That somewhat heartening picture comes at a time when children's overall well-being has improved slightly.
Kenya and Ghana do a much better job of reaping the benefits of a growing economy.Yet many of the countries whose well-being has improved most in the past five years are in Africa.
And we could stop there and add up the national total each year to see if well-being has improved.
As a result, she reported that her " overall well-being has improved".
LONDON/NEW YORK, 23 November 2011 - UNICEF and Save the Children UK today issued a report showing that children's well-being has improved dramatically thanks to increased political will globally, supportive policies and well-focused programmes and resources, but that the gains will be sustained only if the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children are reached.
Since then, indicators of child well-being have improved considerably, widespread reforms have taken place, and standards are increasingly modelled on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and EU criteria.
Daily life in Brazil's impoverished Northeast, where growing GNP does not translate into well-being, has been improved by small income transfers in the form of the popular bolsa familia, or family grants, but not by land reform, sustainable agriculture, or innovative regional industry.
As might be expected, psychological well-being had improved when compared with 1 year post ICU discharge whereas physical functioning had deteriorated, suggesting the existence of an evolutionary process of post ICU morbidity.
On the other hand, the psychological well-being had improved.
In your July 12 editorial "A Humane Egg," you disparage the modern, sanitary housing systems for egg-laying hens, which have improved chickens' health and well-being, improved consumer food safety and kept eggs a nutritious and economical staple on kitchen tables and restaurant menus nationwide.
Abdominal pain had been worsened at the 5-year follow-up, but psychological well-being had been improved as compared with the measurements before treatment (Table 1).
