UNICEF Gambia (original) (raw)

Background Information:
UNICEF's goals for its programmes of assistance in The Gambia are: support of the sustainability of the expanded programme of immunisation (EPI); achievement and enhancement of the Primary Health Care (PHC) services through the Bamako Initiative principles of community costs-sharing; support to the meeting of basic leaning needs through quality formal and non-formal education and emphasis on importance on early childhood education, policy development services and facilities.

It also includes expansion of potable water supply and improvement of schools and household sanitary conditions; support of mechanisms to co-ordinate national sensitisation on child survival, protection and development; and strengthening the capacity in typing and monitoring the status and of women and children.