Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:09 am
Severe disruptions in health services due to the
COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000
child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United
Nations agencies said on Wednesday.
In a new
report,
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
World Health Organization (WHO) and UN
Population Fund (UNFPA) said
that the impact also included sharp drops in the number of
young children treated for severe
acute malnutrition as well as in childhood
immunizations.
According
to George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF Regional Director for South
Asia, the fall-off of these critical services has had a
devastating impact on the health and nutrition of the
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 9:10 am
“Up to 300,000 children with diverse learning needs are
getting better support to learn, with the first tranche of
Learning Support Coordinators (LSCs) off to a strong
start”, says Associate Minister of Education, Jan
Tinetti.
“It’s now been just over a year since the
first LSCs started work in 1,052 individual schools and kura
around the country, grouped in 124 clusters, serving 300,000
ākonga.
“The evaluation report I’m releasing
today shows great results so far - it’s clear that LSCs
are doing excellent work to assist the one in five students
who need some level of additional support for their
Monday, 8 March 2021, 6:18 pm
The
Web Genius Kāpiti Run for Youth is open for registration
and getting ready to take place on Sunday 21 March
2021.
Kāpiti Run for Youth is open for registration
and we can’t wait to get back out on the beach as a big
group after taking the event virtual after going into
lockdown in March 2020. We worked very hard to make the
virtual event a success and were amazed at the number of
local people that got out in their bubbles and completed the
event on their own terms, said Richard Calkin, Founder of
Web Genius.
issues an urgent message on
International Women’s Day.
A year ago, as the
COVID-19 pandemic began to engulf the world, we at the
United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, warned of
dangerous consequences for the health, human rights and
wellbeing of women and girls.
Amongst the most
concerning predictions:
a greater number of unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions
and unsafe births; and a sharp escalation in gender-based
violence and harmful practices including child marriage and
female genital mutilation – potentially reversing hard-won
gains which have improved the lives of women and girls in
recent decades.
Our forecasts have unfortunately come
true in a number of countries in Asia-Pacific region and
Sunday, 7 March 2021, 5:46 am
Today marks Children’s Day / Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki and
the Minister for Children, Kelvin Davis is asking all New
Zealanders to think about their responsibility to support
the lives of the tamariki in their communities and to make
this a special day for celebrating them.
Children’s
Day / Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki is a day of national awareness
that aims to make all children in the country feel
appreciated, held on the first Sunday of March each
year.
“Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki is all about everyone
putting in the effort to make tamariki realise they are