Monthly Archives: November 2011

Climate change – an interview with Mia Urbano, author of Indonesian Study; Part 2

By Richard, Published: November 15, 2011
What else did the study tell you? MU: I guess the most significant finding is how climate change is likely to aggravate malnutrition and food security. In Indonesia, malnutrition is largely ascribed to compromised infant feeding practices, and there was ready evidence that, with crop failure and freak weather events, people were moving, they were [...]
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Climate change – an interview with Mia Urbano, author of Indonesian Study; Part 1

By Richard, Published: November 15, 2011
Welcome to the first blog by UNICEF’s regional office for East Asia and the Pacific. The purpose of our blog is to highlight different development issues facing the region’s children, as well as taking a more in-depth look at how they are being tackled beyond the ubiquitous human interest story you have all come to [...]
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Karen in Laos- Day Three

By Karen, Published: November 11, 2011
This morning it’s a bright and early start for us, but what a start to the day it is with Don Khong Island reminding us why Laos is such a magical country. We eat breakfast as the first sun of the new day hits the Mekong – monks in their bright orange robes scurrying beside [...]
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Karen in Laos- Day Two

By Karen, Published: November 10, 2011
Today after a long and bumpy drive from the town of Paksan to Pakse we meet Dr K. Samphan (Immunization Officer) and Oudorn Phanekham (Senior Supply Assistant) from UNICEF Laos who will be accompanying us on the rest of the trip. We set off to meet with officials from the Provincial Health Department who are [...]
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Karen in Laos- Day One

By Karen, Published: November 9, 2011
After a day or so of acclimatising to the stifling heat and sampling the amazing food of Vientiane (Laos’ chilled out capital city), it was time to get started with the reason I came here – to get  into the field with UNICEF and see what we really do to help save and improve children’s [...]
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