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UNICEF IN INDIANEW CHALLENGES AND CHANGING ROLE

• Dr . S.K. CHATURVEDI
• UNICEF

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OVERVIEW

• Overview of the Situation of Children
• Changing programming environment for children
• Major constraints
• Role of the United Nations and UNICEF in India
• Summary of results to date

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The Situation of Children in India key findings
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India The scale of things...
Population 1,027 million Children 0-18
380 million (37)
Many states have child populations similar to
large countries
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Indias share of global challenge
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Summary of trends in India

• Economic transformation without corresponding
  change in social development
• Expansion of social opportunities and change
  uneven, growing disparities (area, sex, caste and
  other characteristics)

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Income Growth vs Child Survival
Income Per capita Income in Rs
Infant survival Number of children reaching The
age of one per 100 live births
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Goal 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Child malnutrition in India
Source NFHS 1 2, 1992-93 1998-99
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Goal 2 Universal Primary Education
Children age 5-14 years currently attending school
Source MICS, 2000
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Learning achievements in primary schools
Pratichi Trust, West Bengal Only 1 in 14 children in class 3 and 4 who was not privately tutored could write their own name
Urban schools in Vadodara and Mumbai 47 children in class IV reached math standard competence of First standard only
Andhra Pradesh Only 12 children in class II to V could do single digit subtraction
Jaunpur, UP age 7-14 in government schools 72 could do no numerical operations and 51 could not read simple sentences
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Absence Rates, 2003 ()
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Out-of-school children are even more
concentrated. Nearly three-quarters of all
out-of-school children in the country are found
in a mere 20 of villages (and 50 of districts).
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Goal 4. Reduce child mortality Infant Mortality
Rate
Urban
Rural
Source National Family Health Survey 1992-93,
International Institute for Population Sciences,
Bombay, India, 1995 National Family Health Survey
1998-99, International Institute for Population
Sciences, Bombay, India, 2000 Sample Registration
System, Registrar General, India
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Children not Received Any Vaccine by Selected
Characteristics
Standard of living
Residence
Education
Source RCH Survey, 2002
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Goal 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases
1994
Estimated 5.2 million people living with HIV
(2005).
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HIV Prevalence in India

gt 1 Antenatal Women
J K
Himachal Pradesh
lt 1 Antenatal Women
Punjab
5.2 m Adults estimated to living with HIV
Chandigarh
Delhi
Haryana
Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Assam
Nagaland
Meghalaya
Bihar
Manipur
Tripura
Mizoram
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
West Bengal
Daman Diu
Orissa
Dadra Nagar Haveli
Maharashtra
111 high prevalence districts
Andhra Pradesh
Goa
Pondichery
Karnataka

Andaman Nicobar
Tamil Nadu
Source NACO, 2005
Lakshwadeep
Kerala
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Estimated No. of people living with HIV
Source Report of the global AIDS epidemic
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Regional Specificity
HIV
U5MR
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Percentage of ST Population Districts of
India 2001
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Summary of Developments with Potential Impact on
Children
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but this is still low in comparison to other
developing countries