UN News Service (New York)

Congo-Brazzaville: Health, Education Efforts Receive $500,000 Boost From UN

25 August 2009

The Republic of Congo has received a $500,000 influx from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to boost health, nutrition and education initiatives to help ease the impact of the global economic crisis on the country's most vulnerable people.

The nation is recovering from two civil wars that uprooted over 1 million people, and despite strides made since the 2003 peace agreement, over half the population of nearly 4 million currently lives below the poverty line.

"Women and children are the most affected by poverty," UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman said in the capital, Brazzaville, today.

One in eight children die before they turn five, largely from preventable causes, she said, adding that the country also has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the region.

While in Brazzaville, Ms. Veneman visited the Life Savers national initiative which promotes 12 simple, easy-to-practice household behaviours, including breastfeeding exclusively for six months, sleeping under an insecticide-treated mosquito bednet, and washing hands with soap.

Life Savers also runs a 24-hour telephone hotline, which parents and caregivers can call when their children are sick.

In talks with Prime Minister Isidore Mvouba and other top officials, the UNICEF head commended the Government's efforts to improve access to social services and raised the issue of the treatment of indigenous people, or pygmies, especially the children who are marginalized and often face discrimination.

Tagged: Aid and Assistance, Central Africa, Children, Congo-Brazzaville, Education, External Relations, Health, Health, International Organisations, Nutrition

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