SUVA, 14 November 2008 – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific Office and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have just signed a four-year memorandum of understanding (MoU).
Without any interventions, between 20% and 45% of infants may... MoU signed to improve health and development of young Pacific Islanders The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific Office and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have just signed a four-year memorandum of understanding (MoU).
SUVA, 1 October 2009 - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific office based in Suva, Fiji has mobilised its emergency response team following the Pacific tsunami and will provide immediate humanitarian assistance to Samoa and Tonga.
Close to NZD 6 million (FJD 8.8 million) from the New Zealand Aid Programme will be used by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific programme to reduce infant, child and maternal mortality.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific Representative Dr Isiye Ndombi said while good progress had been made in immunization in the region, for health care to be more effective, it needed to be comprehensive, accessible and affordable drawing comparison from a Gambian study in the early 1990s where mortality remained high despite high levels of immunization coverage.
In launching the website, http://vanuatu2010.un.org.fj/, Dr Will Parks, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific's Chief of Policy, Advocacy, Planning and Evaluation (PAPE), said that behind every official statistic on the impact of the crisis in the Pacific is a family facing hardship.
SUVA, 1 October 2009 - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific office based in Suva is sending a team to Samoa and Tonga to assist with a rapid assessment and focus on the needs of children and their families who have been affected by the tsunami that hit the Pacific region on 29 September.
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