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Highlights from UNICEF country offices, 2007

The following highlights news in 2007 from UNICEF country offices:

CHINA

• UNICEF, Special Olympics Champion Cause of Children with Intellectual Disabilities 
• FIFA and UNICEF launch Goals for Girls! campaign on eve of Women’s 2007 World Cup
• UNICEF Eminent Advocate for Children Queen Rania visits migrant women and children in Beijing
• Manchester United stars speak out on children and HIV
• Steinway donates its first "Lang Lang" branded piano to UNICEF for HIV/AIDS programme
• Business leaders to back youth and children AIDS campaign in China
• M.A.C. Cosmetics announces donation to UNICEF-China's HIV/AIDS Youth and Children's Campaign
• Helping UNICEF help children in Gansu Province
• UNICEF-supported report on maternal and child survival in China launched
• In China, a mother lifts her family from poverty

CAMBODIA

• Buddhist monks trained to support Cambodian families affected by HIV/AIDS
• ‘Friends Helping Friends’ living with HIV/AIDS in Cambodia
• UNICEF helps local government build pre-schools in Cambodia

INDONESIA

• UNICEF launches bird flu education campaign to help Indonesian children
• Three years after the Tsunami in Indonesia
• UNICEF supports rainwater harvesting for families on remote islands in Indonesia
• 'Progress for Children': New house, new garden and new chance at a healthy life in Aceh
• Evacuation orders in effect as East Java volcano alert remains high
• New permanent schools in post-tsunami Banda Aceh set new standards
• UNICEF supplies ready for earthquake stricken districts
• UNICEF steps up awareness campaign after reported bird flu deaths in Bali
• Going the extra mile: UNICEF Indonesia immunization drive reaches remote areas
• Justice and support for victims of child sexual abuse in Indonesia
• UNICEF Indonesia supports community bird flu prevention programme
• UNICEF to distribute 100,000 bird flu prevention kits in Indonesia
• Lawmakers inspired by field visit to UNICEF Indonesia projects
• Fighting indifference and ignorance to tackle avian flu in Indonesia
• Rebuidling a safety net for new mothers in Indonesia
• UNICEF aid reaches children and families affected by Jakarta floods
• More aid needed for thousands displaced by severe flooding in Jakarta
• School construction poses unique challenges on post-quake Nias Island
• UNICEF completes construction of first health and development centre in Aceh
• After Aceh floods, relief efforts help families cope with effects of ‘tsunami from the river’
• Ten-year-old drummer from Indonesia pledges support for UNICEF
• UNICEF applauds Indonesia’s ratification of Mine Ban Treaty
• Relief efforts ‘contain’ effects of flooding on Indonesian children and families

KOREA, DPR

• Providing aid to children and families affected by severe floods in DPR Korea
• Six million children in DPR Korea immunized against measles
• More than 16 million children and adults rapidly vaccinated against measles following major outbreak in DPRK
• UNICEF and WHO respond to measles outbreak in North Korea

LAO PDR

• Nationwide push in Lao PDR to eliminate measles
• Young Malaysian footballers go on the offensive against HIV and AIDS
• Giving an early boost to the next generation of Malaysia’s ‘original people’ 
• Lao photo contest encourages ‘Caring Dads’ to protect their children from HIV
• On Labour Day, Lao Trade Union leaders call on working dads to protect their families from HIV
• Caring Dads build strong families: A photo competition encourages Lao dads to get involved - and protect their kids from HIV
• Travelling puppet show in Lao PDR promotes bird flu awareness

MALAYSIA

• PROSTAR Youth Centres score with Manchester United FC
• Man U gives thumbs up for 3R-UNICEF futsal playoffs for girls
• Malaysia scores high marks to reduce under-weight prevalence
• Outreach efforts address the double stigma of HIV/AIDS and drug use in Malaysia
• Malaysia works to break the cycle of mother-to-child HIV transmission 
• Flooding in Malaysia threatens children’s well-being
• Over 115,000 evacuated in worsening floods
• eclipse raises RM150,000 for UNICEF Malaysia’s “Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS” campaign
• Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS takes to the football field

MONGOLIA

• Helping families and communities help themselves in western Mongolia
• UNICEF works to improve access to safe water and sanitation in rural Mongolia
• Travelling schools bring education to migrant 'herder children'
• Access to safe water and sanitation in rural Mongolia
  

MYANMAR

• UNICEF Myanmar Newsletter
• Joining hands in the fight against polio in Myanmar
• UNICEF supplies arrive in Thandwe to help Myanmar flood victims
• Ceramic water filters improve water quality for rural communities in Myanmar
• Myanmar joins global measles-control effort

PACIFIC ISLANDS

• Protecting the Pacific against avian influenza
• After an earthquake, finding magic in a commitment to children on Solomon Islands
• Community mobilisers take key messages to affected areas
• UNICEF staff member tells of Tsunami experience
• Hospital and health staff severely affected by earthquake and Tsunami
• Director of Provincial Health Services and Head of Gizo Hospital recounts Tsunami
• Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea reeling from recent tsunami
• UNICEF: Urgent appeal for funds for hard hit Solomon Islands

PAPUA NEW GUNIEA

• Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea reeling from recent tsunami

PHILIPPINES

• UNICEF lauds supreme court for lifting ban on Philippine Milk Code implementing rules
• Days of Peace campaign begins to reach remote conflict affected areas
• UNICEF supports "Days of Peace" campaign in Philippines
• "Days of Peace" for children in Mindanao, Philippines

THAILAND

• Thai Youth News Center nominated for the 2007 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award
• UNICEF Thailand launches new website
• UNICEF’s avian influenza workshops educate Thai local media
• Largest-ever survey on situation of children and women in Thailand shows progress and challenges
• With help from youth, a Thai village finds colourful ways to spread bird flu warnings

TIMOR-LESTE

• It’s time to talk about sex and HIV
• UNICEF calls for protection of schools and learning spaces
  

VIET NAM

• Too early to let down the ‘Iodine Deficiency Disorder’ guard in Viet Nam
• UNICEF Deputy Executive Director applauds Viet Nam’s efforts for children
• Water and hygiene facilities change lives for families in rural Viet Nam
• Supporting early bilingual education in rural Viet Nam
• UNICEF and partners work to keep bird flu at bay in Viet Nam