There is a growing recognition that poverty and deprivation in developing countries cannot
be defeated solely by the promotion of economic growth. Specific interventions, targeting the …

Background Child mortality rates during hospitalisation for acute illness and after discharge
are unacceptably high in many under-resourced settings. Childhood vulnerability to …

Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1 and avian influenza, and haemorrhagic fevers
have focussed policy and public concern as never before on epidemics and so …

This article takes as its starting point Sara Ruddick's discussion of “vulnerability” in her 1989
groundbreaking book Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of Peace. It examines the kind of …

Abstract The Royal Government of Cambodia recently launched its National Social
Protection Policy framework to strengthen and expand social security and assistance. To …

Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1 and avian influenza, and haemorrhagic fevers
have focussed policy and public concern as never before on epidemics and so …

Introduction Several chapters in this book have analyzed the impacts of social transfers on
children's well-being. Convincing empirical evidence has been presented supporting claims …

Jerker Edström argues that common interpretations of vulnerability in gender and
development discourse, policy and practice tend to reinforce essentialisms about men and …

Health inequalities exist all over the world. They contradict accepted values of human rights,
since health is a precondition to participate in everyday life and in social, political and …

Governmental and donor responses to the crisis of children and AIDS have been woefully
inadequate and the needs of children affected by AIDS have been marginalised within both …