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Assessment of neurodisability and malnutrition in children in Africa

GLADSTONE, Melissa
MALLEWA, Mac
ALUSINE JALLOH, Alhaji
VOSJUIKL, Wieger
POSTELS, Douglas
GROCE, Nora
KERAC, Marco
MOLYNEUX, Elizabeth
March 2014

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Neurodevelopmental delay, neurodisability, and malnutrition interact to contribute a significant burden of disease in global settings. Assessments which are well integrated with plans of management or advice are most likely to improve outcomes. Assessment tools used in clinical research and programming to evaluate outcomes include developmental and cognitive tools that vary in complexity, sensitivity, and validity as well as the target age of assessment. Few tools have been used to measure socioemotional outcomes and fewer to assess the disabled child with malnutrition. There is a paucity of tools used clinically which actually provide families and professionals with advice to improve outcomes. Brain imaging, electroencephalography, audiology, and visual assessment can also be used to assess the effect of malnutrition on brain structure and function. The interaction of neurodisability and malnutrition is powerful, and both need to be considered when assessing children.

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, Child Neurology in Africa, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 50–57

24th session of the human rights council : documentation

OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (OHCHR)
September 2013

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This webpage presents documents from the Human Rights Council twenty-fourth regular session. The documents include reports, communications from Governments, NGO written statements, communications from NHRIs, resolutions, decisions and President’s statements and draft documents

What comes after the MDGs?

WILLIAMS, Leo
2011

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This article highlights the discussion about what will replace the millennium development goals (MDGs) after their expiry date in 2015

Beyond 2015

SUMNER, Andy
2009

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This article presents the global post-2015 debate and the need for global and participatory discussions Issue 14

Child rights and the MDGs

CHILD RIGHTS INFORMATION NETWORK (CRIN)
October 2008

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This special edition looks at how the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) relate to child rights and what the limitations and criticisms are

Identity crisis

BERESFORD, Peter
November 2006

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This article grapples with the attitudes and issues prioritised within the disability movement. It would be useful for anyone with an interest in disability and development issues

One never knows : research policy and knowledge management in Dutch evelopment cooperation

WIEDENHOF, Caroline
MOLENAAR, Henk
2006

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This article is about the development cooperation section of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) and initiatives it has undertaken since the early 1990s to respond to the need to ensure Southern ownership of research agendas and programmes and to ensure that research is informed by policy matters and the outcomes of research are used to inform policy

Engaging culture in development

VINCENT, Robin
January 2005

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Considers the definition of culture as it has been referred to in social development discussions, how development projects are affected by culture and how culture is and can best be engaged in development projects. Draws on the Exchange 'Findings' paper on this topic

Information and communication technologies and the effects of globalization : twenty-first century digital slavery for developing countries -- myth or reality?

OGUNSOLA, L A
2005

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This paper examines the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) revolution and the concept of globalization as they effect developing countries. The wide gap in availability and use of ICTs across the world and the influences ICTs exert on globalization at the expense of developing countries are carefully examined and suggestions and necessary policies are offered for developing countries to leap-frog the industrialization stage and transform their economies into high value-added information economies that can compete with the advanced countries on the global market. This is why it is important for Africa, in general, and Nigeria, in particular, to be aware of the implications, prepare to avoid the most telling consequences and prepare to meet its challenges

The Internet in developing nations : grand challenges

PRESS, L
2004

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The author outlines the 'grand challenge' or $15 billion project for achieving truly global connectivity. It is based on the methodology for the development of the US National Science Foundation Network. The plan emphasizes the use of wireless technology and input on local means of delivery based on stakeholders' decisions. The author does discuss the intellectual property rights problem and the need to subsidize access in lesser developed regions

The concept of essential medicines : lessons for rich countries

HOGERZEIL, Hans V
2004

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This article advocates that rich countries should follow the lead of poor countries and adopt a more systematic way of controlling the cost of drugs by careful selection, evidence based national clinical guidelines and a national medicines policy that balances conflicting policy objectives. It is written by the World Health Organization's Director of Medicines Policy and Standards

Interview with Denise Gray-Felder, Director of the Communications Division at The Rockefeller Foundation in New York, USA

COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE
August 1998

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At the time of the interview, Denise Gray-Felder was responsible for the Rockefeller Foundation’s internal and external communications, public information, public policy communications, reputation management and stakeholder relations world wide. She discusses the changing role of communications in the sector, and the emergent social change communications stream

The pursuit of global health : the relevance of engagement for developed countries

HOWSON, Christopher P
FINEBERG, Harvey V
BLOOM, Barry R
1998

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The globalisation of the world economy and the consequent increase in commerce, travel, and communication have brought benefits to virtually every country. But these changes also bring risks that cannot be addressed adequately within traditional national borders. These risks include emerging infectious diseases, resulting in part from increased prevalence of drug-resistant pathogens; exposure to dangerous substances, such as contaminated foodstuffs, and banned and toxic substances; and violence, including chemical and bioterrorist attack. By investing in global health, industrliased countries will not only benefit populations in desperate and immediate need of assistance, but also themselves--through protecting their people, improving their economies, and advancing their international interests. This paper describes the rationale for involvement of industrialised countries in global health, and suggests a means for its coordination.

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