This effort led to the creation of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health.

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The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development is a federal government agency.

VOA: special.2010.11.30

Doctor Bernadette Daelmans is an expert on newborn and child health development for the World Health Organization.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

They have also been linked to cancer, reproductive disorders and interfere with normal child development.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

Shamim Qazi is a pneumonia expert at the WHO Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Constanza Vallenas is WHO Medical Officer in the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

This year's report focuses on how well countries are doing in reaching eight-stated Millennium Development Goals, including cutting poverty by half and reducing child and maternal mortality.

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opportunities wasted. All of our development work -- child survival, maternal and child health, child protection -- all of it in the most disadvantaged communities hinges on educating girls, as well as boys.

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Government health departments nationwide are studying new strategies to protect maternal and child health, such as those outlined by the United Nations Millennium Goals, which calls for education, economic development and community empowerment to save lives and eliminate preventable suffering.

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