Sentences with phrase «child mortality through»

Soya bean success I am the co-ordinator of a self help programme which aims to combat malnutrition and child mortality through the use of soya beans.

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Washing one's hands frequently is the best and simplest way to reduce respiratory infections and diarrhea, the world's two leading causes of child mortality, and the consumer - goods giant Unilever is promoting this habit through its Lifebuoy soap brand.

It accomplishes this by building healthy, sustainable communities through local engagement and partnerships and by focusing on the leading causes of mortality for mothers and children in targeted communities throughout Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

So many atheists make the same mistake: assuming that Christians are a «monolithic» group: that they all became Christians either through indoctrination as children or because they need a «crutch,» particularly as the result of fear of mortality.

So, in honor of the new addition to Team Evans, I'm joining Melinda Gates, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Kay Warren, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and host of other Christian advocates in their support of an organization called Hope Through Healing Hands, and in particular the Faith Based Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Worldwide, which seeks to galvanize faith - based leaders and their constituencies around the issues of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as well as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality around the world.

Since 1985, the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP) has supported nongovernmental organizations» (NGO) efforts to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality through interventions designed to address health issues, includingChild Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP) has supported nongovernmental organizations» (NGO) efforts to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality through interventions designed to address health issues, includingchild morbidity and mortality through interventions designed to address health issues, including EBF.

6.1 per thousand is the INFANT mortality rate, including all deaths of children through age year.

Women in poor Africa have lots of children not necessarily because their husbands force them to or because the pope denies them condoms (modern Malthusian prejudices), but because in parts of the world where infant mortality is high, and where there is no welfare system to see you through old age, having a large family is perfectly rational and well - informed.

Children who experience poverty, particularly during early life or for an extended period, are at risk of a host of adverse health and developmental outcomes through their life course.1 Poverty has a profound effect on specific circumstances, such as birth weight, infant mortality, language development, chronic illness, environmental exposure, nutrition, and injury.

Our mission is to prevent child abuse / neglect and infant mortality through in - home nurse visits.