A male nurse tends to a new born baby in a local Peruvian medical centre.
Maternal health and integrated early childhood development
Duration: May 2002– April 2004
Budget: US$707,000
Implementing Agencies: UNICEF
To ensure equitable access to health care for women and children in the province of Apurímac, the programme implemented an integrated strategy to reduce the number of maternal and perinatal deaths; decrease the rate of chronic malnutrition in children under three; improve access to quality health and nutrition services for mothers and children; and provide information about health, nutrition and hygiene to vulnerable women.
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