It was long considered one of China's poorest and most disadvantaged provinces, as characterized by the folk poem: "The sky is not clear three days; the land is not level for three li (2,115 feet, or 645 metres); the people don't have three cents".
When apartheid ended, the national department of health reallocated resources from previously advantaged provinces to historically disadvantaged provinces [ 10].
Once the project is completed, 50,560 children are expected to have access to primary education in these disadvantaged provinces.
Particularly in disadvantaged provinces, this figure deters many families from sending their children to preschool education institutions.
Since 1996, resources for health care have been channelled more equitably to disadvantaged provinces such as KwaZulu-Natal, and this will help finance the improved health services.
Unmet need for family planning varied from 3.6% in Tehran to 31.3% in one of the most disadvantaged provinces named (Sistan-Balouchestan).
As part of the Government system, and within the framework of UNICEF's more focused Country Programme, LCs continue to be opened and monitored by District Education Offices, Literacy Managers and Monitors in ten most disadvantaged provinces.
The bi-annual micronutrient days conducted in June and December in Viet Nam include provision of Vitamin A to all children 6-36 months at national level and children up to 59 months in the most disadvantaged provinces and districts.
The rounds include Vitamin A supplementation for all children aged 6 to 36 months at the national level, and for all children up to 59 months old in the most disadvantaged provinces and districts.
Despite the improvement in health care spending among the disadvantaged provinces in South Africa, the average real per capita health care expenditure by the state has only increased at an annual rate of 0.3% since 1998 [ 22].
