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Nutrition, Health and Population 2004
No drop in world hunger deaths: A child still dies of hunger every five seconds BBC News December 8, 2004
Childhood is a brutal experience for half of world's children, UNICEF says: Crucial years destroyed by poverty, conflict, and AIDS UNICEF December 11, 2004
Number of Women Living with HIV Increases in Each Region of the World UNAIDS and WHO November 23, 2004
Great Expectations: Six Mothers-to-be Living in Different Countries Share Their Experiences of Pregnancy and Childbirth Damiana, Samah, Hiwot, Renu, Bounlid and Claire share their stories from different parts of the world: Bolivia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Photos: WHO
World Falling Short on Promise To Reduce Child Deaths; With Goal of Two-Thirds Reduction 98 Countries Are Off the Mark UNICEF October 7, 2004 UNICEF Calls For Coalition of Powerful To Provide Worldwide Vaccine Access UNICEF October 11, 2004
Photo: AP
Nigeria has the highest rates of polio in the world.
UN Launches Key Anti-polio Push BBC News October 8, 2004 (You will leave this site.)
Billions Struggle Without Clean Water or Basic Sanitation World Health Organization and UNICEF August 26, 2002
Photo: AP
The World Health Organization estimates that it will have helped countries vaccinate 74 million children in Africa next year in order to prevent polio worldwide.
Africa Faces New Polio Threat BBC News August 26, 2002 Polio Epidemic Warning for Africa BBC June 22, 2004 (You will leave this site.)
Billions Struggle Without Clean Water or Basic Sanitation World Health Organization and UNICEF August 26, 2002
Malnutrition is the Underlying Cause of More Than Half of All Child Deaths--Better Diet Would Save Millions BBC June 17, 2004
The Challenge of Hunger and Malnutrition--Experts Propose Four Specific Responses Jere R Behrman, Harold Alderman and John Hoddinott June 3, 2004
Little Attention Given To the Role of Food in Combating AIDS and Chronic Hunger, World Food Programme Director Says May 29, 2004
Biotechnology: Meeting the Needs of the Poor? Food and Agriculture Organization, May 17, 2004 Links also to article in Spanish and in French/en Espanol/en Francais and in Arabic.
Ugandans Turn to Candor in Fight Against AIDS Emily Wax Washington Post, February 19, 2004. (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)
Brazil Points to Way Ahead in AIDS Battle Mark Ashurst BBC, January 7, 2004
'Sugar Daddies' Ask for Sex with Young Women in Exchange for Money, Fueling HIV Spread in Uganda BBC January 6, 2004
Map legend shows percentages of adult population. For further explanation, see Trends in HIV/AIDS as of End of 2001 Worldwide.