UNICEF -- the "silent emergency" in Honduras; 1,600 children have died

[roody]

In the four months since the June 28 coup d' etat.

-- Figures are of children under five years of age.
-- 13 infants and children die daily.
-- The maternity-infantile units in the main public hospitals no longer can meet the demands of health services and are threatened with collapse.
-- This silent emergency, which has chronic and structural causes, has been aggravated by violations directly related to the current situation in the country, UNICEF said.
-- 1.8 million students in public schools have practically lost the academic year because the de facto government ended the school year early (so the military can set up polling stations in the schools for the Nov. 29 elections).

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UNICEF denunció que en Honduras murieron 1.600 niños desde el golpe contra Zelaya


La crifra proviene de los decesos de menores de cinco años durante los cuatro meses que lleva la crisis provocada por el golpe de Estado del 28 de junio. También señalaron que más de 1,8 millones de niños que asisten a escuelas públicas "han prácticamente perdido el presente período académico".


Las muertes se producen a razón de 13 niños por día y "las unidades materno-infantiles de los principales hospitales públicos ya no dan abasto para atender las demandas de atención de servicios de salud, cuyo funcionamiento amenaza con colapsar", agrega el organismo en un comunicado que reproduce la agencia noticiosa ANSA.

UNICEF dijo también que más de 1,8 millones de niños que asisten a escuelas públicas "han prácticamente perdido el presente período académico", ya que el gobierno de facto, en el marco de las protesas de la resistencia, con fuerte participación del gremio docente, adelantó el fin de las clases.

"Esta emergencia silenciosa, que tiene causas crónicas y estructurales, se ve agravada por violaciones directamente relacionadas con la actual situación del país", agregó UNICEF.


More in Spanish from TELAM (Argentina)

http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&dis=1&sec=1&...

UNICEF had issued a strong warning about this in July.

http://www.unicef.org/lac/UNICEF_Honduras_communique_-_...

[LeftishBrit]

1. k&r for an extremely sad and important post

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. Rec

:kick:

[lunatica]

3. It's a tragedy that never ends

And it's so a few people can have power and wealth. Without UNICEF who would let the world know?

[roody]

4. k

[Judi Lynn]

5. So sad our corporate media won't acknowledge how much devastation has been inflicted

upon innocent people by these dirty fascists.

Too bad the same dirty fascists in Honduras OWN almost every media outlet, and have taken the radio and tv stations who attempt to get the news out, off the air, again and again, and persecuted, and savaged people at the newspaper they couldn't control.

Almost everything we've heard from Honduras has been programmed by the coup nazis, and disseminated here by corporate, conservative corporations.

These children can never be replaced. Horrendous evil, harming children.