Children and women in Myanmar
Subtitle: a situation analysis.
Contributors: UNICEF Myanmar.
Publisher: UNICEF Yangon
Published: 1995
Place of publication: [Yangon]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Children -- Burma -- Social conditions.; Women -- Burma -- Social conditions.
Other titles: Situation analysis
Notes: "November 1995."
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: 1.1 Socio-Cultural Organization; value: 1.1.1 Ethnic diversity; value: 1.1.2 Major religions1; value: 1.1.3 Spirit of voluntarism1; value: 1.1.4 Village and family structures2; value: 1.2 Demographic Trends3; value: 1.3 Political Developments; value: 1.3.1 Historical roots 4; value: 1.3.2 Governing structure5; value: 1.3.3 The political process6; value: 1.3.4 Ceasefires with ethnic minority groups8; value: 1.3.5 Dialogue on Myanmar's political future9; value: 1.4 Economic Trends 10; value: 1.5 Food Security12; value: 1.5.1 Food availability12; value: 1.5.2 Food consumption at the household level15; value: 1.6 The Social Sector 15; value: 1.6.1 Social policy and planning16; value: 1.6.2 Social service coverage 16; value: 1.6.3 Resources for social development16; value: 1.6.4 The role of non-governmental organizations 18; value: 1.7 Communication and Social Mobilization Infrastructure 19; value: 1.8 The Physical Environment 20; value: Introduction . 23; value: 2.1 The Health and Nutritional Status of Women 23; value: 2.1.1 Maternal mortality and women's morbidity24; value: 2.1.2 Maternal malnutrition26; value: 2.1.3 Risk factors influencing women's reproductive; value: health27; value: 2.1.4 Reproductive health29; value: 2.2 The Infant and Young Child31; value: 2.2.1 Infant and young child mortality and morbidity 32; value: 2.2.2 Causes of and responses to infant and; value: child mortality 36; value: 2.2.3 Infant and young child malnutrition44; value: 2.2.4 Early childhood care and development 51; value: 2.3 The Primary School Age Child52; value: 2.3.1 Health and nutritional status 5 52; value: 2.3.2 Primary school participation56; value: 2.3.3 Gender disparities in primary education59; value: 2.4 Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances61; value: 2.4.1 Working children61; value: 2.4.2 Street children63; value: 2.4.3 Institutionalized children64; value: 2 .4.4 Child abuse and exploitation65; value: 2.5 The Status of Women 66; value: 2.5.1 The social, political and legal status of women 67; value: 2.5.2 Women's educational achievement67; value: 2.5.3 Participation in the labor force 68; value: 2.5.4 Women in especially difficult circumstances69; value: 2.6 Public Health Issues across the Life Cycle69; value: 2.6.1 Malaria69; value: 2.6.2 H1V infection and AIDS70; value: 2.6.3 Dengue haemorrhagic fever 72; value: 2.6.4 Leprosy72; value: 2.6.5 Intestinal parasites72; value: Policy and Service Delivery in thiSoialector; value: Introduction73; value: 3.1 Health and Nutrition74; value: 3.1.1 Sectoral goals and policies74; value: 3.1.2 Sectoral strategies76; value: 3.1.3 Myanmar's basic health care system76; value: 3:1.4 Medical supplies and essential drugs 83; value: 3.1.5 Sectoral activities83; value: 3.1.6 Sectoral opportunities84; value: 3.1.7 Sectoral constraints84; value: 3.2 Education and Early Childhood Development86; value: 3.2.1 Sectoral goals and policies86; value: 3.2.2 Early childhood development: activities, opportunities; value: and constraints 8 88; value: 3.2.3 Primary education: activities, opport:unities and; value: constraints 89; value: 3.2.4 Functional literacy education: activities, opportunities; value: and constraints94; value: 3.3 Water and Sanitation95; value: 3.3.1 Sectoral goals and strategies95; value: 3.3.2 Progress toward sectoral goals97; value: 3.3.3 Sectoral activities 102; value: 3.3.4 Sectoral constraints and opportunities105; value: 4 Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances 107; value: 3.4.1 Sectoral policies and goals107; value: 3.4.2 Sectoral activities 109; value: 3.4.3 Sectoral opportunities and constraints11; value: 3.5 Connunication and Social Mobilization112; value: 3.5.1 Social research and communication112; value: 3.5.2 Channels of communication112; value: 3.5.3 Demand creation for social sector programmes114; value: Myanmar Goals for Children and Women in the 1990s115; value: Acronyms119.