GEC could lead to hundreds more child deaths in the Pacific
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The global economic crisis could lead to hundreds of extra child deaths in the Pacific, according to the United Nations Children's agency, UNICEF.
UNICEF Pacific's Director of Planning, Will Parks told a major international conference in Melbourne, today, that there is already evidence that the economic crisis is putting vulnerable children in an even worse position. The United Nations agency is about to launch a new real-time social monitoring system that will help Pacific governments respond quickly to the effects of the global economic crisis.
Presenter: Jemima Garrett
Speaker: Will Parks, UNICEF's Pacific Director of Planning
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