States and localities across the country are continuously seeking answers and solutions to the problems facing our most vulnerable children and families. Traditional state and local government responses have historically resulted in cumbersome, bureaucratic systems, lacking in their ability to respond in a flexible and timely manner to the immediate and real needs of families. Children living i...

results a total of 22 documents were included in the final analysis. most of the documents referred to women, children, elderly people, poor, and villagers as vulnerable people. moreover, the documents did not provide information regarding official measures for protecting vulnerable people during different phases of disaster management. conclusions a clear and comprehensive definition of “vulne...

maternity child health is one of the important and essential aspects of health services that must be considered as a priority in administrative programs because mothers and their children more than other people in the community are affected by perilous environmental factors. they are very vulnerable that lead to disease, failure to thrive, inability and death. every year, poor hygiene leads to ...

Our charge is to consider the causes of lack of insurance coverage for vulnerable populations. This is a daunting task for many reasons-not least because there are as many kinds of vulnerability as there are bad things that happen to human bodies or to human life. Although the term " vulnerable population " conjures images of a discrete and insular minority, every person's vulnerability to illn...

INTRODUCTION In rural areas of Namibia where health facilities are far apart, health outcomes are poor among high utilization groups such as pregnant women and children. Among children, orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) are generally more affected than non-OVC. This study assessed the health changes of orphans and other vulnerable and non-vulnerable children visiting a mobile clinic in rura...

BACKGROUND Malaria prevention in Africa merits particular attention as the world strives toward a better life for the poorest. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) represent a practical means to prevent malaria in Africa, so scaling up coverage to at least 80% of young children and pregnant women by 2010 is integral to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Targeting individual protection to vulner...

Acute respiratory infections, diarrhea and fever are very common in children below the age of five years. All children suffer from these illnesses several times each year. However, during natural disasters like floods children are even more vulnerable to these diseases and death. Pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malaria, and associated malnutrition, are responsible for over 60% deaths in childr...

This comprehensive overview of the literature on children and disasters argues that scholars and practitioners should more carefully consider the experiences of children themselves. As the frequency and intensity of disaster events increase around the globe, children are among those most at risk for the negative effects of disaster. Children are psychologically vulnerable and may develop post-t...