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Children are particularly vulnerable during infectious disease outbreaks for three main reasons: 1. Children have specific susceptibilities to infection during infectious disease outbreaks; 2. Infectious diseases can disrupt the environments in which children grow and develop and 3. Measures used to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases can expose children to protection risks.
This guidance provides a short overview of the CP risks associated with disease outbreak. It also provides practical steps and…
Children are particularly vulnerable during infectious disease outbreaks for three main reasons:
1. Children have specific susceptibilities to infection during infectious disease outbreaks;
2. Infectious diseases can disrupt the environments in which children grow and develop and
3. Measures used to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases can expose children to protection risks.
This guidance provides an overview of the risks associated with disease outbreak that could cause children to be left without appropriate parental care, and provides scenarios for where…
Several developing economies have recently introduced conditional cash transfer programs, which provide money to poor families contingent on certain behavior, usually investments in human capital, such as sending children to school or bringing them to health centers. Evaluation results for programs launched in Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Turkey reveal successes in addressing many of the failures in delivering social assistance, such as weak poverty targeting, disincentive effects, and limited welfare impacts. Many questions remain unanswered, however, including the…