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UNICEF COOPERATION IN INDIA

OVERVIEW. INDIA TODAY: Situation of Children and WomenUNICEF IN INDIA: Overview of the Government of India UNICEF Country Programme 2003-2007Selected key results of programme interventions . . INDIA - 2001. POPULATION1027 millionCHILDREN 0-14350 million (34%) CHILD

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UNICEF COOPERATION IN INDIA

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    1. UNICEF COOPERATION IN INDIA DR.S.K. CHATURVEDI UNICEF

    2. OVERVIEW INDIA TODAY: Situation of Children and Women UNICEF IN INDIA: Overview of the Government of India – UNICEF Country Programme 2003-2007 Selected key results of programme interventions

    13. THE OVERALL PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES ARE TO... Empower families & communities with appropriate knowledge & skills for the better care and protection of children. Expand partnerships in order to promote concerted collective action for children. Improve knowledge base on children that informs policy, supports programme formulation, improves monitoring and influences public discourse in civil society.

    15. REPRODUCTIVE & CHILD HEALTH: Border District Cluster Strategy

    16. REPRODUCTIVE & CHILD HEALTH: Key selected results Maintained high polio immunization coverage. There are fewer cases of wild polio virus this year than ever before. Steady progress in strengthening routine immunization coverage, consolidation and expansion of injection safety through procurement and supply of auto-destructible syringes. 72 health facilities now offer improved quality emergency obstetric care in targeted districts in two states. Integration and convergence of health and nutrition services in the 50 BDCS districts. Improved management of health services in the BDCS districts through the revitalisation of the sub-centre level of care Blood storage units established in first referral units in targeted districts.

    18. CHILD DEVELOPMENT & NUTRITION: Selected key results Vitamin A distribution now part of routine immunization in 14/15 UNICEF supported states, more than 50 million doses provided. In 4 districts in one state, mothers feeding babies colostrum increased from 23 – 62% (1999- 2003); underweight among under-three’s is at 41%, compared to state-wide norm of 54%. “Positive Deviance” project in 95 villages in West Bengal led to elimination of severe malnutrition in these villages. Project expanded to larger scale. Important new law on infant feeding enacted. Programmes to combat anaemia among adolescent girls supported in 11 states. In 2 states, all girls receive supplements.

    20. CHILD’S ENVIRONMENT: Selected key results Rural water and sanitation reforms accelerated– the Total Sanitation Campaign sanctioned for 350 districts. In one state in just one year, 1 million household toilets installed. 20 water quality testing labs established and equipped in one state where arsenic has been found in water supply. An effective home filter for arsenic developed. Thousands of families are now using home fluoride removal filters with very positive results in two states. District plans for school sanitation are now being operationalized. Drought-proofing in 15 districts in one state completed.

    22. EDUCATION: Selected key results Organised “back-to-school campaign” at the beginning of the school year – attained near universal enrolment in select states. Identified 14000 schools across 14 states to demonstrate what constitutes “quality learning”: Developed and provided gender-sensitive teaching learning materials for primary classrooms. Child-centred and interactive teaching methods developed for single teacher schools and a core group of (25) teacher-trainers have been trained in each state. Creation of reading corners in every classroom and provision of creative reading material short stories, rhymes, songs etc. Improved school environment through “school sanitation and hygiene” campaign with community support. Alternative learning opportunities created through - bridge courses, residential camps, alternative learning centres – for out-of school girls, especially those belonging to socially and economically marginal groups in 4 states.

    25. HIV/AIDS: Selected key results More than 300 PPTCT teams from Medical Colleges in state and districts hospitals have been trained. Coverage of PPTCT services increased. 60% of women who access PPTCT services accept voluntary counseling and testing. 90% of those who are HIV-positive and deliver at an institution take ARV. National guidelines for in – school prevention education have been finalized, along with supporting communication tools.

    27. CHILD PROTECTION: Selected key results State policies on child labor elimination were influenced by UNICEF-supported learning in action interventions in three states. Breakthrough on policy focus on child trafficking: prevention rather than rescue. Knowledge base on trafficking (in particular for commercial sexual exploitation of children) has been established. In the carpet belt, efforts to eliminate child labor expanded to three districts (1.6 million people,650 villages). Pilot projects on child labor elimination was supported in hybrid cotton seed production and migrant labor – affecting roughly 4,000 children.

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