Action against malnutrition is needed more than ever. An additional US$10.3 billion a year is required from national and international public resources to successfully attack undernutrition worldwide. This would benefit more than 360 million children in the 36 countries with the highest burden of undernutrition―home to 90 percent of the stunted children globally. Since early childhood offers a special window of opportunity to improve nutrition, the bulk of the investment needs to be targeted between pre-pregnancy until two years of age.'Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost?' notes that investment will yield high returns through thriving children, healthier families, and more productive workers. This investment is essential to make progress on the nutrition and child mortality Millennium Development Goals and to protect critical human capital in developing economies. The human and financial costs of further neglect will be high.This call for greater investment in nutrition comes at a time when global efforts tostrengthen health systems provide a unique opportunity to scale up integrated packagesof health and nutrition interventions with common delivery platforms, thereby reducingcosts. 'Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost?' has benefited from the expertise of manyinternational agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and research institutions. This book will be of interest to policy makers, public health officials, nutritionists, government officials, and all those interested in improving child nutrition and health outcomes.

Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost? (Directions in Development - Human Development)

Politics & Social Sciences

McDonald, Christine

Shekar, Meera

Horton, Susan

Mahal, Ajay

Brooks, Jana Krystene

Social Sciences

World Bank Publications

The soft weeping, gentle singing, and items moving around, were only a few of the things that Chloe Walker began to hear and see after she and her family moved into the old house. Her mother fell in love with the place when she was a girl about Chloe's age. The house had a well kept desperate secret. Chloe thought she was going mad until her father too admitted he had heard the soft voice of a child, or what he thought was a child. What did this house hide? Sometimes we are drawn to places and people for a reason. Chloe would soon find her reason for being there and would be able to end the mystery with a new found determination. She would have to overcome the fears she had. To do this, she enlists the help of her family and half the village people. 

A Face at the Window

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Publishamerica Inc

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Cry Purple

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Helpful Hints for Harried Counselors

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

<p>Self-Care for the Counselor is the go-to guide for Counselors to learn holistic self-care practices to create a healthier life. Being a Counselor can be very stressful and draining; we offer attention, empathy, and care to our clients daily. We often teach clients about self-care strategies. Yet, many Counselors struggle to integrate skills to focus on themselves and avoid burnout. In this book Counselors will be guided towards healthy coping to find balance in their lives. This book offers easy to use strategies to properly address issues of body, mind and spirit. These strategies are practical, easy to integrate into your daily routines, and profoundly beneficial. This book helps Counselors create a plan for optimal health through the development of healthy sleep routines, starting a meditation practice, increasing motivation to exercise, strategies for managing and clearing energy, and much more. Self-Care for the Counselor is the book you have been needing to find balance and renewed energy for your work as a Counselor.</p>

Self-Care for the Counselor: A Holistic Guide for Helping Professionals

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

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