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Grant, James P. – 1983
Measures were proposed that would enable UNICEF, in association with others and despite prevailing difficult economic circumstances, to more effectively bring well-being and hope to hundreds of millions of children. Specific proposals were designed to help most countries accelerate child survival and development. Most particularly, it was…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Children, Developing Nations, Government Role
Grant, James P. – 1986
This special UNICEF report documents the range of problems behind the decline of living standards in Africa and describes the practical steps which are being taken to confront the crisis. Discussed are (1) increasing implementation of immunization programs and progress in promoting oral rehydration therapy; (2) the impact on child survival and…
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Grant, James P. – 1984
Breakthroughs in science and social organization could soon be helping to save the lives of half the 40,000 young children who now die every day. They could also prevent several million children a year from becoming mentally or physically disabled. To achieve these goals, local successes showing that a child health revolution is possible must be…
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
Grant, James P. – 1991
The World Summit for children was held at the United Nations, New York, on September 30, 1990. The summit set child health goals to be achieved by the year 2000, and offered strategies and guiding principles for achieving the goals. The summit proposed a new ethic for children which called for children's needs to be given high priority in the…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Health, Childhood Needs, Childrens Rights
Grant, James P. – 1987
This report maintains that it is just as unacceptable to allow millions of children to die each year from needless infection and malnutrition as it is to let them die in sudden emergencies of drought and famine. The world now has the means to attack childhood malnutrition and disease on a massive scale and at an affordable cost. Four million…
Descriptors: Children, Community Action, Demography, Developing Nations
Grant, James P. – 1988
This special UNICEF report documents how an alliance of social resources--teachers, organizations, agencies--is beginning to help provide parents throughout the world with health knowledge that will benefit their children. Discussed are: (1) low-cost methods of protecting children's lives and growth which now prevent 2 million child deaths per…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Agency Cooperation, Breastfeeding, Children