UNICEF Urges Uganda To Put Children First In Poverty Eradication

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), today providing a set of policy recommendations to be prioritised in Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP), has appealed to the Government to fulfil its legal and moral obligations toward the country’s youngest citizens. Speaking at a meeting here of the National Planning Authority (NPA), UNICEF Representative, Keith McKenzie, said that greater investments in children would yield high economic returns.

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Filed under: Pediatrics on December 19th, 2008