An English - Arabic

Glossary of UNICEF Terminology

Revised Edition 2000
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Compiled by
Jalal M. Al-Azzeh
External Relations Section
MENA Regional Office
Amman, Jordan
December 2, 2000

http://www.amanjordan.org/index1.htm : 1

Abandoned child

Abject poverty

Abortion
Absolute poverty

Abstract

Abundance of resources

Abuse

Abuse, child -

Abuse, drug -

Abused children

Accelerate

Accelerated Health Programme

Access

Accessible

Accessible Health Services

Achieveable

Achievement

Action

Action, community -

Action-oriented studies

Action plan

Action poster

( )

Action research

Active age

Activity

Activities

Activities, cultural -

Activities, social -

Activities income-generating

Actuarial report

Acute

Acute flaccid parley

Acute respiratory infections

Acute Undernutrition

Adaptation

Adaptive growth

Address

Adjustment

Adjustment, economic Adjustment, policies

Adjustment problems

Adjustment with a human face

Administration

Administration of funds

Adolescents

( ) /

Adolescence
Adolescencem age of adolescents

Adopted children

Adoption

( )

Adult

Adult education

Advisor

Advisor board

Advisory committee

Advisory services
Advocacy

Advocate (an improvement)

( )

Affiliate

After-care

Age

Age-group

Age-sex distribution

Age, height-for -

Age, weight-for -

Ageing persons

Aid

Aid, bilateral -

Aid, multilateral -

Aid relief

Aids

Aids audiovisual

Agency

Agencies

Agencies, bilateral -

Agencies, international -

Agencies, regional -

Agencies, specialized Agricultural credit

Agricultural extension

Agricultural, cooperatives -

Ailment

Alimentary system

Ambassador, at large -

Ambassador, goodwill -

Anaemia

Analgesics

Analysis

Analysis, cost -

Analysis country data

Analysis, situation Analysis, system -

Animateurs (F)

Annual leave

Annual report

Antenatal care

Antibiotics

Antibodies

Anti-cancer drugs

Anti-poverty strategies

Anthropometry

Anthropometric measurements

Appeal

Appraisal

Apprise

Approach

Approach, integrated -

Approach, multi sectoral -

Appropriate

Appropriate measures

Appropriate technology (A.T.)

Arab League

Arab League Charter

Area

Areas, rural Areas, urban -

Areas, peripheral areas -

Arid Areas

Armed conflict

Armed conflicts, children in -

Artificial

Artificial baby milk

Artificial infant feeding

Aseptic delivery

Assignment

Assignment children

Assistance

Assistance, cash -

Assistance, in-kind -

Assistance fund

Assistant

Association

Asylum-seekers

At-risk pregnant

Attendance

Attendant

Attendance, school -

Attendant, traditional birth -

Attitude

Audio-visual

Auger

Auspices

Authorise

Authority

Auxilliary

Auxilliary health workers

Auxilliary nurses

Availability of data

Availability of resources

Available resources

Avitaminosis

Awareness
Awareness, public -

A World fit for Children

Baby-friendly

Baby-friendly hospitals
Baby-friendly offices 2

Baby sitter

Baby sitting centre

Bacterial diseases

Back-up services

Backward child

Backwardness

Balanced diet

Ban

Bank

Banking services

Bar chart

Bare minimum

Base

Base, data Baseline data

Baseline survey

Basic assistance list

Basic education

Basic health services

Basic needs

Basic services
Bacills, Calmette, Guerin (BCG)

Behavioural change

( )
)

Behavioural clinic
(

Encourages the establishment of creches in workplace allows working mothers some time to
breastfeed their children

Behavioural indicators

Behavioural problems

Beneficiary

Beneficiary countries

Benefit

Benefits, social -

Bibliography

Bilateral aid

Bilateral relations

Bilharziasis

Billboard
(

Birth attendant
(

Birth control

Birth defects

Birth deficiencies

Birth Lesions

Birth place

Birth rate

Birth spacing

Birth weight

Birth, still -

Black market

Blindness

Blindness prevention

Blockage

Blueprints

Board

Board submission

Body of information

Bore

Borehole sites

Bottle feeding

Bouts of diarrhoea

Brain drain

Breadth of support

Breadwinner

Breakthrough

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding patterns

Breastfeeding substitutes

Broadcasting

Briefing

)Brigadistas (volunteers

Broad scale

Broad support

Broadcasting

Broken lines

Bronchopneumonia

Brunt of world recession

Budget

Budget deficit

Budget, programme
Budget shortfall

Budgetted relief

Budget headings

Budget hearing

Budgeting

Building

Building, capacity -

Burping

Bureaucracy

By-laws

) (

BCG = Vaccination
C

Calamity

Calorie

Calorie deficiency

Calorie intake

Campaign

Canned foods

Capacity

Capacity building

Capital

Capitalise on

Care

Care centres

Care home

Care, institutional

Care, maternal -

Care, postnatal -

Care, prenatal

Career development

Case

) (

Case history

Case study

)Cash call-forward (CCF

Cash crops

Cash-for-crop schemes

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Cash-for-work

Cash, contributions -

Cash liquidity

Catchment Basin

Catch-up campaign

Causes

Caution
CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of
all forums of Descrimination Against Women)

Censor

Censorship

..

Census

Centres

Centres, community Centres, day care -

Centres, guidance -

Centres, health -

Centres, research -

Centres, training -

Cereal

Cereal-based foods
Cerebral palsy

Change

Change structural

Channel

Channels of communication

Channels of support

Character

Characterise
Characteristics

Charitable

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Charitable societies

Charity

Check list

Cgronic-Undernutrition

Child abuse

Child care

)Child death rate (CDR

Child development

Child disabilities

Child exploitation

Child feeding

Child-Friendly Schools

Child-focused services

Child guidance

Child bearing

Child-bearing age

Childbed fever

Childbirth

Child health

) (

Child labour

Child minder

Child mortality

Child neglect

) (

Child rearing

Child mental health

Child survival

) (

Child welfare

Childhood

Childhood disabilities

Childhood diseases

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Children in armed conflicts

)(

Children in detention

Children in difficult circumstances

Children in emergency

)(

Cholera

Chronic diseases

Citizen participation

Civil strife

Civil Society Organizations

Class

Clients

Climax

Clinic

Clippings

Cluster survey

Code

Cognitive development

Cognitive skills

Cold boxes

Cold chain

Cold rooms

Collaboration

Collection

Collection, data -

Colloquium

Colostrum

Commandos campaign

Commercials

Commitment

Commodity

Communicable diseases

Communication material

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Communication

Communication for Behavioural Change

Communication network

Communication skills

Communication technology

( )

Communication, programme -

Communication For Learning (CFL)

Community

Community action

Community-based services

( )

Community centres

Community development
Community facilities

Community health workers

Community involvement
Community mobilization

Community participation

Community volunteers

Complementary foods

Complimentary samples

Comprehensive planning

Compulsory education
Computer

( )

Conceive

Concentric circles of support

Concessions

Condensed milk

Conditions

Conditions, socio-economic -

Conference

Conference room

Conflict

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Conflict of interests

Congenital anomalities

Congenital Malformations

Conglomeration

Constraints

Consanguinity

Consultant

Consultative services

Consumer

Consumer goods

Consumer price index (CPI)

Consumer protection fund

Consumption

Consumption, food -

Containers

Contamination

Contingent expenses

Contraception

Contraceptives

Contract a disease

Contract bad habits

Contribution

Control
Control, birth

Controversial
Controversy

Convention

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Conventional aids

Conventional projects

Convergence of services

Cooperation

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Cooperation programme

Cooperation, inter-agency -

Cooperative

Cooperatives

Coordination

Coordination, aid -

Core services

Corneal sclerosis

Corneal softening and rupture

Corporate kits

Corpus

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-effective measures

Cottage industries

Cough

Cough, whooping -

Counter

Counteract

Counter-productive

Country office

Countries

Countries, developing -

Countries industrialized

Countries, least developed -

Course

Coverage

Crash programme

Creche

Credit

Credit facilities

Cretin

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Cretinism

Cripple

Crippling effects

Crisis management

Critical

Crop

Crop production increase

Crude birth rate (annual number of

)births per 1,000 population

: Crude death rate

Cub-scouts

Culture

Cultural environment

)Cultural (identity

Cumulative

Curative medicine

Curriculum

Curriculum development

Curriculum reform
D

Daily patterns of life

Damaging consequences

Data

Data analysis

Data base

Data collection

Data processing

Day care centres

Day care facilities

Deafness

Death

Death rate

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Debilitate

Debt-burdened countries

Debt-ridden countries

Decade

()

Decentralisation

Declaration

Declaration of intent

Declaration of the Rights of the Arab Child

Decline

Defects

Deficiencies

Deficiencies, nutritional Deficiency

Deficiency, iodine -

Deficiency, iron -

Deficiency, vitamin A -

Definitions

Dehydration

Delegation

Delegation of authority

Delinquency

Delinquency, juvenile -

Delinquents

Delivery

Delivery conditions

Demographic

Demographic characteristics

Demographic indicators

Demography

Dental health

Department

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Deprivation

Desalination

Deputy Regional Director

Desertification

Destitute

Desk Review

Detention

Detention camps

( )

Devastating consequences

Devastating effects

Developed countries

Developing countries

Development

Development cooperation

Development education

Development planning

Development plans

Development priorities

Development projects

Development, rural -

Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea-induced dehydration

Diarrhoeal diseases

Diet

Dietary patterns

Dietician

Dilute

Diphtheria

Directory

Disabilities

Disabilities, learning -

Disability

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Disabled

Disadvantaged

Disadvantaged children

Disadvantaged groups

Disaster

Disaster management

Disaster relief

Discrimination

Discrimination, sexual -

Disease control

Disease prevention

Disease transmission

Diseases

Diseases childhood

Disinfect

Disinfectant

Disinfection

Disparity

) (

Dispensary

Disposable
Disposable syringe

Disposal

Disposal, sewage -

Disposal, waste -

Disposition

Disproportionate benefit

Dissemination of information

Distress relief

Distressed areas

Distribution

Distribution, income -

Divorce

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 / )DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus

Domicile

Donation

Donors

Donor Countries

Dose

Down-to-earth information

Drain

Drain, brain -

Drain of resources

Drainage network

Drainage system

Dramatic shift

Drawbacks

Drilling rigs

Dropout

Drought

Drought-resistant crops

Drought-stricken areas

Drug

Drug abuse

Drugs

Drugs, essential -

Dry up

Dump

Duty

Duty free

Duty station

Dysentery
E

Early childhood

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Early childhood development

Early mental stimulation

Earning

Earthquake

Earthquake victims

Ecology

Economic aid

Economic conditions

Economic development

Economic growth

Economic indicators

Economic measures

Economic planning

Economic policies
ECDC = Economic Cooperation Amongs

Developing Countries

Education
Education, basic -

Education, compulsory -

Education, distance

Education of girls

Education, formal -

Education, free -

Education For All

)(

Education, health -

Education, higher -

Education, lifelong -

Education, medical -

Education, non-formal -

Education, population -

Education, primary -

Education, special -

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Education, technical -

Education, vocational -

Educational curricula

Educational development

Educational facilities

Educational films

Educational innovations

Educational planning

Educational policies

Educational radio

Educational reform

Educational researches

Educational resources

Educational systems

Educational Television

Educational wastage

Efficiency

Effective

Effective use

Effectiveness

Electronic data processing

)Electronic mail (E-mail

Embargo

Embargoed

Emergency

Emergency aid

Emergency Appeal

Emergency case

Emergency programmes

Emergency relief

)(

Emerging issues

Emotional

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Emotional development

Employment

Employment of women

Encephalitis

Endeavour

Endemic disease

Endogamy

Endorse

Endorsement

Energy

Energy requierments

Energy sources

Energy, renewable -

Energy, solar -

Energy, wind -

Enhance

Enrich

Enrol

Enrollment

Enrollment rates

Enthusiasm

Enthusiast

Environment

Environment-friendly policies

Environment pollution

Environment protection

Environmental education

) (

Environmental health

Environmental sanitation

Epidemics

Epidemiology

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Epilepsy

Epilogue

Equal

Equal opportunities

Equal rights

Equitable distribution

Equipment

Erosion

Erosion, soil -

Errant child

Essential

Essential drugs

( )

Ethics

Ethnic groups

Etiology

( )

Evaluation

Evaluation activities

Evaluation, programme Evaluation Mechanism

Exchange

Exchange, information -

Exclude

Excluding

( )

Exclusive Breast Feeding

Excreta disposal

Executive Board

Executive Board Session

Executive Committee
Executive Secretary

()( )

Expand

Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)

Expatriate

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Expectancy

Expectancy, life -

Expectancy, life - at birth

Expectant mother

Expenditure

Expenditure, health -

Experiment

Experimental

Experimental method

Experimental research

Experience

Expert

Expert committee

Expert group

Expertise

Export

Exportation exports

Exposure

Exposure to disease
Extended family

( )

Extension services

Extension worker

Eye diseases
F
Facilitate

Facilities

Facilities, health

Facility

Facilitator

Fall a victim to

Faltering growth

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Family and Child Welfare Services

Family Care Society

Family Education

Family food production

Family health

Family planning

Family planning programmes

Family spacing

Family welfare

Famine

Farm

Farmer

Fatality rate

Feasibility study

Feed

)(

Feedback

Feedback information

Feeding

Feeding centres

Feeding practices

Feeding programmes

Fees

Fellowship

Female education

Female literacy

Fertility

Fertility rate

Fever

Field research

Field surveys

Field visits

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Field of cooperation

Filariasis

Filler

Finance

Financial aid

Financial assistance

Financial crisis

Financial planning

Financial resources

Financial stringency

Financial support

Financier

Financing

Findings

First aid

First Call for Childrn

Fiscal

Fiscal year

Fisheries

Fixed-term

Fixed-term appointment

Fixed-term contract

Flash

)Flier (also Flyer

Flip chart

Floods

Focal point

Focus

Foetal deaths

Foetus

Fontanelle

Food

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Food aid

Food Adequacy

Food conservation

Food consumption

Food fortification

Food hygiene

) (

Food preparation

Food processing

Food production

Food security

Food shortage

Food situation

Food storage

Food subsidies

) (

Food supplements

)(

Food supplies

) (

Food-for-work
Foods

Foods, weaning -

Food stuffs

)(

Foreseeable future

Formal

)(

Formal education

Formula

Forum

Foster

Foster care

) (

Foster family

Free education

Free samples

Free trade

Friday sermon

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Front office

Fuel

) (

Fuel conservation

Functional literacy

Fund

Fund-raising

Fund-raising campaign

Funding
FFF = Food Supplements, Family Spacing & Female Education

G

Gains

Gap

) (

Gastro-intestinal diseases

)(

Gender

)(

General assembly

General resources

General secretariat

Generation

Generator

Genital diseases

Gender Disparity

Gestation

Gift

Gifted children

Girl Child

)(

Girl guides

Global

Global education

Global efforts

Global Movement for Children

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Global problem

Global study

Globalisation

Glossary

Go into action

Goals
& GOBI = Growth monstoring , Oral Rehydration, Breastfeeding
Immunization

Goitre

Goitre control

Goodwill ambassadors

Governing body

Grains

Grain products

Grant

Grant-in-aid

) (

Graph

Graphics

Grassroot

Greeting cards

)Greeting Cards Operation (GCO

) (

Gross

)Gross Domestic Product (GDP

)Gross National Product (GNP

Gross salary

)(

Gross weight

Group

Group discussion

Group feeding

Group Medical Insurance

Group therapy

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Grow

Growth

Growth chart

Growth control

Growth faltering

Growth monitoring

Growth retardation

Guidance

Guidance centres

Guidance services

Guidelines
H

Habits

Habits, food -

Haemotherapy

Halve

Handful

Handicapped

Handicaps

Handicaps, mental -

Handicaps, physical -

Handout

Hand-pump

Hard cold fact

Hardcore

Hardship

Hardware

Hazard, health -

Hazardous

Head

Head, department -

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Head, division -

Head of family

Head of household

Head Office

Health

Health auxiliaries

Health bills

Health cadres

Health care

Health care facilities

Health care, primary -

Health care systems

Health centre

Health circles

Health communication

Health communicators

Health economics

( )

Health education
Health educator

Health expenditure

( )

Health fair

( )

Health For All

Health guard

Health hazards

Health indicators

Health information

Health legislation

Health manpower

Health needs

Health personnel training

Health practices

Health planning

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Health problems

Health projects

Health professions

Health providers

Health situation

Health statistics

Health surveillance

Health worker

Healthy atmosphere

Healthy environment

Healthy growth

Healthy practices

Heat

Heat-stable vaccine

Height-for-age

) (

Hepatitis

Herd immunity

Heredity

Hereditary disease

High risk

Hindsight

)(

Holy See

Homemade

Honorarium

Horticulture

Hospital

Household

Household Surveys

) (

Hospitalisation

Household appliances

Household income

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Household utensils

Housing

Housing, low cost

Human potentials

Human resources

Human resources development

Human settlements

Human rights

Hygiene

Hygienic behaviour

Hygiene, personal

Hygiene, general
Hypernatremia

Hypodermic needles

Hypokalemia
I

ICARA = International Conference on Assistance to African Refugees

ICPD = International Conference on Population & Development

ILC = International Law Commission

Ice-packs

Ill-health

Illness

Illiteracy

Illiteracy rates

Imbalance

( )

Immediate supervisor

Immunize

Immunizable diseases

Immunization

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Immunization campaign

Immunization drives

Immunization efforts

Immunization schedule

Immunizing agents

Immunity

Impact

Impairment

Impairment, health -

Impact Evaluations

Imperative

Impetus

Implant

Implantation

Implement

Implementation

Implementation, programme -

Implication

Implicit

Imply

Imports

Importance

Importation

Imported goods

Impose

Impotent

Impoverished families

Impregnate

Impression

Impressive

Imprest

Improvement

36

Impurities

Inability

Inaccessible

Inaccuracy

Inaccurate

Inaction

Inadequate

Incentive

Income

Income bracket

Income differential

Income distribution

Income-earning skills

Income-generating activities

Income per capita

Income tax

Incoming mail

Increase

Incubation period

Indicators

Industrial

Industrialization

Industrialised countries

Industrialised world

Industry

Industry, food -

Infant

Infant feeding

Infant food

Infant formula

Infant mortality

Infant mortality rate (IMR)

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(annual number on infant deaths

under one year of age per 1,000 live births)

Infantile paralysis
Infection

Infections

Infections, acute respiratory - (ARI)

Infectious diseases

Inflation

Inflation rate

Influence

Informal education

Informatics

Information

Information assistant

Information centre

Information dissemination

Information exchange

Information kit

Information network

Information officer

Information policy

Information Technology

Information services

Information systems

Infrastructure

Ingredients

Initiative

Injection

Innovative

Innovative approaches

Insertion

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In-service training

Insidious disease

( )

Insight

( )

Institution

Institutional care
Integrate

Integrated development

( )

Integrate health services

Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI)

Interaction

Inter-agency collaboration

Inter-agency cooperation
Inter-governmental organizations

Intermarriage

( )

International

International agencies

International organizations

( )

International civil servants

International code of marketing breast milk substitutes

International Conventions
International Health Regulations

International instrument

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International organizations

International standards

International Year of the Child

International Youth Year

International Leadership Initiative

International-accepted standards

Inter-regional projects

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Inter-sectoral

Interventions

Intervention programmes

Interventions, health -

Intra-family transmission

Intractable

) (

Intravenous feeding

Intravenous fluids

Intravenous therapy

Iodate

Iodine

)Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD

Iodine, radio -

Iodize

Iodization

Iodization of salt
(

) (

Iodized salt

Iron

Iron deficiency

Iron supplements

Intrauterine

)Intrauterine devices (IUDs
IPDC = International Programme for the Development
)of Communications (UNESCO

Irrigation

Irrigation and drainage

Isothermic

Itinerary

ILEB = Increase in Life Expectancy at Birth

IQ

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J
Jaundice

Jeopardize

Jeopardy, in -

Job description

Job dislocation

Job, on-the-training -

Joint committee

Joint communique

Joint statement

Joint effort

Joint projects

Joint-venture

Judgement

Juvenile

Juvenile courts

Juvenile delinquency

Juvenile delinquents
K

Kid

Kidney

Kidney failure

Killing

Kiosk

KISSAVIP = Knowledge, Information, Social Skills,

Self-esteem, Attitudes, Values, Influences

and Personal Skills and Competence

Kit

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Kit, information -

Kit, press -

)Kindergarten (KG

) (

Knapsack

Know-how

Knowledge

Knowledge society

Knowledge networks

Knowledge breakthrough

) (

Kwashiorkor
L

Label

Labour

Labour, child
Labour force

Labour-intensive project

Labour productivity

Labour room

Laboratory

Laboratory equipment

Lactating mothers

Lactation

LAN = Local Area Network

Land mines

Land reclamation

Land reform

Land tenure

Larvicides

Latrine

LDCs = Least Developed Countries

)League of Arab States (LAS

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Learning

Learning disabilities

Learning problems

Legal

Legal abortion

Legal advisor

Legal provisions

Legally-binding

Legislation

Lessons Learned

Lid

Life decisions

) (

)Life-expectancy (at birth

Lifeline

Lifeline Operation Sudan

Life-long debility

Life-long education

Life-saving salt

Life-saving tool

Lifestyle

Link-up system

) (

Literacy

Literature

Literature, children's -

Live-birth

) (

Livelihood

Livestock

Living conditions

) (

Living standards

Local community

Local food production

Local governments

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Local resources

Local-level planning

)(

Log variance

)(

Logistics

Logo

Long-lasting effects

Long term

)(

Loopholes

)Low-birth weight (LBW

Low-cost technology

Low-income

Low income communities

M

Maim

) (

Main

Main committee

Mainstay

Malady

)(

Malaria

Malaria eradication programme

Malformation

Malignant

Malignant tumour

Malnourished

Malnutrition

Malpractices

Maltreatment

Maltreatment of children

Management

Management of diarrhoeal diseases

Mandatory

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Manning table

Manpower

Manual

:
) (

Marasmus
Margin of error

Marginalisation

Marginal gains

Marital status

Market economy

Market forces

Market prices

Marketing

Marriage

Marriage between blood relatives

Mass Communication

Mass media

) (

Master pieces

Maternal & Child care

Maternal care

Maternal education

Maternal health

) (

Maternal mortality

Maternity hospital

Maternity leave

Maternity wards

Maternity welfare

Mature

Maturity age

Meal

Mean duration of illness

Measles

Measures

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Mechanism

Media

Medical board

Medical break-through

Medical check-up

Medical claim
(

Medical education
Medical examination

Medical miracle

Medical officer

Medical personnel

Medical report

Medical samples

Medical supplies

Medical survey

Medical team

Medical treatment
Medicine

Medicine curative

Medicine preventive

Medium term

( )

Meningitis

Mental

Mental deficiency

Mental health

Mental retardation

Mentally-retarded

Merit

Meritorious increment

Methodology

( )

MICS-Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

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Micronutrients

Middle class

Mid-term

Midwife

Midwifery

Migrant

)(

Migrant children

Milk expressing

Mineral

Minority

Minority groups

Miracle

Misconceptions

Mobile

Mobile health teams

Mobilise

Mobilisation of resources

Mobilisation, social -

Model

Monitoring

Morbidity

Morbidity rate

Mortality

Mortality causes

Mortality rates

) (

Mothercraft nurses

Motivation

Motivator

Motor development

Movements

Movements, youth -

Multifaceted

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Multi-faceted problem

Multilateral

Multilateral agreement

Multilateral aid

Multi-purpose programme

Multi-year support programme

Muster

Muster support
N

Natal

Natality

Nation

)(

Nation-wide coverage

National

National budgets

National committees

National efforts

National Health Plans

National Immunization Days

National income

National planning authorities

)National Planning Councils (NPCs

)National Plans of Action (NPAs

)National Programmes of Action (NPAs

National vaccination crusade

Needy

Neonatal

Neonatal tetanus

Network

Network, information -

Network, water -

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New Agenda for Children

Newborn

(
)

Night Blindness

Non-formal education

)Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs

Norm

Nominate

Noted projects

Nurse

Nurse, auxiliary -

Nursery

Nursing

Nursing College

Nursing mothers

Nutrient

Nutrient waste

Nutrition

Nutritional deficiency

Nutritional status

Nutritional Status of Children

Nutritious
O

Obesity

Objectives

Obstetric hospital

Occupational health

Officer

Officer-in-charge

Official duty

Ongoing monitoring

On-line system

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On-the-job training

Open-ended questions

Open-minded

Operation

)Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS

) (

Oral contraceptives

) (

)Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV

)Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS

)Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT

)Oral Rehydration Workers (ORWs

Ordeal

Organic wastes

Organization

Organization, community -

Organizational chart

Organizational structure

Organizations

Organizations, relief -

Organizations, peoples -

Orphan

) (

Orphanage

Otitis

Otitis medium

Outcomes

Out-patient clinic

Outstanding work

Outstanding obligations

Outstanding advances to government

Overstretch the resources

Overview

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Pamphlets

Package

Package deal

Package, training -

Pain

Pain, after -

Palliative

PA = Procurement Authorization

Panacea

Panademic

Panels

Papchild

Paramedical personnel

Paramedics

Paralysis

Parasitic diseases

) (

Paratyphoid

Parent education

Parenthood

Parlous

Participation

Participation, community -

Participation, public -

Participation, women's -

Participatory Workshop

Patterns

Patterns of disease

Patterns of life

Pathogenic

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Payment voucher

( )

Peace

( )

Peasant society

Pediatrician

Pediatrics

Per-o-jet

Peers

Peer groups

( )

Pension

( )

Pension fund

People's organizations

Perception

Performance

Performance evaluation

Peri-urban areas

Permanent

Permanent disability

Personnel

( )

Persons

Persons, aging -

( )

Persons, disabled -

Perspective

( )

Perceptions

Persuasion

Pesticides

Pharmacists

Physical

Physical education

Physical environment

( )

Physical fitness

Physical handicaps

Physicians

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Physiotherapy

)(

Pilot project

Pioneering institution

Plan

Plan of action

Plan of operations

Planning

Planning programme

Planning family

Platform

Pledge

) (

Pledging conference

) (

Pleurisy

Plight

)(

Pneumonia

PO = Purchase Order

Policy

Policy Dialogue

Policy goals

) (

Policy makers

) (

Policy paper

Policy-related matters

Policy review

Polio

Poliomyelitis

) (

Politician

)(

Politics

Pollutants

Pollution

Pollution, air -

Pollution, environment (al) -

Pollution, water -

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Pooling of resources

Poor

Poor communities

Poor population

Populated areas

Populated areas, densely -

Population activities

Population density

Population growth

Populous countries

Poster

Post-natal

Post natal care

)(

Post-Partum Period

Potency

Potential

Potential pitfalls

Poverty

Poverty, abject -

Poverty, absolute -

Poverty-line

Poverty-stricken areas

) (

Practices

Practices, weaning -

) (

Precautions

) (

Precautionary measures

Precedence

Precedence, order of -

Preconditions

Pre-School Child

Preemptive measures

Pregnancy

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Pregnant

Pregnant clinic

)(

Premature

Premature birth

Premonitory symptoms

Prenatal care
(

Preparation

Preparation food

Preparation programme

)(

Preparations

Presentation

Press clippings

Pressure groups

Prevalence

) (

Preventable burden

Preventive causes

Preventive diseases

Preventive measures

Preventive medicine

Preview

Primary

Primary cause

Primary education

Primary schools

)Primary Health Care (PHC

) (

Prime Cause

Primer

) (

Primipara mother

) (

Printed mass media

Priority

Priority issue

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Priority, order of -

Priorities

Priorities, development -

Private sector

Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO)

Probation home

Probation officer

( )

Probation period

Problem

Problem child

( )

Problems

Problems, adjustment -

Problems, global -

Procedure

Process

Processing

Processing, data -

Processing, food -

Product

Product, gross national -

Product, gross domestic -

Production

Production, food -

Production, vaccine -

Profession

Professional

Profile

( )

Profit

Profiteers

Programme

Programme delivery

Programme design

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Programme development

Programme planning

Programme preview

Programme recommendations

Programme review

Programme, radio -

Programme, expanded - on immunization (EPI)

Programme, food aid -

Programme Support Communications (PSC)

Programme, Television (TV) -

( )

Programmer

Programming

( )

Project

Project analysis

Project assessment

Project funding

Project objectives

Project support

Projected rise

Projections

( )

Prologue

Promote

Promotion

Promotion materials

( )

Promotional advertising

Proper management

Proper management of diarrhoea

Prophylaxis

Prospects

Protein-calories malnutrition
Protein requirements

Protein-rich foods

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Prototypes

Provide

Provide the proof

Provision

Provisions

Provisions, legal -

Psychology, child -

Psychology, educational -

Psycho-Social Development

Puberty

Public

Public benefit

) (

Public benefit corporation

Public health

Public opinion

Public rally

Public safety

)Public service announcements (PSA

Public utilities

Public welfare

Pumps

Pumps, manual

Purchase order
Q

Quality

)(

Quality control

/ ) (

Quality education

Quality of life index

Quality, water -

Quantity

) (

Quarterly report

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Questions

Questions, administrative -

) (

Quorum
Quasi-urban

Quota

Quota system

Quotation

Quote
R

Racial

Racial discrimination

Radio

Radio cast

Radio caster

Radio programme

Range

Range land

Rare

Rapid

Rapid assessment

Rapid Evaluation

Rarity

Rate

Ratios of enrollment

Ratification

Ratify a convention

Rational

Rational use of drugs

Reactions

Real income

Real test

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Rearing

Rearing of children

Readership

Recipe

Recipient

Recommendation

Recovery

Recovery rate

Redeployment of posts

References books

Reform

Reform, land -

Reformatory

Refugee

Refugee children

Regional development

Regional Office

Regional Planning

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation, drug -

Rehabilitation programmes

) (

Rehydration

)Rehydration, Oral - Therapy (ORT

Reintegration

Reliance

Reliance, self -

Relief

Relief aid

Relief operations

Relief organizations

Religion

Religious beliefs

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Remedy

Remote areas

Remote control

Remote education

Remote sensing

Renew

Renewable resources

Repercussions

Report

Report, annual -

Report, quarterly -

( )

Research

Research, educational -

Research, scientific -

Research centre
Researcher

Resident doctor

Resident Programme Officer

( )

Residential care
Respiratory

Respiratory, infections -

Respiratory diseases

Respiratory tract

Resource

Resource management

Resource Mobilization

Resource person ( )

Resources

Resources, educational Resources depletion

Resources, financial -

Resources, human -

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Resources, human development -

Resources natural

Resources, water -

Retardation

)(

Retarded children

Review

)(

Revised budget

)(

Revision

)(

Revolving fund

Rights

Rights, Children's -

Rights, Human -

Rights, Women's -

) (

Role-play

) (

Rooming-in

) (

Rudimentary Sanitation

Rural Animation

Rural areas

Rural Development

Rural Health Services

Rural sanitation

Rural sewage disposal

Rural water supply

S

Sachets

Safe Motherhood

)(

Safe water

Safe water & sanitation

)(

Safety

Safety measures

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 ) (

Safety nets

Salt iodation

Salt, iodized -

) (

Salt of life
Sample Surveys

) (

Sampling

/ ) (

Sanctions

Sanctions Committee

Sanitary Latrines

Sanitary survey

Sanitation

Satellite

Satellite communication

Savings

Scale

Scale, small -

Scale, large -

Scarcity of resources

)(

Schedule

Schedule, immunization -

Schistosomiasis

Scholarships

School attendance
(

School enrollment

School feeding programmes

School fees

School Health Teams

School population

Scientific research

Screen a film

Screening programme

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Scouts

Seasonal Pattern

Second hand goods

Sector Review

Seizure

Self-help projects

Self-reliance

Self-sustainability

Seminar

Senior Consultant

Septicemia

Sermon

Sentinel Surveys

Service

Service charge

Services facilities

Services, infrastructure

Services, public -

Session

Session, closed -

) (

Session, extraordinary -

Session, ordinary -

Setback

Severe malnutrition

Sewage disposal

Sewage system

Sex

Sexual discrimination

Sex education

) (

Sexual harassment

Shanty towns

Sheep-raising

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Shift

)(

Shigella

Shortage

Shortage, food -

Short fall

Budget shorfall

Short-term

Short-term planning

Shot

Siblings

Sick leave

Side-effects

Side walks

Sign

Signature

Signature tune

) (

Silent emergency

Skimmed milk

Situation

Situation analysis

Situation, health -

Slide projector

Slide set

) (

Slum areas

Slums

Smallpox

Smoke-free environment

Smoke-free offices

Smoker

) (

Smoker, passive -

Soap operas

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Social action

Social breakthrough

Social change

Social class

Social conditions

Social development

Social disintegration

Social integration

Social gains

Social marketing

Social mobilization

Social problems

Social Policy Analysis

Social security

Social services

Social support system

Social symptoms

) (

Social welfare

Social work

Social worker

Society

Socio-economic situations

) (

Software

Solar disinfection

Solar energy

Sophisticated remedy

Sound

Sound tape

Sound effects

Sound motion picture

) (

Sound track

Sources

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Sources of energy

Sources of income

Sources of water

Spacing

) (

Spacing, birth -

Special aid projects

) (

Special education

Special-purpose contributions

Spectrum of activities

Spectrum of interests

Spending

Spending cutbacks

) (

Spending cuts

Spiritual leaders

Spot

) (

Spot check

Sprayer

Spraying

Square meal

Squatter areas

Squatter settlements

) (

Squatters

Standard of living

Standing committees

Staple crops

Staple food

Starvation

Starving people

Statistical tables

Statistics, health -

Social statistics

Status

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Status of woman

Steering committee

Stepping-stone

Sterilization

Still birth

Still born

Stimulation

Stimulation, early -

) (

Stipend

Storage

Storage of food

Storage, water-tanks -

Storm water

Strategy

Strays

Street children

Street vendors

) (

Student organizations

)(

Stunt

Stunting

Stunted growth

Submission

Sub-office

) (

Subsidiary organ

Subsidized food items

)(

Subsidy

) (

Subsidies, food -

Supervision

Supervisory committee

Supervisory responsibility

)(

Supplementary

Supplementary feeding centres

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Supplementary food

) (

Supplementary funds

Supplementary-funded projects

Supplies

Supplies, health -

Supplies, medical -

Supply

Supply, water -

Supply call-forward

Supply list

Supreme Council for Children

Surface water

Surveillance

Surveillance Systems

Surveys

Surveys, field -

) (

Survival

Survival, child -

)Sweetened Condensed Milk (SCM

Symposium

System

System analysis

System analyst

Systematic
T

Tables

Taboo

Taboo zone

Target area

)Target Arrival Date (TAD

Target audience

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Target group

Task force

Taxation

Tax-exempt corporate

Tax-free

Teacher training

Teacher unions

Team

Team, mobile -

( )

Technical aid

Technical Assistance

( )

Technical coorporation

Technicalities

( )

Technique

Techniques, evaluation -

Technological innovations

( )

Technology

Technology, appropriate -

Technology, communication -

Technology transfer

Telecommunications

Television

Television, educational -

Television network

Television programmes
Television spots

Television star

Television stations

Temperature

Textbooks

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Theory

Theory and practice

Therapy

Therapy, Oral Rehydration -

Thin blood

Thrive

Thrust

Tied aid

Tie-in sales

( )

Tight commodity

Time-bound priorities

Time-element

Time-factor

Time-saving

( )

Time-saving measures

Total count

Town planning

Trade

Trade, balance of -

Trade unions

( )

Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA)

( )

Trainee

Trainer

Training

Training courses

Training, health personnel -

Training material

Training model

Training packages

Transfer of title

Transit

Transitional period

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Translation

Translator

Transport

Transportation

Travel per diem

Treated water

Treatment

Trends

Trends, population -

Tropical areas

Tropical diseases

Trough

Tuberculosis (TB)

( )

Typhoons
U

Umbilical cord

Umbrella

Umbrella project

( )

Underdevelopment

Underlying causes

( )

Undernourished children

Undernourishment

Underprivileged groups

( )

Underscore

( )

Underserved children

Unemployed

Unemplyment

( )

Unequalled way

UNIFEM = United Nations Development Fund for Women

Uniform application

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Uniform procedures

Unions

Units

Units, mobile
Unmet demands

) (

Untapped markets

Unwanted children

Urban children

Urban development

Urban planning

Urban population

Urbanisation

Urban slums

Usages

Use

Utilization

Utilization, water -

Utilize

)(

Utility
V

) (

Vacancy

) (

Vacancy notice

Vaccination

Vaccination booths

Vaccination programme

Vaccine

Vaccine, BCG -

) (

Vaccine, DPT -

Vaccine, heat-stable -

Vaccine, MMR - measles, mumps, rubella

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Vaccine monitor

Vaccine carrier

Vaccine potency

Vaccine-preventable diseases

) (

Vaccine, triple -

Valid

) (

Valid argument

Validity

Validity of results

Variable costs

Vector-born diseases
Vector control

Vector snails

Vegetable protein

)(

Vehicle

Veritable child survival

Victims

)Video Cassette Recorder (VCR

Video spot

Videotape

Village

)Village-based Workers (VBWs

Village council

Violence

Visible

Visual aids

Vital

Vital statistics

Vitamin

Vitaminosis

Vocabulary

Vocational rehabilitation

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Vocational training

Voice

Voice for children

Voluntary

Voluntary societies

( )

Voluntary work

Volunteer

Vulnerable

Vulnerable, the

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W
Waif

Waiting list

Waive

Waive a claim

Waive the responsibility of

Warning signs

Waste disposal

Wastage

Wastage, educational -

Wasting

Water and disease

Water-borne diseases

Water clarity

( )

Waterdisinfection

Water, drinking -

Water examination

Water purification pills

Water resources

Water supply

Water quality

Water treatment

Wealth

Wealth of information

Weaning

Weaning centre

Weaning food

Weaning practices

( )

Weanling

Weanling diarrhoea

Weight

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Weight, birth -

)Weight, low birth - (LBW

Weight-for-age

Weight-for-height

Weight gain

Weight loss

Weight monitoring

Welfare

) (

Welfare, child -

Welfare fund

) (

Welfare, social -

Welfare society

Well-baby clinic

)(

Well-being

Wells

)(

Wet-nurse

WES Programmes

Whole milk

Whooping cough

) (

Witch doctor

Woman

Women

Women's education

) (

Women's organizations

Women's participation

Women's rights

Woman, pregnant -

Women in development

Women workers

Women's activities

Workers, health -

Working children

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 ) (

Workshop

) (

Working conditions

Word processing

Word processor

Work

Work force

Workers

Work-load requirements

Work plan

World

World Conference on Education For All
World Declaration for Child Survival Protection and Development

World events

)World Summit for Children (WSC

)World Conference on Education For All (WCEFA

World fertility survey

World-wide

World-wide attention

World-wide response

World-wide support

..

Write off
X

X-radiation

) (

X-ray

X-ray therapy

) (

Xerophthalmia = night blindness

Y

Yearbook

Yearly report

) (
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Yellow fever

Yellow fever vaccine

) (

)Yield(s

Young children

Youth

Youth organizations
Z

Zero population growth

Zonation

Zone

Zone, buffer -

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