enterprises Number of children in crèches and nurseries and in Mother and Child Homes Kindergartens

Kindergartens and mother and child homes can house 36,169 children, with the proportion of children up to three years of age in nurseries being 122.3 per 1,000 children.

The Committee's working definition of early childhood is all young children at birth and throughout infancy during the preschool years as well as during the transition to school (see paragraph 4 below).

In its consideration of rights in early childhood, the Committee wishes to include all young children at birth and throughout infancy during the preschool years as well as during the transition to school.

UNICEF programmes have been expanded to reach not only infants and young children but also adolescents and youth.

The Children's Health Care Programme includes measures for the benefit of newborn infants, nursing and pre school children and school children up to the age of nine.

INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY

UNICEF supported 84 countries in 2004 to strengthen policies and or implement services in support of infant and young child feeding.

A lack of proper nutrition during the first few years of life affected children's intellectual development and ability to learn.

Children in nurseries

Adoption 50. Another cause of trafficking, especially of babies and very young children, is intercountry adoption.

These include setting up and maintaining kindergartens (crèches, nurseries, orphanages, etc.).

The Convention requires that children, including the very youngest children, be respected as persons in their own right.

Number of crèches and nurseries and Mother and Child Homes

Children in

By 2003, the country had 52 children's hospitals and 3,033 institutions for maternal and child health care. The infant mortality rate had dropped to 25.5 per thousand and the under five mortality rate to 29.9 per thousand.

CAUSES OF INFANT AND CHILD MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY

children aged 3 6 years

(c) Young children establish their own important relationships with children of the same age, as well as with younger and older children.

Male infant mortality was 15 per cent higher than that of females, while male child mortality was 8 per cent higher.

Mental and emotional development of children in kindergarten

Health indicators, including infant and under five mortality rates, had improved considerably as a result of the national efforts made on behalf of children.

387. The number of children living in homes for little children and in children apos s homes is decreasing.

Preschool education for the 0 3 age group

Table 23. Number of children in nurseries and kindergartens, 1989 1994

At the age of six months, the baby will be enrolled... in the People's Nursery School.

The outbreak affected mainly children aged 10 and above, including those previously immunized, suggesting a shift in the incidence of the disease from infancy and early childhood towards older age groups.

Implementing child rights in early childhood

Capacity of crèches and nurseries and Mother and Child Homes

INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY RATES, BY SEX AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

Next, as regards preventive administrative measures.

be possible to achieve the targets for reduction of infant malnutrition, gender equality in primary education, and reduction of infant and under 5 mortality rates.

The introduction of the WHO UNICEF Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding has refocused efforts, including the baby friendly hospital initiative, on support to women and families.

All day school, daycare centres for children and infants

States parties should ensure that all children have access to the highest attainable standard of health care and nutrition during their early years, in order to reduce infant mortality and enable children to enjoy a healthy start in life (art. In particular

COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN

The Programme of Action urged that by 2000, under five mortality should be reduced by one third or to a maximum of 70 deaths per 1,000 births in all countries, and that under five mortality should decline to below 45 deaths per 1,000 births in all countries by 2015 (para. 8.16), a goal consistent with the United Nations Millennium Declaration's goal of reducing under five mortality by two thirds between 1990 and 2015.

States parties are urged to take all possible measures to improve perinatal care for mothers and babies, reduce infant and child mortality, and create conditions that promote the well being of all young children during this critical phase of their lives.

The lowest rates are found among the population with the highest level of education, with neonatal and infant rates of 7 and a child rate of 11, whereas for the population without education these rates are 16, 27 and 48 respectively.

It is anticipated that additional other resources will be received during 2005 2007 for PMTCT, OVCs, adolescent mobilization and empowerment, policy and legal analysis, girls' education and early childhood development.

204. The Committee notes with satisfaction the low levels of child mortality and under five mortality rates, as well as the positive indicators in the field of education.

The Committee notes with satisfaction the low levels of child mortality and under five mortality rates, as well as the positive indicators in the field of education.

Infant mortality was 90 per 1,000, and child mortality, 131 per 1,000.

The UNICEF multisectoral approach to education, which combines education, with programmes to improve water and sanitation, child protection, early childhood care and nutrition, as appropriate, has enormous benefits for girls and women.

Infant deaths Deaths of live born infants who have not yet reached their first birthday.