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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
UNICEF: Day of the African Child 2009
The Day of the African Child has been marked on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity. This years theme is 'Africa Fit for Children: A Call for Accelerated Action Towards Child Survival'. This is one in a series of stories on the theme.
MOSCOW VILLAGE, Republic of Congo, 15 June 2009 It is mid-morning, when a UN Refugee Agency boat docks along the Bangui River. The passengers a team of mobile health workers climb up the steep bank. Physicians from Doctors for Africa and other volunteers have travelled five hours to Moscow, a small village on the edge of the forest.
The health workers have come to visit the Baka, one of 15 indigenous ethnic groups in the forests of central Africa. For the Baka, like many indigenous people in the Republic of Congo, access to hospitals and clinics is practically non-existent. The visiting doctors offer vital health interventions, as well as access to birth registration.
The mobile health clinic, along with the birth registration project, is part of a larger national plan approved by the Government and supported by UNICEF and its partners to help overcome the marginalization faced by indigenous communities.
To read the full story, visit http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/congo_49998.html
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