Sports Youth and Child Development Deputy Minister Angela Cifire has called on the private sector to supplement government’s efforts in reaching out to the communities through awareness campaigns and other support activities.
Ms. Cifire was speaking in Lusaka today at the launch of the dissemination of reports on maximizing positive synergies between global health initiatives and health systems strengthening and other reports by Children In Need Network (CHIN) at Alliance Francaise.
She said government appreciated CHIN efforts in coming up with a report on children’s rights.
Ms. Cifire assured civic groups that her ministry would take time to study the report and find ways to address the many challenges faced by children.
And Ms. Cifire has said her Ministry is saddened by the high incidence of sexual abuse cases in the country.
She said acts of sexual abuse on children were detrimental to national development.
Ms. Cifire also said government was committed to meeting the health needs of children living with the HIV virus by providing free ARVs as a way of mitigating the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS in the country.
Speaking earlier CHIN Director Pamela Chisenga said the report was a tremendous achievement towards the strengthening of programmes that deal with the needs of children.
Ms. Chisanga said CHIN has worked hard to come up with a research to adopt a different approach in tackling issues that affect children.
She said CHIN has made various recommendations to several stakeholders like government and civil society on how to improve the livelihood of children.
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