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Subject: UNICEF CAPITALIZED ON INNOVATION TO REACH THE MOST
DISADVANTAGED IN 2012 -- REPORT
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UNICEF CAPITALIZED ON INNOVATION TO REACH THE MOST DISADVANTAGED IN
2012 -- REPORT
New York, Jul 16 2013 5:00PM
Despite challenging economic times and complex emergencies affecting
children in nearly 80 countries, the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) boosted its innovation last year to create programmes and
partnerships to reach those most vulnerable, the agency today said
launching its annual report.
With the approaching 2015 deadline to reach the eight anti-poverty
targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), UNICEF
Executive Director Anthony Lake said much progress has been made --
including declining poverty rates, the near eradication of polio,
increased immunizations, more girls attending school, improved access
to clean water and nutrition, and more children surviving and thriving
beyond their fifth birthdays than ever before.
"But these results are no excuse for rest," Mr. Lake stressed in the
report's forward. "Our goal is to reach every child, everywhere, no
matter how distant or remote, no matter what barriers stand in the
way," he added.
Among its successes, the agency highlights in its Our Story 2012
<"//unicef.org/publications/files/UNICEF-AnnualReport2012_8July2013.pdf>report
the use of mobile phone texting to register births in Nigeria and
Uganda, the lack of which in the past has prevented children in those
countries from attending school and made them more vulnerable to
trafficking and other dangers.
Similarly, this year's report also highlights the use of a RapidSMS
programme to quickly diagnose and treat HIV-infected infants in
Zambia, cutting turnaround time for test result from 44 days to 26.
In addition, innovative partnerships, such as between UNICEF and the
UN Population Fund (UNFPA), led to the creation of the Commission on
Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children to improve access to
life-saving health interventions for children under five years of age
and women of childbearing age. These activities are in support of UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Every Woman Every Child initiative.
In the report, the agency said it and its partners responded to 286
humanitarian situations in 79 countries last year. Among those, the
Syrian conflict where UNICEF said it delivered safe water benefitting
more than 100,000 people in refugee camps and among host communities,
and winter supplies to more than 260,000 people in the country.
The UN agency also said it helped to provide access to uninterrupted
education for nearly 80,000 children, provided psychosocial care for
an estimated 47,000 children and supported measles vaccination for
more than 1.4 million children.
"The organization remains both a world leader in the procurement of
supplies for children and the world's largest provider of vaccines to
developing countries," according to the report, which added that
UNICEF's procurement strategies and financing mechanisms last year
generated savings of more than $197 million.
The report also notes that cash contributions to the UN agency rose
eight per cent over the previous year, "underscoring donor trust in
UNICEF's ability to leverage its expertise, technical know-how, broad
partnerships and global reach."
UNICEF said it joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative
last year, and expanded its public disclosure by releasing online
internal audit reports, evaluations and country office annual reports.
Among its successes, the agency highlights in its Our Story 2012
<"//unicef.org/publications/files/UNICEF-AnnualReport2012_8July2013.pdf>report
the use of mobile phone texting to register births in Nigeria and
Uganda, the lack of which in the past has prevented children in those
countries from attending school and made them more vulnerable to
trafficking and other dangers.
Similarly, this year's report also highlights the use of a RapidSMS
programme to quickly diagnose and treat HIV-infected infants in
Zambia, cutting turnaround time for test result from 44 days to 26.
In addition, innovative partnerships, such as between UNICEF and the
UN Population Fund (UNFPA), led to the creation of the Commission on
Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children to improve access to
life-saving health interventions for children under five years of age
and women of childbearing age. These activities are in support of UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Every Woman Every Child initiative.
In the report, the agency said it and its partners responded to 286
humanitarian situations in 79 countries last year. Among those, the
Syrian conflict where UNICEF said it delivered safe water benefitting
more than 100,000 people in refugee camps and among host communities,
and winter supplies to more than 260,000 people in the country.
The UN agency also said it helped to provide access to uninterrupted
education for nearly 80,000 children, provided psychosocial care for
an estimated 47,000 children and supported measles vaccination for
more than 1.4 million children.
"The organization remains both a world leader in the procurement of
supplies for children and the world's largest provider of vaccines to
developing countries," according to the report, which added that
UNICEF's procurement strategies and financing mechanisms last year
generated savings of more than $197 million.
The report also notes that cash contributions to the UN agency rose
eight per cent over the previous year, "underscoring donor trust in
UNICEF's ability to leverage its expertise, technical know-how, broad
partnerships and global reach."
UNICEF said it joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative
last year, and expanded its public disclosure by releasing online
internal audit reports, evaluations and country office annual reports.
Jul 16 2013 5:00PM
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