TOMBONG SAIDY wrote: > This is from the Daily Observer of 24th August 199, one can get the full > report in the UNICEF website. > > PEACE > > TOMBONG SAIDY > > Gambian children faring well – Unicef > > According to the Unicef progress of Nation's Report, 1999, children in The > Gambia are faring much better than most of their counterparts in Africa in > terms of under-five mortality, HIV/AIDS infection, primary schooling, > conflict. These are the main factors of > 'child risk measure,'(CRM) a new initiative by Unicef to highlight some of > the risks a child faces until the age of 18. > > The report published recently, gave the Gambia 35 points on the CRM, the > best in West Africa and trailing only Gabon, South Africa and Mauritius. > > Angola and Sierra Leone top the table with 96 and 95 points in the CRM > respectively making their children most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection, > conflict, mortality and malnutrition. > > The report indicates an under five mortality rate of 87/1000 for The Gambia, > the lowest in West Africa, a primary school enrollment of 65 per cent, the > highest in Africa. According to the report there are 120 children orphaned > by AIDS in The Gambia. > > In his forward to the report, the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, said the > Progress of Nation's Report, "plays an essential role in monitoring global > advances towards the goals set in 1990 as well as recording the setbacks." > > The executive director of Unicef, Carol Bellamy, said in the report, > "anything that improves the prospects for children's well being improves > the prospects for the world.". > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------