Key results in 1999-04
In the health sector a nationwide measles campaign in 2003 benefited 7.3 million children (9 months to 15 years). More so, 2.3 million children up to four years of age were supplemented with Vitamin A. These became the foundation for efforts to rebuild routine immunization and launch the strategic plan for the reduction of maternal and child mortality. A major knowledge, attitude, practice and behavior (KAPB) study was undertaken in 2003 by youth for youth and included 10,500 participants, strengthening understanding of the difficulties facing HIV/AIDS prevention programmes. Significant progress was made in developing HIV/AIDS education materials, and in piloting innovative approaches to awareness-raising among youth and to providing voluntary counseling and testing services. Important advances were made in promoting the goal of universal primary education by 2015. A Back-to-School Campaign, launched initially in two provinces in 2002-2003 and subsequently expanded to cover an additional fifteen provinces, led to the Government’s decision to recruit an additional 29,000 primary school teachers countrywide, which has in turn contributed to the enrolment of 1 million additional children in the 2004 school year. Complementing the increased access to formal primary education, UNICEF also worked to ensure learning opportunities to out-of-school adolescents. Close co-operation between the National Water Directorate (DNA) and UNICEF resulted in the formulation of national specifications for boreholes, the development of a strategy involving the private sector and a training manual to stimulate community participation and establish community Water and Sanitation Management Groups. The national child protection strategy carried out succeeded to register almost 4 million children. The campaign, originally limited to birth registration, family tracing, reunification, and psychosocial support for children affected by the war, has been gradually expanded and now serves as the basis for interventions in other areas, including the gross violation of child rights. During 2004, UNICEF provided technical and methodological input to the National Institute for Children (INAC) for the preparation of a progress report on the implementation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. Over the last few years, UNICEF has worked with the Government of Angola and partners to ensure that Mine Risk Education is seen as an essential component of mine action. Mine Risk Education was successfully integrated into the 2005 Mine Action Plan.
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