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Maternal and Child Health in Africa

Here are two stories from the New York Times considering maternal and child health issues in Africa:
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Questions on Adoptions from China

The New York Times has reported on an emerging adoption scandal in China’s Hunan province.  See Sharon LaFraniere ”Chinese Officials Seized and Sold Babies, Parents Say” (Aug.
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Hearing on Child Abduction in the House

The House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights convened a hearing on July 28, 2011 to address ”Improving Implementation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.” Wi
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Hague Child Support Legislation Introduced

Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) have introduced S. 1383, the “Strengthen and Vitalize Enforcement of Child Support (SAVE Child Support) Act,” which provides for implementation in the United States of the 2007 Hague Child Support Convention.
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Russia Joins Child Abduction Convention

On July 28, 2011, the Russian Federation deposited its instruments of accession to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention, which will come into force in Russia in October 2011. The Convention will not come into effect between the United States and Russia until the U.S. indicates its acceptance of Russia’s accession.
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