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February 27, 2002
“UNICEF Launches Early-Childhood Development Project” Africa
News Service (www.allafrica.com)
(02/25/02)
Improving early childhood development by lowering the
incidence of preventable diseases and conditions linked to poor nutrition is
the focus of a new program launched by UNICEF and the Benin Health
Ministry. The program—which targets
children under six years of age—aims to protect them against tetanus, measles,
and other vaccine-preventable diseases, as well as reduce the incidence of
malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea and illnesses linked to vitamin A deficiency. International aid agencies from the United States,
Germany and Switzerland are participating in the program.
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