I love companies with a social conscience. Apparently Pampers (and its manufacturers Procter and Gamble) is one of them. Together with UNICEF, Pampers is running the 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine program. Every pack of specially marked diapers and wipes sold translates to 1 tetanus vaccine donated to the UNICEF. The program has been running [...]
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As part of her work for UNICEF, Hayek is trying to encourage more women in Africa to breastfeed their babies as a way to strengthen their immune systems. Addressing the issue, Hayek said, “It is the best thing you can do for your child, not only the bonding, that’s how you build the immune system…”
Tags: babies’ immune system, benefits of breastmilk, breast milk and babies' health, Breastfeeding, breastfeeding and birth control, celebrity mothers, NBC, salma hayek, Sierra Leone, Today Show, UNICEF
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The UNICEF annual report on The State of the World’s Children 2009 is not exactly a harbinger of good news especially concerning teen pregnancies and births. Some figures from the report are as follows:
70,000 women aged 15 to 19 die as a consequence of pregnancy and delivery complications.
The younger a girl during pregnancy, the greater [...]
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In a series of “report cards” prepared by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, the UN agency compares the performance of OECD countries on children’s issues. The Innocenti Report Card 7 (2007) is on Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries. Of the 21 countries compared, European countries topped the list (Netherlands, [...]
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Our daughter’s 14 months old. We’ve been on the fence on whether she’ll get much out of a trick or treating experience this year. She was pretty much oblivious to the holidays last year so we were excited about this year. However, we were still unsure whether taking her trick or treating [...]
Tags: Charity, trick or treat, UNICEF
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