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Stunting and wasting in children less than 5 years of age are two key indicators of child malnutrition. Reducing their prevalence is a priority of the global public health community and for Somalia, a country suffering complex humanitarian emergencies such as drought, flooding, conflict and large-scale displacements. Data from the nationally representative cross-sectional Somalia Micronutrient Survey (SMS 2019) on 1947 children were analyzed to assess the prevalence and potential risk fact...

By the Improving Biosecurity project team

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"[H]aving different approaches for exploring barriers to vaccination provided rich insights to the challenges that healthcare workers and caregivers face and the relationship they have with each other." While several approaches for quantifying childhood vaccination coverage rates and understanding reasons for low coverage have been developed, no si

ACM Recognizes Luminaries Whose Service Benefits All Who Participate in Computing June 9, 2021 NEW YORK, June 9, 2021 — ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today recognized five individuals with awards for their exemplary service to the computing field. Working in diverse areas, the 2020 award recipients were selected by their peers for longstanding efforts that have strengthened the community. This year’s ACM award recipients made important contributions in areas including comput...

English Situation Report on Panama about Food and Nutrition, Health, Epidemic, Flood and more; published on 29 May 2021 by IFRC

Diwa C. Guinigundo Where else does one show how fintech can promote financial inclusion but in poor countries where access to electronic payments and settlement could spell the difference between life and death during this pandemic. Last year, the IMF focused on Rwanda’s experience with the use of fintech in helping them fight the pandemic. Rwanda is one of the smallest countries in Africa. It is landlocked with predominantly rolling hills. It is crawling out of poverty, a war-torn country wi...

30 Apr 2021 Innovations for Poverty Action seeks a qualified Embedded Labs Coordinator to collaborate closely with the Ministry of General Education in Zambia to strengthen its capacity to use evidence to improve its programs and policies. Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an international research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA has been engaging with Zambia’s Ministry of General Education (MoGE) for almost 10 years a...

Background Accessing surgical repair poses challenges to women living with female genital fistula who experience intersectional vulnerabilities including poverty, gender, stigma and geography. Barriers to fistula care have been described qualitatively in several low- and middle-income countries, but limited effort has been made to quantify these factors. This study aimed to develop and validate composite measures to assess barriers to accessing fistula repair in Nigeria and Uganda. Methods Thi...

Terms of refrance for Impact assessment of the “Child Sensitive Social Protection” intervention in Somaliland 1. Introduction Save the Children International (SCI) is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to fight for children’s rights and deliver immediate and lasting improvement to children’s lives worldwide. SCI has been operational in Greater Somalia for over 40 years. Current programs straddle relief and development in various sectors including Health, Nutrition, Child P...