Two reports titled ‘Children in Madhya Pradesh’ jointly published by Census directorate, Department of Planning and UNICEF office for Madhya Pradesh and second one titled as ‘Water and sanitation- a Situational Analysis’ published by Census directorate, Department of Panchayat and Rural Development and UNICEF office for Madhya Pradesh were released, here on Friday.
These reports were released by Chairman of NCHSE and Retd IAS MN Buch, Chief of UNICEF office for Madhya Pradesh Trevor Clark, Director of Census operations Sachin Sinha and Mangesh Tyagi, Principal Advisor State Planning Commission.
Civil society partners, representatives of UNFPA, UNDP, and the State Government officials were present at the event.
While speaking on the occasion, Buch said that evidences like these reports are tools for holistic planning for health, nutrition and drinking water for the State of
Madhya Pradesh.
These bring out evidence which can determine the priorities for the State.Trevor Clark, Chief, UNICEF office for Madhya Pradesh said these reports tell us a story, a story that while there have been gains for children, the road to the MDGs and the survival and protection of children is still long and challenging.
These can be important for us and for the State to move forward with focusing its
energy and resources needed for overall development of children and fulfillment of their rights.
Mangesh Tyagi, Principal Advisor, State Planning Commission said that these two reports are valuable tools for planners and will help the State which is committed to its children to focus more on areas which are a challenge.
Sachin Sinha, Director Census Operations shared the process of Census, how the data was collected andalso thanked UNICEF for its support in Census workin the State.
He said that MP Census has brought out these two reports and will be coming with fur more thematic reports.
Prabhat Kumar Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, UNICEF office for Madhya Pradesh and Nagendra Prasad Singh, WASH Specialist, UNICEF, made a presentation on the two reports and shared the key data on indicators like IMR, under 5 mortality rate, situation of water and sanitation in the State.