Latest research and publications

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Latest research and reports 12/2011 Horn of Africa 90 day report 12/2011 Haiti 2 year report 11/2011 The Best Start: Saving Children's Lives in Their First Thousand Days (PDF) 06/2011 "What difference does a decade make?" A World Vision report on 10 years of commitment to HIV and AIDS (PDF) 06/2011 "Ten things you need to know about labor trafficking" World Vision report (PDF) 06/2011 New Study: Lack of adult supervision believed to be the main cause of gang violence The Best Start: Saving Children's Lives in Their First Thousand Days (PDF)

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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
	Executive Summary, PDF, 5 pgs, 406 KB, December 2007 India PDF, 16 pgs, 1754 KB, December 2007 Indonesia PDF, 17 pgs, 968 KB, December 2007 Sri Lanka PDF, 19 pgs, 1249 KB, December 2007 Thailand PDF, 13 pgs, 1302 KB, 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

> >	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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