Govt focuses on child poverty
Thursday, October 27, 2016
The draft plan, which is under discussion in the on-going special Parliament meeting, has identified child poverty as the root cause of poverty in adulthood.
“Despite the remarkable progress that has been achieved in poverty eradication, poverty amongst children and adolescents is proportionally higher than that of the general population,” reads the draft plan.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...