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White, Howard; Saran, Ashrita – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
This research brief is one of a series of six briefs, which provide an overview of available evidence shown in the Campbell-UNICEF Mega-Map of the effectiveness of interventions to improve child well-being in low- and middle-income countries. Five of these briefs summarize evidence as mapped against the five goal areas of UNICEF's 2018-2021…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Strategic Planning, Children, Well Being
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
This report presents information on the status of the safety and use of polio vaccines in the United States. Topics discussed include: (1) the role of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in processing an inactivated polio vaccine license application; (2) the steps the federal government has taken to improve the safety of the vaccine; (3) the…
Descriptors: Children, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Federal Legislation
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Krause, Ilan; He, Ziao-Song; Gershwin, M. Eric; Shoenfeld, Yehuda – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
This article reviews studies linking autistic disorder with various immune factors. It concludes that although various immune system abnormalities have been reported in children with autism, previous studies are largely association based and it remains difficult to draw conclusions regarding the role of immune factors in the etiopathogenesis of…
Descriptors: Autism, Biological Influences, Child Health, Children
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1983
In introducing this annual report, the executive director of UNICEF delineates the four techniques for primary health care and basic services reported in the publication "State of the World's Children, 1982-1983." The ensuing review of UNICEF's activities illustrates highlights of the year's program cooperation, including trends and key…
Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, Health Education, Health Needs
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1983
Expanding on information provided in a softcover report of the same title, this hardcover edition contains additional chapters and presents a more complete picture of the revolution in child survival that UNICEF now believes to be possible. Part I, the annual message from the executive director of UNICEF, summarizes worldwide reaction to…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Developing Nations, Family Planning
Grant, James P.; Adamson, Peter – 1982
Synthesizing the experience of UNICEF's own work in over 100 countries as well as the views of leading international specialists, this report suggests that recent scientific and social breakthroughs have put into our hands the means to bring about a revolution in the health and well-being of children in the developing world. The first part of the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Children, Developing Nations, Employment