● Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey, India’s representative to UNICEF, paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday. During the meeting held at the Chief Minister’s residence, they
discussed updated status of the ongoing programs in the field of health, education and nutrition in
collaboration with UNICEF, in addition to future programs…
● Ms. Cynthia said that UNICEF India is taking forward many programs in the field of social health,
education, women and child nutrition in Uttar Pradesh with the support of the state government.
UNICEF is also supporting the local administration in aspirational districts. She said that UNICEF is
ready to provide technical and academic support to the Uttar Pradesh government for new
programs in the near future.
● Appreciating the ongoing efforts under the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the field
of social health, Cynthia said that in the last six years there has been a significant decline in the
maternal, infant and neonatal mortality rates in the state. She added that due to planned efforts, the
availability of health services has increased even in remote villages, while awareness programs that
have been organized are yielding good results. This success of Uttar Pradesh is inspiring.
● Ms. Cynthia termed the strategy adopted by the Chief Minister as a wonderful model for the
eradication of Japanese Encephalitis. She said that in 38 districts of the state, the Uttar Pradesh
government has succeeded in preventing this disease, which has been the cause of untimely,
premature deaths of innocent children. This is a great achievement.
● UNICEF India Representative Ms. Cynthia called the strategy adopted for Covid control in a densely
populated, vast state like Uttar Pradesh exemplary. Referring to the Covid management of different
countries, she said that the way the leadership of UP faced the high population density and various
social challenges here is highly commendable. UP has presented the best model of Covid
management, she said.
● Cynthia praised the efforts being made under the leadership of the Chief Minister in the direction
of women’s safety, respect and self-reliance in Uttar Pradesh, especially the ‘Mission Shakti’, and
also praised the policies for promotion of women entrepreneurship in the state.
● While congratulating the UNICEF representative on her arrival in Uttar Pradesh, the Chief Minister
praised the cooperation being received from UNICEF in the field of public health including
encephalitis, various water-borne diseases, Covid management and proposed to cooperate even
further with the organization on such programs.
● The Chief Minister said that Uttar Pradesh has achieved remarkable success in the field of health
and nutrition in recent years. For 40 years, the death of innocent children due to disease like
encephalitis has been controlled up to 95%, he remarked.
● The Chief Minister said that a lot remains to be done in the field of health security in Uttar
Pradesh. “We are setting up one district-one medical college on the lines of one district-one product
scheme”, he informed further.
