UNICEF to improve nutrition, sanitation standards in Gujarat
May 31, 2011
UNICEF to improve nutrition,sanitation standards in Gujarat
Gandhinagar, 31 May, 2011
A high-level delegation of UNICEF India led by its country representative Takharina Hulshof today met senior officers of Gujarat Government and evinced keen interest to improve the standard of primary education, level of sanitation and erase malnutrition among children in the State.
Ms. Hulshof had a word of praise for the Gujarat Government’s initiatives in maternity welfare and women’s empowerment by 2012. The delegation was also impressed by the government’s aggressive action plan to erase malnutrition.
Those present at the meeting included Additional Chief Secretary R.M. Patel, Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary K. Kailashnathan and Secretary for Higher Education, Women and Child Welfare Jayanthi Ravi.
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