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World Vision is a leader in advocating for justice and finding solutions to issues of global poverty, child rights and peace and conflict. Contact us for the latest research, as well as background information, story ideas, expert interviews, photos, b-roll and other resources on today's global issues.


Surveys and Trends

>30 Hour Famine
>Gift Catalog

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Malaria

>Expanding the Net: How community initiatives and local participation improve the effectiveness of malaria control efforts
PDF, 171 KB, 14 pgs, April 2009

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The Global AIDS crisis

>What difference does a decade make?
PDF, 1.13 MB, 68 pgs, 2011
>AIDS Attitude Survey
Executive summary and full report, December 2007

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Disaster response

>Building Hope and Security
PDF 16pgs, 1.89 MB, 2010
>Futures in the Balance: A way forward for Haiti's children
PDF 24 pages, 1.04 MB, March 2010
>Rebuilding a resilient Haiti
PDF 4pgs, 661KB, March 2010
>A Haiti Fit for Children and Youth
PDF 3pgs, 107KB, March 2010
>Reduce risk and raise resilience
PDF 32 pgs, 6.37 MB, 2009
>Asia Tsunami 5 Years Later
PDF 9 pgs, 5.85 MB, December 2009
>Climate Change Series: Disaster Risk Reduction
PDF 32 pgs, 6.29 MB, September 2009
>Disaster Risk Reduction report
PDF, 40 pgs, 1.4 MB, June 2009
>Planet Prepare: Preparing Coastal Communities in Asia for Future Catastrophes
Executive summary (PDF, 2 pgs, 553 KB, September 2008)
>Asia Tsunami Response -- Final Report
December 2007
>Trapped! The Disappearing Hopes of Iraqi Refugee Children
PDF, 714.23 KB, 19 pgs, June 2007
>Trapped! Unlocking the Future of Iraqi Refugee Children
PDF, 388.72 KB, 8 pgs, April 2007

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Child and maternal health


>Climate change threats to health
PDF, 8.98 MB, 36 pgs, 2009
>Child Health Now: Together We Can End Preventable Deaths
PDF, 49 pgs, Oct. 2009
>Global Health Brief: Putting Children at the Center of Health Care
PDF, 323 KB, 12 pgs, May 2009
>Who's Counting? The Cost of Inaction on Child Health
PDF, 501 KB, 16 pgs, May 2009
>Why the G8 Matters to Children
PDF, 426 KB, 12 pgs, May 2009

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Child protection

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10 Things You Should Know About Human Trafficking
PDF, 62 pgs, June 2010

Briefing Paper: Child Protection in Myanmar After Cyclone Nargis
PDF, 782 KB, 4 pgs, May 2008
>Sex, Sun and Heritage: Tourism Threats and Opportunities in South East Asia
PDF, 1.02 MB, 72 pgs, December 2007
>Chile: Children Who Work in the Mountians
Part of World Vision's eries on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 1.04 MB, 12 pgs, July 2007
>Colombia: Children Who Sell in the Streets
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 752.79 KB, 12 pgs, July 2007
>Bolivia: Children Who Work in Tin Mines
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 311.68 KB, 14 pgs, June 2007
>Brazil: Children Who Work in the Market
Part of World Vision's Series on Child Labor and Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
PDF, 399.61 KB, 14 pgs, June 2007
>Their Future in Out Hands: Children Displaced by Conflicts in Africa's Great Lakes Region
PDF, 2.64 MB, 49 pgs, December 2006
>“As if They Were Watching My Body": Pornography and the Development of Attitudes Toward Sex and the Sexual Behavior Among Cambodian Youth
PDF, 741 KB, 110 pgs, May 2006
>How and Why We Work: Child Workers in the Informal Economy In Phnom Penh and Battambang
PDF, 912 KB, 57 pgs, September 2005

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Women and girls

>Before she's ready: Fifteen places girls marry by 15
PDF, 4.63 MB, 35 pgs, September 2008
>Hope for the Girl Child
PDF, 867 KB, 52 pgs, February 2007
>Creating an Enabling Environment for the Advancement of Women and Girls
PDF, 338 KB, 28 pgs, March 2006

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Peace and conflict


>'Why did you let me get hurt?' Conflict and siege threaten Gaza's young minds
PDF, 21.2MB, 18 pgs, April 2009
>Interventions for Depression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda
From the Journal of American Medical Association. World Vision was a collaborating partner in one of the studies.
August 2007

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Poverty reduction

>Poverty and a parching planet: food and water security
PDF, 8.84 MB, 48 pgs, 2009
>Agriculture, food security, and child well-being in Africa
PDF, 929 KB, 25 pgs, Nov., 2009
> Afganistan donor conference statement
A Comprehensive Approach to Development in Afghanistan- March 2009



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Additional resources

> World Vision congressional testimonies

>Annual Review

>NGO Accountability




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