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Delegates At 126th IPU Assembly In Uganda Focus On Child, Maternal Health
"Over 600 parliamentarians from more than 100 countries" met in Kampala, Uganda, this week for the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, where participants discussed child and maternal health and nutrition, UNICEF reports in a news article. Speaking at the opening session, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said, "The damage [malnutrition] causes to a child's development is irreversible. ... I can't think of any greater inequity than condemning children, while in the womb, to a loss of their ability, of their right, to live fully
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