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Unicef on
India
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On August 5,
2008 Unicef
in the State
of
Asia-Pacific's
Children
2008 report
put - world
will fail to
reach
millennium
development
goals unless
India
improves its
record on
health and
child
protection
·
Unicef says
India is
failing to
provide
basic
healthcare
for its
poorest
children -
despite
robust
economic
growth.
·
India and
China
account for
nearly a
third of the
world's
child
deaths, the
vast
majority of
them in
India.
·
India had
2.1m child
deaths in
2006 - more
than any
other state.
The
corresponding
figure for
China was
more than
400,000.
Mission
IAS’2009
·
The divide
between rich
and poor is
rising at a
troubling
rate in the
region
·
Unicef
recommends
that both
countries
increase
spending on
public
health by at
least two
per cent
while also
involve
communities
in order to
strengthen
the system.
·
Unicef says
avoidable
diseases
like
pneumonia
and
diarrhoea
and a high
rate of
malnutrition
are the
major causes
of child
death in the
region.
·
The United
Nations
Children's
Fund (or
UNICEF) was
created by
the United
Nations
General
Assembly on
December 11,
1946,
to provide
emergency
food and
healthcare
to children
in countries
that had
been
devastated
by World War
II.
·
In 1953,
UNICEF
became a
permanent
part of the
United
Nations
System
and its name
was
shortened
from the
original
United
Nations
International
Children's
Emergency
Fund but it
has
continued to
be known by
the popular
acronym
based on
this old
name.
·
Headquartered
in New York
City, UNICEF
provides
long-term
humanitarian
and
developmental
assistance
to children
and mothers
in
developing
countries.
·
UNICEF was
awarded the
Nobel Peace
Prize in
1965 and
Prince of
Asturias
Award of
Concord in
2006.
·
In the
United
States,
Canada and
some other
countries,
UNICEF is
known for
its "Trick-Or-Treat
for UNICEF"
program in
which
children
collect
money for
UNICEF from
the houses
they
trick-or-treat
at on
Halloween
night,
sometimes
instead of
candy.
UNICEF is
present in
190
countries
and
territories
around the
world.
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