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Ludwik Rajchrnan.an internationalpublic-healthpioneer whoseexperience andlobbying werecrucial to thefounding of Unicef in1946 (Umcef)
In 1946. refugeesreturning to Polandtravelled in boxcarsprovided by theUnited NationsRelief andRehabilitationAdministration[UN Archives)
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f-rtWThe fight againstmalnutrition:Guatemala Here achild waits for freemilk provided byUnicef as part of asupplementaryfeeding scheme.{UN Archives]
Trick or Treat forUnicef —Americanchildren collectingmoney to helpchildren m poorcountries(US Committee toiUntcel/Avakiari)
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f- >? &When the refugeeshad to leave theirhomes in Palestinein 1948. their firstand vital need wasshelter Tents wereflown in as anemergency measure(UNWRA)
China, August 1946.An abandoned babyfound on a city streetby a UNWRA welfareworker is near death(UN Archives]
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t - f t let)This husky Chineseyoungster has justreceived his dailyration of milk AnUNWRA-tramedmale student nursetips the scale.(UN Archives)
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In Taiwan alone.more (dan half theschool children usedto sutler from painfultrachoma. A little girlrubs her eyeballsana lids withsoothing antibioticointment providedby Unicef in a majorantitrachoma drive inthe late 1950s.(Unicef / Ling)
In the early 1950s,some sixty-fivemillion Indonesianslived in yaws-infected areas Thetarget one millionpenicillin injections ayear to cure thedisease.(Unicet/Ltng)
/ ? r3y - &Indonesia mountedI he world's largestcampaign againstyaws in the 1950s,employing greatnumbers ot mobilemale nurses workingin the field(Unicei/Ung)
India, 1950 Bombayreceived much ol itsmilk from buffaloeskept in congested,unsanitary cattlesnedswithmtnecity.(Untcef/Ltng)
P./??-CLA baby is born in thehighlands of Puho.Peru, under thetrained hands ol atraditional midwifeequipped with aUnicet kit whowalked three days toreach her "client1.(Unicef/Rosler)
A literacy class inEndeber. Ethiopiapart of a nationalcampaign thatincreased theliteracy rate fromthirteen per cent in1974tothirty-fiuepercent in 1981(Uwcet/Csmpbett'i
P\3t- JtIn primary schools inPakistan. Unrcefsupplies of slales,chalks and othereducationalequipment help gellearning underway(Untcet/Vairathon)
Equipment andsupplies are neededfpr day-care centres.By 1981. more than550 such centreshad been establishedin the poorer areasof Puno, Peru, withUnicef assistance(tJnicet/Frank]
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Settler children ofthe MahaweliDevelopment Protectin Sri Lankaundertake some ofiherr studiesoutdoors.(Unicet/Holbrooke I
Children wanderaimlessly amongrubble in WahdateCamp, one oi themany refugee campsin Amman, in Jordan,1970 (Umcef/Genn)
X i * \£)A boy and his rationcup Thismalnourished childin drought-strickenIndia in 1974 isreceiving a ration ofmilk at a specialfeeding programme(Umcef/Satyan]
Food lines in- •(• •' Chimaltenango.
Guatemala On 4~~:, February 1976, a
. —^ massive earthquakekilled 25.000 peopleand made a millionhomeless, includinga half a millionchildren(Unicei/Ling\
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Collecting waterconsumes much oftrie II me of ruralwomen in thedeveloping world. InKenya, Kikuyu girlsclimb a sleep hill tobring bach their day ssupply(Unicef/Matheson)
JU* (i)A village co-operative sew i ngclass in EcuadorChildren s well-being15 aflecled not onlyby iheir mother shealth and welfare,but by their ability toearn money loo(Unicei/Woim
A family planninglesson m the hills ofNepallUmcet/Sassoon)
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A mother and herseriously sick childat the Rawda HealthCentre in the YemenArab Republic Theyhad to travel from avillage 100 milesaway to find medicalhelp.(Unicef /Massey)
A centre for familywelfare andmotti ere raft openedin Zana, Nigeria, in1962 with the co-operation of WHO,FAO.theUN Bureauof Social Affairs andUnicef[Unicef/Berntteim]
9-<H(C\At a mot her-a nd-ctiild health careclinic in Zinder.Niger, classes aregiven in nutrition andcooking.(Untcet/Watson)
Opposite'In 1966 Uniceihelped Algeriaproduce a nutritiousfood mix fromprocessed gramHere, a little girl eatsher lunch ofSuperamine.[Unicef/Woltt]
Dhandlan, India.1981 a day-carecentre workeradministers a dose otorange-flavouredvitamin A to a three-year-old boy at hisown home while hisgrandmother lookson.(L/mcef/Wagara/anl
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Selected by his owncommunity, one ofIndias communityhealth volunteersgives first aid andsimple medicines,and looks for earlysigns of TB. leprosyand other diseases(Unicet/Nagaraian)
An auxiliarynurse/midwifeexamines a pregnantwoman in Dhandlan.India( U m c e f / N a g a r a / a r i }
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/.Water supplyprojects sparkedhome-gardeningactivities Here mKeur Momar SarrSenegal, a women'sco-operative collectswaier to cultivatetheir home-grownproduce.(Unicet/Murray-Lee]
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The year 1981 wasthe UN-proclaimedInternational Year oiDisabled Persons.The Year gavespecial attention tothe prevention andrehabilitation ofchildhood disability(L/mcef/So'mssen)
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The problem ofabandoned childrenliving on the streets15 acute in SanPaolo, Brazil. Thesetwo had been livingunder this motorwaybridge for five yearsbefore a Umcef-assisied programmereached (hem.(Untcef /Edmger)
Opposite:Part of Iheinternational effort toassist drought-stricken countries inAfrica Unicef'sGoodwillAmbassador LivUllmann visiting theSahel region toincrease oublicinterest inmalnourishedchildren.(UnicettDanois)
Thailand 1979 thespecial malnutritionward at a camp forKampucheanrefugees Manysmall childrenarrived in a state ofchronic hunger anddisease(L/mce//Danois)
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Ethiopia: anestimated 6 4 millionpeople in 1986became in need offood and otheremergencyassistance becauseof prolongeddrought At Sekoto. atown of 120.000people the eightavailable wells wereOpen for a tew hourseach morning, sowomen lined up theirearthenware iars theprevious day.(UN/Isaac)
In one of the worst-aftected droughtareas, in Ethiopia, amother comforts herseverely-malnourishedbaby af a specialfeeding centre.(UN/Isaac)
V3* tCivil war. Lebanon.1976 For thesechildren, ihe onlysource of water wasan inch of pipeprotruding from awall.lUnicet/Hewetn
Opposite:An Egyptian motherfeeding her baby.WHOandUmcef arestrong supporters ofbreast-milk as theideal nutritional mixfor babies Breast-feeding also has anti-mfectrve andcontraceptiveproperties, andfosters bondingbetween mother andchild. (Unicet/Wolff\
Chad's campaignagainst sevendiseases (diptheria.measles, polio.tetanus,tuberculosis,whooping cougn andyellow fever) usedlocal chiefs,musicians, radioannouncements andbanners to convincewomen to bring theirchildren tovaccination posts(Unicet/Clttton)
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On 3 Decemberl 985, Turkeycompleted itsnationwidevaccination drive.More than 80 percent of Turkey's fivemillion under-fiveswere protectedagainst immunizabledisease(Untcef/isaac)
fl, Pakistan fathergives oralreliydration salts(ORS) to his childafter making asimple mixture athome, dehydrationcaused by diarrheakills about fivemillion children ayear in developingcountries.(Unicef/Thomas)