SAMARKAND (Uzbekistan), Oct 21 (Bernama) – The international community must hasten efforts to address persistent poverty, healthcare inequalities, and inadequate social protection among children, as millions of them worldwide continue to face barriers to basic services and opportunities.
World : Urgent Global Action Needed To Tackle Child Poverty, Healthcare Inequality - UNGA President
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- President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Dr Khalilur Rahman said stronger international cooperation and concrete action were essential to ensure global development commitments translate into meaningful improvements in children’s lives.
- Speaking at the World Summit on Investing in Children’s Wellbeing: A Path Towards Sustainable and Just Development for Future Generations here Wednesday, he said an estimated 333 million children worldwide were living in extreme poverty, with two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Highlighting inequalities in childhood cancer treatment, he said more than 80 per cent of children diagnosed with cancer were cured in high-income countries, compared with fewer than 30 per cent in many low-income regions.
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