Archive 2004Cairo, December 12, 2004: The Secretary General of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, Ambassador Moushira Khattab, was among government officials, representatives of leading NGOs, and journalists who attended the launch in Egypt of UNICEF's annual survey on the State of the World's Children. UNICEF Egypt Staff Mark World Aids Day with Voluntary Testing Cairo, December 2, 2004 – Staff at UNICEF's Cairo office marked World AIDS Day by taking part in voluntary blood tests to determine their own status for the disease. Religious and Traditional Leaders Ally With Media to Back Immunisation DAKAR, SENEGAL, 20 October 2004 - African religious and traditional leaders have pledged to use their institutions and influence to give all children every chance for a healthy start in life. Egyptian Children's Video Animation Work Featured at Beirut Film Festival Cairo, October 14, 2004 – A documentary film produced by UNICEF Egypt featuring the efforts of young Egyptian video animators has received its first public screening at Lebanon's International Film Festival for Children and Youth. Children's Forum Discusses Child Rights in Egypt Cairo, September 7, 2004: Members of the UNICEF-supported Children's Forum met in Cairo this week to discuss issues related to children's rights in Egypt. Signing Ceremony for Japanese Grant Aid For Polio to UNICEF, 2 August 2004 CAIRO, August 2, 2004: The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has received a grant worth US$ 3.7 million from the Japanese government to support the campaign against polio in Egypt. UNICEF Germany to Fund Centre for Cairo Street Mothers Cairo, July 4, 2004: A new residential centre for young mothers and their children living on the streets of Cairo is to be established thanks to a grant from UNICEF Germany Goodwill Ambassador Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff. National Polio Immunisation Campaign Launched in Egypt Cairo, April 27, 2004 – Egypt has begun its latest nationwide campaign against the polio virus with the start of the latest National Immunization Day (NID) under the auspices of Egypt's First Lady Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak.
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