Everything I Needed to Know About Survival, I Learned from a Computer Game
Games, and cartoons, boost youth disaster preparation.
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At Risk Because They Don't Exist
Two-thirds of children in South Asia are not registered at birth, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation.
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Baby Come Early
Pre-term births in Indonesia contribute to high infant moratality.
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Broader Access to Paediatric Cancer Drugs
Philippines: Improved access to treatment for paediatric cancer, a leading cause of death in children aged 1-14.
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When Mother Tongues Divide?
Timor-Leste: A proposal to sanction the use of indigenous languages in primary schools has divided members of government, civil society and educators.
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HIV/AIDS: "Unprecedented progress", Despite Poor Funding
Latest figures from the 2011 UNAIDS World AIDS Day report.
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HIV response at a crossroads
Despite improved access in Asia-Pacific region, there are still nearly two new HIV infections for every person who starts treatment.
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Extreme Rehab
Resource-strapped villages in Nepal chain up child drug addicts.
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Leave The Women To Starve
In Nepal, gender discrimination fuels malnutrition.
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Neonatal Care for Refugees by Refugees
Staff at the maternity clinic in the Mae La refugee camp learn about special care for newborns.
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Bribes against Breastmilk
NGOs flay Nestlé’s infant formula marketing strategy in Laos
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Rich, Fat and Sitting Down
Childhood obesity is a growing problem among the urban rich in Indonesia
JULIA MADARINA
Selling Your Child for a Bag of Flour
More than 1 million cases of parents selling their children into slavery or forced marriages in Pakistan, and in one instance, for a bag of flour.
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Cancer in a Nut
The betel nut is causing rates of oral cancer to rocket in the Indian subcontinent, with children as young as four its biggest users.
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Sanjog Thakuri: Grown-Up Child
A child rights advocate, an avid book reader and a drama enthusiast, Sanjog Thakuri is all that and more.
ELIPHA PRADHANANGA