UNICEF: Improving child and maternal health in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, 5 February 2009 A child's first right is the right to life. But in today's Afghanistan, children face some of the most difficult challenges to their survival in the world.

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The past eight years have yielded notable progress in Afghanistan. Among the improvements are increased overall access to health care, the near eradication of polio and improved access to clean water. But today it's becoming increasingly difficult to build on these successes due to limited access to remote communities.

In order to overcome these challenges, UNICEF's mission is clear: to promote better child health and nutrition with a package of across-the-board interventions developed with the Ministry of Public Health and dozens of partners.

To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_47807.html

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