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UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman is in Mexico City on the last leg of a twelve day, three-country mission. She is leading the UNICEF delegation to the 17th International AIDS Conference.
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UNICEF will work with the Ministry of Education to reopen schools in some cyclone-affected areas by 2 June. The focus will be on damaged and collapsed schools in areas which have not been reached by aid agencies.
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UNICEF South Africa has joined forces with the cities of Johannesburg, Ekhuruleni, and Tshwane, areas hardest hit by the violence, to provide emergency relief supplies to meet immediate needs of vulnerable women and children.
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UNICEF hails the government's decision to grant full access to international aid workers to every part of cyclone-battered Myanmar.
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The Government of China has organized a high level mission to Sichuan - with support from UNICEF - to provide immediate psycho-social assistance for children suffering emotional trauma following the major earthquake that struck the region on 12 May.
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Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), also known as childhood neurotrauma or inflicted traumatic brain injury, is the leading cause of death from childhood maltreatment.
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The teen birth rate in the United States rose in 2006 for the first time since 1991, and unmarried childbearing also rose significantly, according to preliminary birth statistics released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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A Dutch study suggests that among children with mild or moderate symptoms of throat infections, surgery to remove the tonsils may be more expensive but not necessarily more beneficial than watchful waiting, according to a report in the Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery.
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The majority of parents feel they play a significant role in making medical decisions for their child, according to researchers at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
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Researchers have long known that children experience a vocabulary explosion at about 18 months of age, suddenly learning words at a much faster rate.
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Roche announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to market Tamiflu(R) (oseltamivir phosphate) capsules in 30 mg and 45 mg doses.
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Pediatricians at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, and around the country alert us about the health of our children.
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A surey commissioned by the Childline charity says that children of smoking
children want treir parents to quit smoking.
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A new study showed that the amount of fatty tissue that young children gain as
they grow up has little to do with their calcium intake. Dr. Bonny L. Specker of South
Dakota State University in Brookings said that if you want to have a healthy child rather
than giving him a supplement of calcium you should send him outside to play.
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