Health and nutrition
The challenge, Child survival is at the very heart of what UNICEF does. UNICEF’s health and nutrition programme in the Pacific is focused on young childhood survival and development. Children in the Pacific are exposed to countless threats to their health and nutrition. Of the 1,700 children under five who die in the Pacific every year, 80 percent of them die…, Resources, Tracking Progress in Maternal and Child Survival Tracking Progress in Maternal and Child Survival Partnerships Promoting High Birth Registration in Kiribati Partnerships Promoting High Birth Registration in Kiribati Child-Centered Risk Assessment for Pacific Island Countries and Territories Child-Centered Risk Assessment for Pacific Island…, The solution, In collaboration with ministries of health to strengthen these systems, UNICEF works to improve the quality of health and nutrition services through preventative, promotive, and curative means. Specifically, UNICEF works with ministries of health to implement quality high impact nutrition interventions such as breastfeeding, complementary feeding…