The News Review:
- Britain expands child health promotion program
- Senate Approves Measure Aimed at Improving Child Health
- PESHAWAR: Frontier may lose $20m Japanese aid
Britain expands child health promotion program
chinadaily.com.cn – Mar 18, 2008
At the launching, Health Minister Anne Keen, with Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes, highlighted the importance of child health for all children and families. Hughes announced that the Family Nurse Partnership scheme, a core part of the CHPP, was expanded with 20 new sites to test the scheme which was piloted in October 2007 at 10 sites. Hughes announced the funding of 30 million pounds (60 million US dollars) for the next three years to support the program. Anne Keen said “The CHPP should be a universal service for all children and families and must be taken seriously.
Senate Approves Measure Aimed at Improving Child Health
KCRG – Mar 18, 2008
The measure passed 30-17 Tuesday and heads to the House. Critics of the bill say lawmakers are interfering with local school decisions. Supporters say the guidelines are needed to reduce childhood obesity, which leads to health problems later in life. The measure would create research groups to set the guidelines and determine how to increase children’s physical activity. The groups’ guidelines would be submitted to the Legislature next year and would require another vote.
PESHAWAR: Frontier may lose $20m Japanese aid
Pakistan Dawn – Mar 18, 2008
“The former government had allocated 20 kanals in Hayatabad Township for the establishment of children hospital, but despite the passage of more than one year, the land is yet to be transferred to the health department,” they added. In this connection, a summary had been approved by the former provincial chief minister. Sources said that the Japanese government has approved a $20 million grant for the establishment of the Khyber Institute of Child Health and Children’s Hospital last year. The former chief minister Akram Khan Durrani had already allocated a building vacated by a French NGO to the Khyber Institute of Child Health (KICH). He had also sanctioned Rs150 million for renovation and refurbishment of the building. The former chief minister held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador to Pakistan and pledged to allocate 20 kanals in the Hayatabad Township adjacent to the KICH for the construction of the children hospital. The land was owned by the SDA and the chief minister pledged to buy it.
