking Progress in Child Survival, The 2005 Report

     

    OTHER

     

    Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems: Better evidence, better policies, better development results

     

    Bridging the Gap: The role of monitoring and evaluation in evidence-based policy making