UNICEF Innocenti's Report Card 17 explores how 43 OECD/EU countries are faring in providing healthy environments for children. Beyond children’s immediate environments, over-consumption in some of the world’s richest countries is destroying children’s environments globally. This threatens both children worldwide and future generations. To provide all children with safe and …
Canada will provide $19.9 million to Bangladesh in partnership with Unicef to help improve the health of hard to reach mothers and young children in remote areas considering the country's challenges in reaching millennium development goals (MDGs) and venturing beyond. Canadian High Commissioner Heather Cruden disclosed this to the FE …
Salary would not be released to the government employees until they constructed toilet at their homes. The message as a mandatory decision was circulated to all the government employees in the district. The strict measure is taken to meet the target of declaring the district as open defecation free zone …
Urgent calls have been made for improved understanding of changes in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health interventions, and their country-level determinants. The researchers examined historical trends in coverage of interventions with proven effectiveness, and used them to project rates of child and neonatal mortality in 2035 in 74 …
Committee questions roles of ICMR, Drug Controller-General of India in the “intriguing” 2010 episode Accusing the international organisation PATH (Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health) of exploiting with impunity the loopholes in the system during a trial of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a parliamentary panel has also questioned the roles …
The government in association with the World Bank (WB) will implement a project soon to ensure safe water supply in 383 unions across the country. Under the US $92.6million Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (BRWSSP) and the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) has already started preparatory work …
DHAKA : The World Bank is supporting the Bangladesh government to increase provision of safe water and hygienic sanitation facilities through the Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (BRWSSP), reports UNB. The project aims to increase the supply of safe water by constructing rural piped water supply schemes as …
“HISTORIC” and “unparalleled” were the words Sonia Gandhi, boss of the ruling Congress party, used to describe India’s new food law at a launch in Delhi on August 20th. She promised an end to hunger for the poor. More accurate terms for the law and its introduction would be “expedient” …
Every year, 800,000 children die in Pakistan and 35 per cent of these occur due to malnutrition. The risk of death is nine times higher for a child suffering from malnutrition compared to a child with a balanced diet. This was stated by speakers at the launching ceremony of a …
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has released the first tranche of $32.6 million to the World Health Organisation to support the polio eradication programme in Pakistan. The amount released to WHO on August 13, which is one of the implementing agencies of the programme in Pakistan, is part of the …
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will utilize all available resources to maintain the polio free status of Islamabad and will try to achieve 100 per cent coverage during the up-coming Polio campaign. This was stated by Chairman CDA, Nadeem Hassan Asif, while chairing a meeting of Islamabad Polio Eradication Committee …
When it came into existence in 2000, Jharkhand had promised several benefits to its tribal population. But welfare of the tribals, especially on the healthcare front, has not been up to the mark. Data collected from various central government studies reveal that the tribals suffer from anaemia, malnourishment, do not …
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is partnering with United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to support the Government of Nepal (GoN) to implement programmes to improve maternal and neonatal care for unreached populations. An agreement was signed by KOICA Country Representative HaengLan Jo and UNICEF Nepal Representative Hanaa Singer in the …
Investigation report on death of tribal infants at Attappady A UNICEF investigation report on the recent infant deaths at Attappady says that “anaemia in pregnant mothers and inadequate nutrition” are the main causes for the tragedy. “Lack of medical facilities and trained medical personnel and inadequate transport facility also caused …
Poor sanitation, hygiene and lack of safe drinking water triggers a downward slide into poverty, as inadequate sanitation causes Pakistan economic losses totaling US$ 5.7 billion which is equivalent to Rs. 343.7 billion each year. Speakers expressed these views, while addressing a two-day national workshop, co- hosted by the United …
ISLAMABAD: The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) on Monday provided 3 million euros ($3.7 million) to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to combat malnutrition among women and children affected by emergencies in Pakistan. This support comes at a critical time, as nutrition is a key concern in Pakistan, …
The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) has provided €3 million (Euros) to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to work with partners to combat malnutrition among women and children affected by emergencies in Pakistan. This support comes at a critical time, as nutrition is a key concern in Pakistan …
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has chosen Palakkad as a high priority district,followedby Wayanad and Malappuram in the state, to implement its Call to Action plan to addresschild mortality and maternal issues in the wake of Attapadi malnutrition deaths. The agency plans to take the programme forward after a …
Continuing its battle to eradicate polio from the district, volunteers of the UNICEF Social Mobilization Network along with the health department are making efforts to cover a total of 128 families who have resisted the polio vaccines. Despite the fact that not a single case of polio has been detected …
KARACHI: As the world observed international day against child labour, at least 10 million Pakistani children were reported engaged in labour practices, putting a big question mark on the status of children rights in this country. World Day against Child Labour was observed across the globe on June 12 with …
The lives of over 150,000 children in the country could be saved by a $5-million-programme launched in India by UNICEF-Canada and Teck under the Zinc Alliance for Child Health(ZACH). The five-year programme aims at scaling up the use of zinc supplementation and oral rehydration salts (ORS) to treat diarrhoea while …
