MaximsNewsNetwork: SOMALIA REFUGEES AFGOYE CORRIDOR UNICEF & WHO

MaximsNewsNetwork: SOMALIA REFUGEES AFGOYE CORRIDOR UNICEF & WHO Tube. Duration : 2.53 Mins.

MaximsNewsNetwork: 24 November 2009 - UNICEF: A UNICEF health campaign reaches displaced communities in Somalia's Afgoye Corridor for the first time, providing at least 46000 children with a life-saving health package. For the first time ever, the Child Health Days Campaign reached displaced communities in Somalias Afgoye Corridor, providing at least 46000 children with a life-saving health package. The Afgoye Corridor is a 30-kilometer stretch of road west of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where more than 500000 people displaced by conflict have sought refuge. And it is one of the places in Somalia where humanitarian access is limited, due to extreme insecurity. The five-day campaign in Afgoye is part of a nation-wide programme supported by UNICEF and WHO, to promote child survival in a country where one in every seven children dies before the age of five and routine immunization is amongst the lowest in the world. Every under-five child is immunized against measles and polio, diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus, and provided with Vitamin A, de-worming tablets and nutritional screening. In Afgoye, 37000 women of child-bearing age were immunized against neonatal tetanus. The Child Health Days package also includes oral rehydration salts to treat diarrhoea, and water purification tablets. This intervention is crucial in a location such as Afgoye, the most densely populated settlement in the world for the displaced. Living conditions are harsh, and basic social services ...

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UNICEF: Mother and Child Health Week amidst crisis in Madagascar

UNICEF: Mother and Child Health Week amidst crisis in Madagascar Video Clips. Duration : 2.62 Mins.

www.unicef.org ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, 8 November 2010 -- People are getting poorer by the day in Madagascar, and there is no real safety net for them. The country is in the midst of a political and financial crisis, following last year's violent coup. Funding cuts by international donors have hit the social welfare system, especially health services, hard. Meanwhile, the suspension of international trade agreements has devastated the economy. Over the last year, more and more health centres have been forced to close their doors, depriving local populations of vital services. Centres that have remained open tend to be under-stocked and understaffed; many lack antibiotics and other medicines, such as the life-saving drug oxytocin, which is used in childbirth. UNICEF Representative in Madagascar Bruno Maes said the crisis has profoundly weakened basic health services, leaving parts of the system in danger of collapsing. UNICEF and its partners launched Mother Child Health Week at the end of October despite the dire circumstances and the withdrawal of government support. While mothers were encouraged to bring their children to health centres, teams of outreach workers brought health services to more than 4 million people.

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UNICEF: Bringing stability to displaced families in Pakistan

UNICEF: Bringing stability to displaced families in Pakistan Video Clips. Duration : 1.62 Mins.

JALALA CAMP, Pakistan, 22 May 2009 Since the end of April, a new army offensive against militants in north-west Pakistan has caused the displacement of more than 1.5 million people. Theyve joined the 555000 people already displaced since October of last year and still unable to go home. Its the largest population displacement Pakistan has seen since the country was created in 1947. To address this emergencys impact on children and women, UNICEF and its partners are working as part of a coordinated UN response to ensure that displaced children have access to water and sanitation, immunization and education, as well as protection from abuse or exploitation. Over 180 schools in the Swat Valley have been destroyed in the past month. To restore education to displaced childrens lives, UNICEF is assisting camp primary schools and providing school supplies for thousands of boys and girls. Child-friendly spaces set up in the new camps also offer safe environments where children can play and receive psychosocial support. Child-protection teams monitor unaccompanied and orphaned children, and make sure that households headed by women have access to services and supplies. UNICEF is also providing safe water, latrines and hygiene kits for children and families displaced by the fighting in north-west Pakistan. To read the full story, visit: www.unicef.org

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MaximsNewsNetwork: DR CONGO: POLIO IMMUNIZATION REACHES 11 MILLION CHILDREN (UNICEF)

MaximsNewsNetwork: DR CONGO: POLIO IMMUNIZATION REACHES 11 MILLION CHILDREN (UNICEF) Video Clips. Duration : 2.35 Mins.

MaximsNewsNetwork: 23 November 2010 -- UNICEF: Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC -- In the DRC, theUnited Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) provides the 12 million polio vaccine doses necessary for a major immunization campaign; some 30 cases of the wild polio virus have been registered in October 2010 and only three in 2009. October's three-day campaign reached more than 100 percent of its target, in most Eastern DRC provinces and the next round is due from 23 to 25 November, for all children under five to get these two drops. UNICEF and its partners advocated for the mass immunization campaign, even in areas controlled by armed groups. With the campaign, DRC aims to reach over 11 million children aged between 0 and 59 months. Taking these two drops of oral polio vaccine once or many times before the age of five, can prevent a child from being paralyzed for life or dying of the disease. For many parents are still reluctant to vaccinate their children because they believe they will become sterile. SOUNDBITE (French) Justine Zawadi, Mother: "A mother should have her child vaccinated if she loves them, to ensure they have good health.'" SOUNDBITE (French) Felicien Molima, UNICEF North Kivu/Maniema Head of office: "UNICEF fights against such rumors, such reluctance, with usual communication strategies such a strong advocacy for the different leaders to understand the importance of the vaccination, but also towards the different NGOs, women's associations to better convey ...

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MaximsNewsNetwork: ZIMBABWE CHILD IMMUNIZATION POLIO MEASLES: UNICEF

MaximsNewsNetwork: ZIMBABWE CHILD IMMUNIZATION POLIO MEASLES: UNICEF Video Clips. Duration : 3.00 Mins.

As Zimbabwe emerges from a total collapse of its health services, UNICEF and its partners work together immunizing vulnerable children against diseases like polio and measles. UNICEF. June 2009.

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UNICEF: Child survival amongst displaced Mogadishu

UNICEF: Child survival amongst displaced Mogadishu Video Clips. Duration : 3.05 Mins.

AFGOYE, Somalia, 18 December 2007 -- Hawa Ali, a mother of two, fled fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu last month and found refuge in the makeshift Eelasha Biyasha settlement here. This camp and others like it, along a 30-km stretch between Mogadishu and Afgoye, are now home to some 200000 children, women and men displaced by conflict. "I came to this settlement because we couldn't live in Mogadishu anymore," said Hawa. "Some of my relatives were here so I decided to be close to them. When I got here I heard that many children were suffering from diarrhoea, skin itching and even measles." Concerned that her children might fall sick, Hawa was happy to hear that a health and immunization campaign would be taking place in the camp. The campaign Hawa heard about was a week-long effort supported by UNICEF through two local non-governmental organizations -- CED and SOPHPA -- to provide some 47000 children under the age of five with protection from common childhood illnesses, along with vitamin A capsules to boost their immunity. To read the full story, visit: www.unicef.org

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UNICEF: Reaching Haiti's young survivors with health and nutrition

UNICEF: Reaching Haiti's young survivors with health and nutrition Tube. Duration : 2.82 Mins.

JACMEL, Haiti, 27 January 2010 In parts of Haiti devastated by the earthquake that struck on 12 January including the capital, Port-au-Prince, as well as the southern port city of Jacmel and other localities UNICEF is reaching children with life-saving support. In many ways, this is a childrens emergency. Nearly 40 per cent of all Haitians are under 14 years of age, and children are at the greatest risk in the quake's aftermath. UNICEF and its partners are paying specific attention to the youngest and most vulnerable children, thousands of whom are living in displacement settlements, orphanages and care centres. Next week, UNICEF will help launch an urgent immunization campaign for 600000 displaced children under the age of five, who will be vaccinated against measles, diphtheria and tetanus. To ward off any increases in acute malnutrition, children under five will also need therapeutic and supplementary feeding, as well as general food rations.

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