Publications on Children

It is estimated that there are more than half a million cases of tuberculosis (TB) in children occurring globally each year. In settings with a high overall incidence of TB, children can account for a large proportion (up to one-third) of all TB cases. As a consequence, TB is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children in TB endemic countries.

A compilation of the epidemiology data and graphics contained in the Gap report on children and pregnant women living with HIV.

Countries around the world have committed to a historic ambition: to end preventable child and maternal deaths within a generation. A Common Cause shows why two key movements in global health – maternal and child health, and Universal Health Coverage – need to join forces to make that ambition a reality.

The need for prevention of transmission of HIV from parents to child is paramount for the Ministry to achieve its targets of zero new hiv infections which prevents transmission of HIV from parent to child.

Like the original, this second edition aims to inform the revision of existing national guidelines and standards for managing TB, many of which include guidance on children. It includes recommendations, based on the best available evidence, for improving the management of children with TB and of children living in families with TB. National and regional TB control programmes may wish to adapt these recommendations according to local circumstances.

The report highlights how new ways of solving problems – often emerging from local communities and young people themselves – can help us overcome age-old inequities that prevent millions of children from surviving, thriving and making the most of their potential.

This report presents the key findings and recommendations of the review of Myanmar's legal framework and its effect on access to health and HIV prevention and treatment services for people living with HIV and key populations.

The action plan sets out a vision of a world in which there are no preventable deaths of newborns or stillbirths, where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth celebrated and women, babies and children survive, thrive and reach their full potential.

In compliance with the Law on Statistics of Mongolia, National Statistical Office of Mongolia conducted the first "Social Indicator Sample Survey - 2013" with support from the Government of Mongolia, UNICEF and UNFPA. The survey has combined 3 major nationwide household-based surveys, namely MICS, RHS and DHS which are conducted individually at international level.

The objective of this report is to facilitate the timely dissemination and use of results from the Social Indicator Sample Survey (SISS) prior to the release of full tables and the final survey report that will contain detailed information on all survey findings by various demographic, social, and economic characteristics. Th