Kenya is home to 4 million girls and women who have experienced FGM. Overall, 21 per cent of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years have undergone the practice, varying from 98 per cent in the North Eastern region to 1 per cent in the Western region
In 2016, Senegal made a minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. In June, the Government launched an initiative to remove tailbés from the street and prosecute marabouts that perpetrate crimes against their students; however, no marabouts were prosecuted during th...e reporting period. Children in Senegal perform dangerous tasks in gold mining. Children also engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in forced begging, sometimes as a result of human trafficking.
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Expert Consensus Report for Emergency Centres in
Western Cape
PLoS ONE 7(12): e52986. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052986. Opern Access please download from the website
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 32 (2015) 111–117
Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 808–817 | DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00840-2016
To generate and manage resources towards this goal, the UN Secretary-General in collaboration with UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes (UN AFP) has launched the UN Zika Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (Zika Response MPTF). The aim of this inter-agency pooled funding mechanism is to rapidly resource ...the UN system responses to Zika virus, in accordance with the overview of needs and requirements and the Zika Response Framework.
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Capability and Performance
PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0155525 May 19, 2016, 1 / 11
TB policies in 29 Countries
A survey of prevention, testing and treatment policies and practices
AN ANALYSIS OF UNICEF MICS 3 SURVEY DATA FROM BANGLADESH, LAO PDR, MONGOLIA AND THAILAND