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.".
>
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