Unicef seeks $900m for children and women worldwide  

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Zarocostas, John

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 336 no. 7640 (Feb. 2008), page 352.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Health and nutrition loom large in Unicef’s 2008 emergencies appeal, launched last week. The agency is calling for donors to provide $856m (£440m; 590m) to help the children and women who are victims of 39 current emergencies around the world, the vast majority of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. "Children and women continue to bear the brunt of conflict and displacement," said Hilde Johnson, Unicef’s deputy executive director, at a press conference in Geneva. In a foreword to the organisation’s action report for this year, Ann Veneman, Unicef’s executive director, writes: "We count on the continued support and generosity of our donors to help ensure the survival, protection and well-being of women and children in these emergency situations." In many of the world’s trouble spots, including Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Unicef is seeking large amounts of new funds to help the millions of people who continue . . .

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