tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78362956816380201132024-03-18T11:03:20.569+08:00UNICEF MongoliaUNICEF Mongolia works to protect the rights of all children in Mongolia, including to health, education, and protection.UNICEF Mongoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07314005251361286876noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836295681638020113.post-45619557253691733222019-07-26T12:04:00.000+08:002019-07-26T12:05:32.121+08:00How do you fight air pollution in Mongolia? Start with ballet<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i>Swan Lake? Romeo and Juliet? Think again! Discover how modern ballet can tell the story of the devastating impact of air pollution on children, and trigger action.</i></div>
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A familiar issue presented in a not-so-familiar way. A little girl walking home from school. A violent cough makes her whole body shake.</div>
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All she dreams of is clean air.</div>
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This could be a common scene in Ulaanbaatar, one of the most polluted capitals in the world and home to half of Mongolia’s three million population. However, this is the opening scene of Life Element – O2, a modern ballet production created and staged by the Mongolian Ballet Program to call for action against air pollution in Mongolia.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dancers during Life Element – O2, a modern ballet production staged in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to call for action against air pollution.<br />©UNICEFMongolia/2019/Batgerel</td></tr>
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<b>A modern ballet that moves</b></div>
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Combining old and new, this production takes an innovative approach to fighting toxic air. Graceful ballet moves meet face masks to raise awareness about the urgent issue of air pollution and its impact on children’s health.</div>
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Supported by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF</a> and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Life Element – O2 taps into the timeless art of ballet to highlight environmental issues.</div>
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“It is definitely a new way to raise awareness on air pollution also among young people, building upon the enormous talent of the dancers and producer,” said Gabriella Sprili, Director of the Swiss agency.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two dancers perform a pas de deux during Life Element – O2, a modern ballet production staged in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to call for action against air pollution.<br />©UNICEFMongolia/2019/Batgerel</td></tr>
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<b>How air pollution harms children</b></div>
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Recent data published by Mongolia’s National Statistics Office show that the residents of Ulaanbaatar – where air pollution levels are among the highest in the world in winter when pollution is strongest – were breathing in polluted air for 339 days last year.</div>
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The biggest source of air pollution comes from coal-burning stoves in Ger districts, which make up 60 per cent of Ulaanbaatar’s population. A Ger is a traditional Mongolian home, which consists for the most part of felt covers and wooden columns, and can be easily assembled and disassembled to suit traditional nomadic life.</div>
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Children in a highly polluted district of the city have been found to have weaker lungs than children in rural areas ─ with as much as 40 per cent poorer lung function.</div>
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With adverse health effects including stillbirth, pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma, air pollution has become a <a href="https://www.unicef.org/mongolia/Mongolia_s_air_pollution_crisis_FINAL_ENG.pdf" target="_blank">maternal and child health crisis</a> in Mongolia.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A dancer performs in Life Element – O2, a modern ballet production staged in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to call for action against air pollution.<br />©UNICEFMongolia/2019/Batgerel</td></tr>
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<b>Taking action to protect children</b></div>
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UNICEF has been actively working with the Government of Mongolia and other partners to reduce air pollution in the country, as well as protect the health of children and pregnant women from its impact.</div>
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Action has focused on gathering evidence and raising awareness on the health impact of air pollution; providing practical information to parents on protecting children from toxic air and switching to cleaner energy; and increasing coverage of pneumonia vaccines.</div>
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“[The performance] was truly powerful. Without a single word, the show managed to bring the message across of how incredibly big the issue of air pollution is, and how it affects us all,” said Alex Heikens, <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF</a> Representative to Mongolia. “The performance reminds us once again of the urgency to move to solutions that are going to deliver on that big dream we have for our children – clean air.”</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dancers raise their phones as torch lights during Life Element – O2, a modern ballet production staged in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to call for action against air pollution.<br />©UNICEFMongolia/2019/Batgerel</td></tr>
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As the performance comes to an end, the little girl and her friends celebrate on stage. After joining forces to stop air pollution, the air is now clean.</div>
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Possibly. But just before the curtains close, the girl wakes up. And she realizes that the happy ending was just a dream.</div>
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As the theatre fills with loud clapping, the dancers come to the front of the stage and a message appears on the screen behind them: “Let us make this dream a reality for every child.”</div>
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After its first show in May, the ballet is scheduled to be staged again later this year, to coincide with a regional conference on air pollution and child health in East Asia.</div>
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“One litre of vegetable oil… 500 grams of flour… and some potatoes.” The owner of the grocery store in Gurvanbulag, a small <i>soum</i> (village) in south-western Mongolia, is going through her notebook. Every page is for one local family – a family who cannot afford to buy basic groceries and has to get them on credit. </div>
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“Almost everybody in the village borrows from us because they have very little money. They usually pay us back once a month but not always – the herders often pay only once a year, after they sell cashmere wool,” the shopkeeper explains.<br />
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Life is not easy in Gurvanbulag, the remotest <i>soum</i> of Bayankhongor Province. The closest town is about ten hours away on a bumpy road, and weather conditions are so harsh that it is impossible to dig a well and install water pipes because of permafrost. The biggest problem, though, is the lack of jobs. Of the 2,200 people who live in this <i>soum</i>, only a few have a regular income – they are usually public servants or teachers. Everyone else depends on short-term seasonal work and various types of welfare benefits.</div>
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However, the most common benefit – child benefit, payable monthly to families with children under 18 – has been significantly reduced in the last few years. In 2016, the once-universal Child Money Programme became poverty targeted. Nowadays, the benefit, which is 20,000 tugriks (less than US$8) per child, is available for only 80 per cent of children. For many families, this is their only source of income.</div>
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“We don’t have any animals and there are no jobs, so child benefit is all we get. We’re now raising five children plus our granddaughter. Every month we receive 100,000 tugriks [less than US$40], which we use to buy flour, rice and meat,” says Mrs. Saruul Galsandorj. She and her husband only completed eight grades at school and Saruul has never worked. Her husband used to work in construction but cannot find a permanent job.</div>
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Until last year, the family received food stamps, which they used to buy basic groceries, and spent the child benefit on school supplies. But that changed – after filling in the government PMT survey, the family does not get any food stamps anymore. “Living only on child benefit is hard – we can’t even afford to buy coal for heating,” says Saruul.</div>
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A PMT (proxy means test) is a way of measuring levels of poverty in a family, using household assets, or ‘proxies’ to estimate welfare. Last year, a government survey asked families about their income, possessions, and any large recent purchases, and then sent the data to the central registry in Ulaanbaatar. Every household was then given a score depending on their answers. </div>
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“However, the process isn’t clear and even we don’t understand how they come up with the final scores and decide who is eligible for what. There’s a lack of information and people blame us for not getting benefits,” says Mrs. Tseye Baramsai, a social worker in Gurvanbulag. “The child benefit is creating a lot of problems in the <i>soum</i> – families with similar standards of living find it unfair that only some of them get it. There’s a lot of tension,” she adds.</div>
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For many families, benefits are the only way they can save money for their children’s education or even afford more nutritious food and pay for healthcare. That is why UNICEF believes that the child benefit should be universal, so no child is left behind. </div>
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“Using a PMT for targeting Child Money is problematic. The last PMT covered less than 70 per cent of households. It is well known for its exclusion errors which are built into its design, and further errors are added during implementation. UNICEF supports the universality of the programme and offers other options, such as age-based or geographic targeting, if the Government cannot afford the fully universal Child Money Programme,” explains Mrs. Enkhnasan Nasan-Ulzii, Head of Social Policy at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unicefmongolia/" target="_blank">UNICEF Mongolia</a>.</div>
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In Erdenetsogt, another <i>soum</i> in Bayankhongor Province, the situation is similar. Although only 35 kilometres from the provincial capital, many locals struggle to find a long-term job. </div>
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Frequent delays and changes have also been a problem for Mrs. Byambasuren Manikhuu, mother of four. “We were excluded from the Child Money Programme when it became poverty targeted. Fortunately, now our children are eligible again. Two of them study at university and we use all the child benefit to pay for their tuition fees. I was very upset when we got cut off,” she says. The family owns more than 200 animals, which means it has some income from selling dairy products. However, they are dependent on child benefit in the winter.</div>
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<b>What do you do in UNICEF Mongolia?</b></div>
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I work as an Early Childhood Development Officer and I oversee young children’s issues. I mostly focus on young children aged 0 - 5. For the age 0 - 2, I cooperate with other sectors like health, nutrition, and child protection as part of the integrated Early Childhood Development (ECD) program. For the age 2 - 5, I usually work with kindergartens and preschool education services.<br />
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<b>Why is ECD important?</b></div>
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The early years are a crucial period in children’s life. Eighty per cent of brain development happens during age 0 - 2, however the development is very active until age 5. Scientists call it a “window of opportunity” for children. If we invest just one dollar in early childhood development, we earn back 17 dollars in the future. It means that investments into early education development are even more effective than investments into secondary and higher education.</div>
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<b>What is your background? What did you do before joining UNICEF?</b></div>
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My academic background is international relations. I have my bachelor’s degree from Mongolian National University and my master’s degree from International School of Japan. Currently I am continuing with my doctoral studies at Mongolian University of Education. </div>
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Before joining UNICEF in 2017, I worked for Save the Children Japan in Mongolia for six years. This experience helped me a lot to understand the issue of early childhood development, preschool education, and secondary education. </div>
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Helping children and contributing to better development of Mongolian children makes me very satisfied. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF Mongolia</a> builds new kindergartens, establishes ger kindergartens, and invests a lot to train the teachers. We also work on new policies to make them more favourable for children’s wellbeing, and to support children’s social, emotional and cognitive development. I am happy that I am making children and their parents happy.</div>
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We are now building two new kindergartens in Bayanzurkh district of Ulaanbaatar, each for one hundred children, and I feel that the construction work is quite challenging. I don’t have much experience in construction, so it was difficult to prepare all the documentation. It is a very lengthy process.</div>
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As Mongolia has a shortage of kindergartens, establishing ger kindergartens and building new facilities means that more children can access early childhood education. <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF</a> provides technical support to the government on improving policy environment for preschool education and integrated ECD. Through trainings, it successfully disseminated information on brain development of children and key messages about ECD. </div>
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In the morning, I prioritize the tasks which I have to do. Then I usually have some project implementation work with our partners, I also write project proposals and reports, and follow up on the financial reports. Especially in summer, I welcome some donors, so I have to prepare the visits and make all the arrangements. </div>
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My advice would be that the educational sector is very rich, and it has a lot of issues that need to be improved. To young people, I would advise to study education at university and try to get some experience in working with young children, for example in kindergartens. This way they can learn what help and support is needed. And a good knowledge of English is important too. </div>
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Last spring, I visited Gobi-Altai province where <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF</a> conducted a training for kindergarten managers and teachers on how to work with children with disabilities. Thanks to this training, one teacher discovered a child who couldn’t speak and made it possible for the child to attend the kindergarten and receive an early learning nonetheless. That is a very nice memory for me.<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The kindergarten No. 189 in Ulaanbaatar’s Khan-Uul district is buzzing with noises. In the ger classroom, using the traditional Mongolian tent-like structure, children are running around, playing or singing. Two teachers taking care of them – Mrs. Amgalan and her assistant – certainly have their hands full.</span><br />
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The ger classroom was opened in February 2018 because of the insufficient capacity of the kindergarten’s main building. Thanks to the two connected gers, additional 20 children can now access early childhood education.<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">“I’m very happy that my youngest son can finally attend kindergarten. I have three children but I couldn’t work because I had to stay at home and take care of him. Now I work as a cook,” says Enkhtuya, mother of 2 years old Erdenebat. </span><br />
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Although Mongolia’s goal is to have every child aged 2 - 5 enrolled in early childhood education, the capacity of kindergartens is often not enough. In many districts of Ulaanbaatar city, the kindergartens organize lotteries to decide who will get a place. In the beginning of previous school year, the kindergarten No. 189 held a lottery as well but many children ended up unlucky. The governor office of Khan-Uul district later decided to establish there a ger classroom for the youngest children, with support from UNICEF Mongolia and financial contribution of the Government of Monaco. </div>
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“My son Tsetsenbilguun won the lottery but eventually there wasn’t space for him anyway. Then in January, the kindergarten announced that it will be opening a ger classroom for 2 years old lottery winners after all,” says Dashzeveg, mother of three. “Now when Tsetsenbilguun goes to kindergarten, I have more time for my youngest child, who is only 10 months. My son used to be very naughty at home and often disturbed his little sister, but now everything is much better,” adds Dashzeveg with a smile on her face.<br />
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The classroom is in traditional Mongolian gers, built right next to the main building and equipped with a carpet on the floor, furniture, learning materials and toys. Although gers are usually heated by a stove standing in the center, the ger classroom has a floor heating. This way the air inside does not get polluted so easily and children can play in much safer environment. </div>
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“In winter, children were not as sick as usual,” says Ms. Amgalan, who has been working as a kindergarten teacher for ten years. In the beginning of school year, she was working in the main building and taking care of more than 50 children in just one classroom. </div>
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“In the ger classroom, children have more space to play and it allows us to work with them closely so they can develop better. Many of them could not talk or draw in the beginning of February. Now they communicate more with each other, play together, and they also learned how to hold a pen and color within the lines,” Amgalan describes. </div>
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The parents agree with her. “I can see a big difference in Erdenebat already. He is learning to sing, draw and tell stories. He is also getting more self-reliant – he can now eat and use the toilet by himself,” says Enkhtuya proudly, looking at her son. </div>
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“I like going to kindergarten because I enjoy playing games and listening to the teacher reading books or poems. I also like the food here,” he adds shyly.</div>
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The kindergarten has also helped Enkhkhuslen, an adorable little girl with ponytail and pink tights. “Just a few months ago, she couldn’t speak at all. Now her speech has become much better,” says her grandmother Oyunjargal, who is helping Enkhkhuslen’s busy parents to take care of her. </div>
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Although the early years of a child’s life represent a crucial period for development and can have a major impact on their future, one in three children are left out of Mongolia’s early childhood educational services. Ger kindergartens represent a cost-effective way how to provide education even to the most disadvantaged children and boost their social, emotional and cognitive development. </div>
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The ger classroom at the kindergarten No. 189 proves that. But as the kindergarten’s manager points out, around 60 percent of preschoolers living in the sub-district still do not have access to early childhood education. UNICEF Mongolia is trying to fight this statistic.<br />
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“Early learning has a tremendous impact on education outcomes, is a key determinant of a student’s learning potential, and is among the most cost-effective investments a country can make to build human capital and promote sustainable development,” explains UNICEF Mongolia’s Early Childhood Development Officer Ulziisaikhan Sereeter. </div>
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“UNICEF Mongolia supports the government in ensuring that the most disadvantaged children benefit from increased access to early childhood education services by installing ger kindergartens,” she adds. </div>
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The ger kindergartens are one of the various projects UNICEF carries out to support early childhood development. For children who cannot attend any kindergarten, the organization launched a distance learning programme, which allows them to learn at home with their parents using special workbooks and TV lessons. The programme, which combines ICT with visual aids and methods to improve parenting skills, has already helped thousands of Mongolian children. </div>
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UNICEF’s goal is to ensure that all children develop to their full potential, and are ready for school at the right age. The Early Childhood Development programme is one of the ways how to help close the inequality gap, which often starts even before birth. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">“Although, we emphasize online child sexual abuse and exploitation, we
cannot forget about the opportunities that the Internet has to offer,” said Mr.
Alex Heikens during the opening of the consultation “National multi-sectoral
responses to prevent and tackle online child sexual abuse and exploitation.” ©UNICEFMongolia/2018/MungunkhishigB</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;">ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - Every half a second, a child goes
online for the first time – tapping into all the great opportunities the
Internet has to offer, along with its grave threats. Protecting children online
is a challenge for every country. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">In Mongolia, children and young people are the most
active and enthusiastic users of social media. The country stands on top in the
region with around 94 percent of the pupils in Mongolia actively using <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. Statistics show that there are over 2 million users of Facebook in
Mongolia.</span><br />
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<span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The number of Internet users has been growing rapidly.
Safety of kids and teens on social media in our country is under threat. We
recently detained a man who managed to get naked or half-naked photos of over
100 girls and women. He used those to blackmail for sex or money’’ says Mr Budzaan
Davaasambuu, Head of the National Police Division to Protect Children from
Crime. It is evident from the national child helpline which received over 250
calls related to online sexual abuse and violence last year alone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF</a> has been supporting the Government of Mongolia in
addressing the issue for the last few years. Significant progress has been made
towards bringing together relevant sectors and partners, improving their
knowledge and understanding, raising awareness among public and facilitating
international dialogues. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only
last week, <a href="http://www.unicef.mn/" target="_blank">UNICEF</a> organized a national consultation on “National multi-sectoral
responses to prevent and tackle online child sexual abuse and exploitation” to
call the attention of relevant parties both locally and internationally, and to
strengthen multi-sectoral cooperation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">The two-day consultation was attended by representatives
from local government partners such as Ministry of Labour and Social
Protection, National Police Agency, Authority for Family, Child and Youth
Development, Communication Regulatory Committee, Communication and Information
Technology Agency, and business sectors. International experts from International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), INTERPOL, and Child Helpline International also
joined the consultation to share their expertise and explore Mongolia-specific
strategies to tackle the issues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“UNICEF is pleased to be a partner in preventing and
protecting children from online risks of abuse and exploitation and support the
Government’s ongoing efforts. Even though, we will be talking about the risks
that our children face in the digital world and discuss the ways to address
those, let us not forget that the Internet comes with certain risks, but it
also provides our children with profound benefits” explained Mr. Alex Heikens, UNICEF
Mongolia Representative. “To bring about a safer internet for every child, the
ICT industry has a key role to play, alongside the government, parents,
caregivers, teachers, community leaders, civil society and where possible,
children themselves.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Together with ITU, INTERPOL and Child
Helpline International, UNICEF, through research, policy and programme work,
communication and advocacy, promotes all children’s rights to access and to be
empowered to use ICTs, while being protected from harm. Evidence shows that
efforts to build a protective online/offline environment for children must be
integrated into larger child and social protection efforts in progress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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gaps and strengthening capacity <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"> As a result of the first-time
consultation among international and national organizations, government agencies,
civil society and the ICT industry, participants all agreed that the knowledge
and policy gaps are among the top priorities which need to be addressed. UNICEF
is committed to supporting the government in strengthening their capacity as
well as awareness-raising campaigns to leverage public support, while the other
international experts also expressed their keen interest in working with local agencies
at a wider scale than before.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span lang="MN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As part of WePROTECT, a global alliance to stop
the crime of online child sexual abuse and exploitation, the Model National
response has emerged as an important framework to guide the country-level
efforts. It calls on industry and governments to implement takedown procedures,
so that child sexual abuse material is removed promptly when a company confirms
its presence on their service. It also highlights the importance of reporting
services and usage of the latest technology available to combat the spread of
child sexual abuse materials online.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. Apichart Hattasin, from Interpol presents best practices in Asia and
reiterates that Interpol is ready to work with local partners on a broader
scale. ©UNICEFMongolia/2018/MungunkhishigB</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Whilst these initiatives are focused on
response to online child sexual exploitation, the participants also acknowledged
that this cannot be addressed in isolation and a wider set of capabilities to
prevent and tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse are required to be in
place to ensure a complete national response for children in Mongolia.</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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UNICEF Mongoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07314005251361286876noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836295681638020113.post-22735960971913213842018-08-14T17:09:00.000+08:002018-08-14T17:52:42.884+08:00Агаарын бохирдлоос хүүхдээ хамгаалахад эцэг эхчүүдийн үүрэг чухал<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Улаанбаатар хотод судалгааны ажил дээрээ ажиллаж буй, нийгмийн эрүүл мэндийн мэргэжилтэн<br />Мисбат Дауда. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">©UNICEFMongolia/2018/Sabina Netrvalova</span></div>
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<i>Судлаач Мисбат Дауда нь агаарын бохирдол хүүхдийн эрүүл мэндэд хэрхэн нөлөөлж байгааг судлахаар Улаанбаатар хотод ажиллаж байна. Тэрээр нийслэлийн агаарын бохирдол ноцтой хэмжээнд хүрсэн гэдгийг хэлж байна. Агаарын бохирдол нярай хүүхдийн тархины хөгжилд хэрхэн сөргөөр нөлөөлдөг, хүүхдээ агаарын бохирдлоос хэрхэн хамгаалах талаар эцэг, эх юу хийж болох тухай судлаач бүсгүйтэй ярилцлаа.</i></div>
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<b>Таны Монголд ирж ажиллах болсон шалтгаан?</b><br />
Би Харвардын их сургуулийн Нийгмийн эрүүл мэндийн магистрын хөтөлбөрт суралцдаг, удахгүй төгсөнө. Монгол дахь <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Санд</a> дадлага хийхээр ирсэн. Миний дадлагын ажлын гол зорилго бол хүүхдийн эрүүл мэндэд агаарын бохирдол хэрхэн нөлөөлж байгааг судлах. Энд би тоон мэдээлэл цуглуулаад, түүн дээрээ дүн шинжилгээ хийж, агаарын бохирдлын нөлөөгөөр хүүхдийн дундах амьсгалын замын өвчлөл хэрхэн нэмэгдсэн бэ гэдгийг анх удаа цогцоор нь харах боломжтой болно.</div>
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<b>Чухам яагаад Монгол орныг сонгох болов?</b><br />
Улаанбаатар хот дэлхийн хамгийн бохирдолтой хотуудын хоёр дугаарт жагсдаг. Монголд НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангаас энэ чиглэлээр багагүй ажлууд хийгээд эхэлсэн учир би ийшээ ирэхээр шийдсэн юм. Миний хийх судалгааны үр дүн дээр тулгуурлан зөвлөмжүүд гарах боломжтой тул <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангийн</a> одоо хийж байгаа үйл ажиллагаатай их сайн уялдана гэж харсан. Нөгөөтэйгөөр, агаарын бохирдлын хүний эрүүл мэндэд үзүүлэх хор нөлөөг сүүлийн үеийн судалгаанууд баталсаар байгаа учир үүний шийдлийг хурдан олох шаардлага бидэнд тулгараад байна. Энэ үйл хэрэгт өөрийн хувь нэмрээ оруулъя гэж зорьсон юм.</div>
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<b>Сүүлийн үеийн судалгааны үр дүнгээс дэлгэрэнгүй танилцуулж болох уу? Агаарын бохирдол нь хүүхдийн эрүүл мэндэд ямар хор уршиг учруулдаг вэ?</b></div>
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Ер нь агаарын бохирдол амьсгалын замын болон зүрх судасны өвчлөлтэй холбоотой гэдгийг байнга нотолж ирсэн. Саяхнаас эрүүл мэндэд учруулдаг бусад хор уршгийг тогтоож эхлээд байна. Тухайлбал, агаарын бохирдол дотор байдаг PM2.5 буюу нарийн ширхэглэгт тоосонцор нь их нарийн ширхэгтэй шууд цусанд нэвтрээд зогсохгүй, хүний тархинд нэвтэрч, мэдрэлийн хөгжилд нь нөлөөлдөг гэдгийг тогтоосон. Түүнчлэн, агаарын бохирдол ихтэй орчинд өссөн хүүхдүүдийн хэл ярианы хөгжил болон сэтгэн бодох чадвар харьцангуй муу байдгийг сүүлийн үеийн судалгаанууд нотлоод байна.</div>
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<i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Агаарын бохирдолтой орчинд өссөн хүүхдүүдийн сэтгэн бодох чадвар болон хэл ярианы хөгжил мууддаг”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Өвлийн цагт Улаанбаатар хот дэлхийн хамгийн бохирдолтой хотуудын нэг болдог. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">©UNICEFMongolia/2018/TamirBayarsaikhan</span></div>
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Би өвөл нэг сард хоёр долоо хоногийн хугацаатай ирсэн. Ингэхдээ судалгаанд шаардлагатай тоон мэдээллийг олж авахын тулд төрийн болон судалгааны байгууллагуудтай холбоо тогтоох зорилготой ирсэн. Тэр дундаа Улаанбаатар хотын Эрүүл мэндийн газраас сүүлийн хэдэн жилийн амьсгалын замын өвчлөл болон төрөлтийн мэдээллийг цуглуулсан. Мөн Нийслэлийн агаарын бохирдлыг бууруулах газартай уулзсан. Энэ газраас хотын олон байрлалд агаарын чанарын суурин харуул ашиглан агаарт байгаа түгээмэл бохирдуулах бодисуудыг өдөр өдрөөр нь, заримдаа цагаар нь хэмжиж байдаг. Тэдгээр мэдээллийг авсан. Мөн дүүргийн хэд хэдэн эмнэлгээр орж, нэмэлт мэдээлэл цуглуулсан.</div>
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Дүгнэлт гаргахад арай эрт байна. Гэхдээ 2015-2017 оны тоог харвал нарийн ширхэгт тоосонцор PM 2.5-ын хэмжээ Дэлхийн Эрүүл Мэндийн Байгууллагын (ДЭМБ) зөвлөдөг стандарт хэмжээнээс жилийн бараг 90%-д нь давсан үзүүлэлттэй гарч байгааг харж болохоор байна. Энэ нь хүүхдийн эрүүл мэндэд асар муу нөлөөтэй. Бид нярай хүүхдийн амьсгалын доод замын хурц үрэвслээр өвчлөх магадлалыг агаарын бохирдол ДЭМБ-ын стандарт хэмжээнд ойртсон үед болон одоогийн Улаанбаатар хотын агаарын бохирдолтой үед ямар байхыг харьцуулж тооцоолж үзсэн. Ингэхэд Улаанбаатар хотод өвлийн цагт нярай хүүхэд амьсгалын доод замын хурц үрэвслээр өвчлөх эрсдэл нь хоёр дахин өндөр байгааг тогтоосон.</div>
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Ирэхээсээ өмнө мэдээлэл авсан байсан болохоор нөхцөл байдал нэлээд муу гэдгийг мэдэж байсан. Миний цуглуулсан тоо баримт ч үүнийг нотолсон. Гэхдээ ДЭМБ-ын тогтоосон хэмжээнээс хамаагүй өндөр гэдгийг уншиж мэдэх нэг хэрэг, яг өөрөө ирээд амьсгалахад ч хэцүү байгааг мэдрэх огт өөр юм билээ.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Мисбат, Жаргалсайхан нар Баянзүрх дүүргийн хорооны эрүүл мэндийн ажилтнуудад судалгааны үр дүнгээ танилцуулж байна. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">©</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">UNICEFMongolia/2018/Sabina Netrvalova </span></div>
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<b>Судалгааны ажлаас ямар үр дүн хүлээж байгаа вэ?</b></div>
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Эцсийн зорилго гэвэл энэхүү олж авсан мэдээлэл, баримт нотолгоог зөвхөн эрүүл мэндийн мэргэжилтнүүдэд төдийгүй олон нийтэд энгийн, хүртээмжтэй хэлбэрээр ойлгуулах явдал юм. Иргэд энэ мэдээллээр дамжуулан агаарын бохирдлын хэмжээ бусад газруудтай харьцуулахад ямар байна, энэ нь амьсгалын замын өвчлөлийн эрсдэлийг хэрхэн нэмэгдүүлдэг зэргийг мэдэж авах нь их чухал. Мөн энэхүү судалгааны үр дүнгээр дамжуулан шийдвэр гаргагчдад нэн яаралтай арга хэмжээ авах хэрэгтэй гэсэн дохиог өгмөөр байна. Судалгааны тоон үр дүн агаарын бохирдол Монгол хүүхдүүдийн эрүүл мэндэд ямархуу хэмжээний хор уршиг учруулж байгааг тодорхой харуулна. Нүүрсээр галладаг пийшин зуухыг солиход их хугацаа шаардагдах тул, үүнтэй зэрэгцээд агаарын бохирдлын сөрөг нөлөөг бууруулах арга хэмжээ авах зайлшгүй шаардлага бий болж байна. Үүнд судалгааны ажил маань тодорхой хэмжээгээр нэмэр болно гэж найдаж байна.</div>
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Одоогоор судалгааныхаа эхний үр дүн, зөвлөмжийг Баянзүрх дүүргийн эрүүл мэндийн мэргэжилтнүүдэд л танилцуулсан байгаа. Бусад дүүрэгт мөн түгээгээсэй гэж хүсэж байна. Нийгмийн эрүүл мэндийн мэргэжилтнүүд болон эмч нарын сургалтын хөтөлбөрт агаарын бохирдлоос урьдчилан сэргийлэх тухай модуль сургалтыг оруулах хэрэгтэй гэж би үзэж байна. Улаанбаатар хотын хувьд агаарын бохирдол нь харьцангуй шинэ асуудал хэдий ч, цаашдаа эмч, эрүүл мэндийн мэргэжилтнүүдийн сургалтын хөтөлбөрт агаарын бохирдлын асуудлыг оруулах нь зүйтэй гэж бодож байна. Нийгэмд эмч, эрүүл мэндийн мэргэжилтнүүдийн үгийг илүү сайн сонсож, хүндэтгэдэг. Иймд эмч нар агаарын бохирдлын эрүүл мэндэд учруулж буй хор нөлөөг илүү ойлгоод ирвэл үүнийг дагаад олон нийтийн ойлголт, хандлага ч сайжирна гэж үзэж байна.</div>
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<b>Та зөвлөмж, зөвлөгөөнөөсөө хуваалцана уу?</b></div>
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Миний гаргаж байгаа зөвлөмжүүд хүүхдийн агаарын бохирдолд өртөх өртөлтийг бууруулахад эцэг, эх юу хийж болох вэ гэдэг дээр голлон анхаарсан. Эдгээр зөвлөмжүүд нь ДЭМБ, НҮБ-ын Байгаль орчны байгууллага болон Уур амьсгал, цэвэр агаар эвсэл нарын хамтран хэрэгжүүлдэг <a href="http://breathelife2030.org/" target="_blank">BreatheLife</a> нэртэй кампанит ажлын зөвлөмж дээр тулгуурласан бөгөөд гэр бүлийн зан үйлийг өөрчлөн төлөвшүүлэх зорилготой. (Энэхүү кампанит ажил нь 2030 он гэхэд агаарын бохирдлын хэмжээг аюулгүй түвшинд хүргэж бууруулах санаачилгын хүрээнд дэлхийн хотууд, орон нутгуудтай хамтран ажилладаг). Тухайлбал, ub-air.info вэб сайтаас хотын агаарын чанарыг байнга шалгаж, агаарын бохирдлын түвшин өндөр байгаа үед гадуур удаан гарахгүй, спортоор хичээллэхгүй байх зэргээр ажил, амьдралаа төлөвлөж сурах зөвлөгөөг тусгасан. Ялангуяа хүүхдийн тэрэг түрж явахдаа замынхаа барилгатай талд явах нь зөв. Өвлийн цагт Монголчууд гэртээ дийлэнх цагаа өнгөрүүлдэг. Иймд гэр доторх агаарыг цэвэр байлгах нь чухал. Үүний тулд чанартай түлш, зуух ашиглах шаардлагатай.</div>
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Судалгаанд ашигласан тоон мэдээллээ ойлгох, дүн шинжилгээ хийхэд бэрхшээл тулгарсан. Зарим үед мэдээллийг компьютерт оруулаагүй байсан нь тухайн мэдээллийг олж авахад хүндрэлтэй байсан. Мөн зарим нэг хэрэгтэй мэдээлэл огт байхгүй, эсвэл байсан ч алдаатай тэмдэглэгдсэн зэрэг тохиолдол гарсан. Түүнчлэн агаарын чанар хэмждэг суурин харуулуудын зарим нь урт хугацаанд ажиллахгүй байх тохиолдол байсан тул хүссэн хэмжээний мэдээллээ цуглуулж авч чадаагүй.</div>
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Дүүргийн эрүүл мэндийн мэргэжилтнүүдэд агаарын бохирдлын талаар сургалт семинар зохион байгуулах боломж олдсонд их баяртай байсан. Судалгааны маань үр дүн эмч, эрүүл мэндийн ажилчдад илүү чухал юм. Асуудал хэр ноцтой байгааг тэд өөрсдөө ойлгож байж хүүхдүүдийн эцэг эхэд ойлгуулна шүү дээ. Намайг сургалт зохион байгуулж байхад дүүргийн эрүүл мэндийн ажилчид асуулт тавьж, их идэвхтэй байсан нь надад их урам хайрласан.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Мисбат, Эрүүл Мэндийн Шинжлэх Ухааны Их Сургуулийн оюутан Г.Жаргалсайхан хоёр ажиллаж байна. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">©</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">UNICEFMongolia/2018/Sabina Netrvalova</span></div>
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Монгол дахь <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unicefmongolia/albums" target="_blank">НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангийн</a> мэргэжилтнүүд миний судалгаанд их тусламж дэмжлэг үзүүлсэн. Надад тоон мэдээлэл олж өгөхөөс гадна, удирдан чиглүүлж, зөвлөгөө өгч байсан. Миний гаргасан санал санаачилга болгоныг хүлээн авч байсанд би маш их баярласан. Анагаахын шинжлэх ухааны үндэсний их сургуулийн багш Г.Жаргалсайхантай хамтран ажилласандаа их талархсан. Надад уг нь орчуулга хийж өгөх үүрэгтэй байсан ч, судалгааны ажилд их хувь нэмэр оруулж хамтарч ажилласан. Судалгааны материал цуглуулах үед гарч байсан асуултын ихэнхэд нь хариулж, судалгааны дүнг боловсруулахад их тус болсон. Жаргалсайхан болон НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сантай хамтран ажилласнаар их олон зүйлийг мэдэж авлаа.</div>
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<b>Мисбат Дауда</b> нь эрүүл мэнд ба хүрээлэн буй орчин чиглэлээр Харвардын Их Сургуулийн Нийгмийн Эрүүл Мэндийн Магистрт сурдаг. Тэрээр 12-р сард сургуулиа төгсөөд, хүрээлэн буй орчны өөрчлөлт ба хүүхдийн эрүүл мэндийн чиглэлээр үргэлжлүүлэн сурах зорилготой. Тэрээр хөгжиж буй болон буурай хөгжилтэй улс орнуудад хүрээлэн буй орчны хүчин зүйлсээс болж хүүхдүүд хэрхэн эрхээ бүрэн эдэлж чадахгүй байгааг судлах сонирхолтой.</div>
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Bayanzurkh is the most populous district of the capital, with more than 300,000 inhabitants. Its population is constantly growing, as large numbers of people move to the city in search of better employment opportunities. This rapid and unplanned urbanization has created challenges in delivering basic social services. There are just 36 kindergartens in Bayanzurkh, which are able to provide preschool education to only 72 per cent of local children.</div>
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Finding a place in public kindergartens is extremely difficult, and classrooms are overcrowded – more than 200 children attend Kindergarten No. 8 though it has capacity for only 120. As a result, all kindergartens in the district started organizing lotteries to enroll 2-year-olds.</div>
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Like many families, Minjinsor’s parents struggled to find a kindergarten place for their daughter, and so had to take turns looking after her at home while working shifts. “It's really difficult to get children into a public kindergarten and the private ones are too expensive,” explains Minjinsor’s mother, Gan-Otgon.<br />
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Last year, fortune finally smiled on them. “We had to take shifts and queue for three days outside the kindergarten, but we got a place for our daughter,” says Gan-Otgon, her voice full of relief.</div>
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Now Minjinsor attends the <i>ger</i> classroom, which was opened in February this year thanks to the technical and financial support of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF Mongolia</a> and the Korean National Committee for UNICEF.</div>
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“The classroom in the main building was too small so I was very happy about the <i>ger</i> classroom – it's much more spacious. Also, it has bigger, more modern bathrooms compared to the old ones,” says Gan-Otgon. Some of the parents were worried that the<i> ger</i> would be too cold in winter, and so were relieved to find that the traditional stove was replaced by central heating.</div>
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The <i>ger</i> kindergarten has another important advantage – it brings children closer to Mongolian traditions. “Children learn the proper words for parts of a <i>ger</i>, like roof, walls and so on. When they live in apartments in the city, they hardly know these words,” explains Gan-Otgon.</div>
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<b>Early childhood development for better future</b></div>
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The early years are a crucial period in children’s life and can impact their future significantly. Scientific research has shown that the experiences children gain in early life – especially in the first three years – shape their developing brain and affect whether they grow up to be healthy and productive members of society.</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF</a> advocates for an increased focus on early childhood development in national and sub-national policies, with a focus on reaching the most disadvantaged children. <i>Ger</i> kindergartens are one of the cost-effective ways to provide early education to children and support their social, emotional and cognitive development.</div>
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“Investing in early childhood development is a cost-effective way to boost shared prosperity, promote inclusive economic growth, expand equal opportunities, and end extreme poverty. For every $1 spent on early childhood development, the return on investment can be as high as $13,” explains UNICEF Mongolia’s Early Childhood Development Officer Ms. Ulziisaikhan Sereeter.<br />
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Gan-Otgon marvels at the changes in her daughter. “Every day, Minjinsor learns something new. She comes home with a new poem or a new song. Recently she learned the names of colours. When she stayed at home, she didn't know these things because we didn't have time to teach her,” she says.</div>
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Очир хүү 2018 оны 2-р сарын 26-ны өдөр 3,8 кг жинтэй эрүүл саруул мэндлэв. Хүүгийн ээж, аав хоёр хоёулаа 18 настай залуу хос. Мөрөн хотод амьдардаг энэ залуухан гэр бүл анхны хүүхдээ өлгийдөн авсан нь энэ. </div>
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Очир хүүгийн ээж Б.Золзаяа ярихдаа түүний даралт ихсэж, хөл гар нь их хавагнадаг байсан тул гэр бүлийнхэн нь эмнэлэгт үзүүлэхийг зөвлөсөн гэжээ. Тэрээр төрөхийн элдэв хүндрэлээс сэргийлэх үүднээс эмчийн хяналтад эрт орсон гэнэ. </div>
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“Хүүхдээ төрүүлснийхээ дараа байн байн хүүгээ үнсмээр санагдаад би их аз жаргалтай байгаа. Түүнийг зүгээр л хараад баймаар, тэврэхээр халуун дулаан мэдрэмж төрдөг. Би Баасан гариг болгон эхчүүдэд зориулсан сургалтад суудаг байсан. Тэр сургалтаас би хэрхэн төрөлтөд бэлтгэх, төрсний дараа хүүхдээ хэрхэн асрах талаар мэдлэгтэй болсон. Миний хамгийн дуртай хичээл бол хүүхдээ яаж зөв тэврэн, хөхүүлэх тухай байсан. Хичээл дээр ангир уургийн талаар орсон болохоор, би төрөнгүүтээ хүүхдээ амлуулсан. Төрөлтийн шок өнгөрөөд, цээжин дээр хүүг минь тавихад хичээл дээр сурсан зүйлсээ нэг нэгээр нь санаж эхэлсэн. Анх хөхүүлэхэд эвгүй мэдрэмж төрсөн л дөө, гэхдээ одоо гайгүй дассан. Нярай хүүхдийг байнга дулаан байлгах ёстой гэдгийг би хичээлээс мэдэж авсан. Эхлээд хөлийг нь даавуугаар хучиж, малгайг нь өмсгөөд дараа нь өлгийдөх хэрэгтэй. Надад шар өнгийн өлгий бий. Миний хамгийн дуртай өлгий”.</div>
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2014 оны байдлаар улсын хэмжээнд нярайн эндэгдэл 1000 төрөлт тутамд 10,2% байсан бол 2017 оны байдлаар 8,7% болон буурсан дүнтэй байна. Харин Хөвсгөл аймгийн хувьд нярайн эндэгдэл 2014 онд 1000 амьд төрөлт тутамд 15,4% байснааc, 2017 онд 13% болж буурсан байна. Ийнхүү ахиц гарсан хэдий ч, хоол тэжээлийн дутал, эрүүл мэндийн үйлчилгээний хүрэлцээ дутмаг, төрөөс боловсролын материал, мэргэжлийн сургалт, зайлшгүй хэрэгцээт маск, нярайн малгай, тэжээл зэрэгт хангалттай төсвийн дэмжлэг үзүүлдэггүй тул хүүхдийн эрүүл мэнд, амь нас эрсдэлд орсон хэвээр байна. </div>
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Төрөлт бол байгалийн жамаар явагддаг үйл явц. Олон жилийн судалгааны үр дүнд нярайн амьдрах чадварыг дэмжих үндсэн дөрвөн аргыг тодорхойлсон байна. Эхлээд нярайг төрсөн даруй сувилагч нь алчуурт өлгийдөн, хүүхдийг арчиж, хатаана.</div>
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Хэрэв хаттал нь сайтар арчихгүй бол хүүхэд биеийн дулаанаа алдах магадлалтай. Хатаах, арчих хөдөлгөөн нь мөн хүүхдийн амьсгалж эхлэх явцыг дэмжиж өгдөг. </div>
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Хоёрт, эх нь хүүхдээ биедээ наан тэврэх нь хүүхдийг дулаан байлгахад нэн чухал. Мөн энэ үед, өсөлтийг дэмждэг бактерийг дамжуулдаг давуу талтай. </div>
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Гуравт, зөвхөн хүйн судасны лугшилт зогссоны дараа хүйг хавчиж, хайчлах ёстой. </div>
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Дөнгөж төрсөн хүүхдийн биеийн дулаан 37,5 градус буюу насанд хүрсэнд хүнийхээс өндөр байдаг. Ингэж биеийн дулаан өндөр байх нь төрөлтийн дараа хүүхдийн эрүүл байх нөхцөлийг хангадаг. Өвөл Монголд агаарын хэм -30 градус хүртэл буурч, зарим төрөх газрын доторх хэм дөнгөж +11 хэм хүрэх тохиолдол бий. 2010 онд <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангийн</a> дэмжлэгтэйгээр Засгийн газраас төрөх өрөөнүүдийг Цельсийн 25 градусын дулаантай болгож, нярай хүүхдүүдийг дааруулахгүй байлгахаар шийдвэрлэсэн. Уг шийдвэрийн хэрэгжилтийг хангах үүднээс төрөх эмнэлгүүдэд дулаан хэмжигч суурилуулсан байдаг. Мөн НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангаас нярайн халдаг гудас нийлүүлсэн. </div>
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Төмрийн дутал, цус багадалтаас сэргийлэх үүднээс эхчүүдэд нэмэлт эм, бэлдмэл уухыг зөвлөдөг. Цус багадалттай эмэгтэй жирэмсний үедээ маш их ядардаг ба төрөх үед цус алдаж, бүр амиа алдах эрсдэлд ордог. Цус багадалттай эмэгтэйгээс төрсөн хүүхэд сульдаатай, бүр цаашилбал хүүхдийн сурлагын амжилтад ч муугаар нөлөөлөх магадлалтай.</div>
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<a href="http://www.unicef.mn/" target="_blank">НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сан</a> нь 2014 оноос эхлэн эхчүүдэд зориулсан сургалт явуулж байна. Үүнд төрөхийн өмнөх бэлтгэл болон төрсний дараах асаргаа гэсэн хоёр төрлийн сургалт явуулж байна. Төрөхийн өмнөх сургалтаар хүүхдийг хэрхэн эхийн сүүгээр хооллох талаар онцгойлон заадаг. Мөн эхчүүдэд ангир уураг буюу төрснөөс хойш хоёр хоногийн дотор ялгардаг хөхний сүүний ач тусын талаар зааж сургадаг. Ангир уураг нь хэдийгээр маш бага хэмжээгээр буюу дусал дуслаар ялгардаг ч, хүүхдэд нэн шаардлагатай амин дэм агуулдаг юм. Дөнгөж төрсөн эх мэдээлэлгүйн улмаас эхэн үедээ сүү бага ялгардгийг сайн мэдэхгүй, хүүхдээ эхийн сүү орлуулагчаар хооллох хандлага ажиглагддаг. </div>
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<i>Air pollution is a serious problem in the Mongolian capital, says researcher Misbath Daouda, who came to Ulaanbaatar to find out how air pollution is affecting children’s health. In the interview, she also talks about the impacts of polluted air on infants’ brains, and gives recommendations on how parents should protect their children. </i></div>
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I am completing the practicum part of my Master's in Public Health programme at Harvard University and for this I am doing an internship with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF Mongolia</a>. I am focusing on the impact of air pollution on children’s health and my goal is to collect the data, analyze it and interpret it so as to have the first comprehensive study of how air pollution has been potentially increasing the risk of respiratory illnesses in children. </div>
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I chose Mongolia because Ulaanbaatar is the second most polluted city in the world, and UNICEF had already started engaging and combating the effects of air pollution through various avenues. I felt that this study could provide evidence-based recommendations that could fit well into what <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF </a>was already doing. Plus, the recent findings that we have about air pollution and health outcomes made the need for solutions even more urgent, I wanted to contribute to thi<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">s effort.</span><br />
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Air pollution has been consistently associated with adverse respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes. More recently, other health impacts have been identified. For instance, there is a component of air pollution called particulate matter, or PM, that is small enough to not only enter the bloodstream but also to cross the blood-brain barrier. When it does so, it can affect neurodevelopmental outcomes. Some of the recent studies show that children, who have lived in environment where air pollution levels are really high, have for example reduced IQ or reduced language abilities.<br />
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I first came here in January for two weeks and the goal of that visit was to reach out to different academic and governmental institutions that have been monitoring the data I needed. I mostly worked with the Ulaanbaatar Health Department (UBDH) to collect both respiratory and birth outcomes over the past couple years. I was also able to connect with the Ulaanbaatar Air Pollution Reduction Department (APRD) which has different monitoring stations in Ulaanbaatar and has been recording the levels of the most common air pollutants on a daily, and sometimes also hourly basis. Then I visited a couple of the district hospitals to collect some additional data.</div>
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The analysis is still in its preliminary stages. However, when looking at PM 2.5 trends in 2015-2017 for instance, we can see that the city levels exceeds the World Health Organization (WHO) annual guideline more than 90 percent of the year. This has alarming implications for children’s health. We estimated the risk ratio for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) among infants to be approximately 2.4 in wintertime in Ulaanbaatar compared to a counterfactual scenario where the PM 2.5 levels would be close to the annual WHO guideline. This is very high because it means that infants in Ulaanbaatar have more than twice the risk of getting an ALRI compared to infants in that scenario.<br />
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I had a pretty good idea of how bad it is and the data I gathered reflects it. I knew that the levels were usually much higher than what WHO recommends. However, it is one thing to read about it in articles and another to experience how difficult it is to simply breathe in these conditions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Misbath and her colleague Jargalsaikhan sharing their findings with community health workers in Bayanzurkh district, Ulaanbaatar. <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">©</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">UNICEFMongolia/2018/Sabina Netrvalova </span></td></tr>
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<b>What would you like to achieve with your study?</b></div>
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The most important goal for me is the translation of the data into something that is tangible not only for health workers but also to laypersons, so they know what the air pollution level here is compared to other places, and how much it increases the risk of contracting any respiratory diseases. With the study, I’m also hoping to build up momentum to convince the key stakeholders that something has to be done immediately. Now that we have the data, we can quantify how bad air pollution is in Mongolia and how it is affecting Mongolian children. It will take a long time to implement measures such as coal stoves replacement so we have to minimize the pollution exposure in the meantime. I think that the study can contribute to that.</div>
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So far, I was only able to share my recommendations with the community health workers in Bayanzurkh district, and I would like to see them disseminated to all districts. I would like a module of air pollution prevention to be integrated into the training of community health workers and medical doctors. Air pollution seems to be a relatively new issue in Ulaanbaatar so it would be good to have it integrated in the future curriculum for medical doctors. I feel like once the health implications are taken up by doctors, then we will probably have larger scale change in the perception of air pollution because doctors are such respected and trusted members of the society. </div>
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The recommendations focus on what parents can do to minimize their child’s exposure to air pollution. They are mostly based on the <a href="http://breathelife2030.org/" target="_blank">BreatheLife</a> campaign<i> (a global campaign led by WHO, UN Environment and the Climate & Clean Air Coalition mobilizing cities and people to bring air pollution to safe levels by 2030)</i>, and attempt to create lasting behavioral change among families. For instance, they include checking the city’s air quality website (ub-air.info) frequently and changing plans accordingly to avoid spending too much time outside or exercising when levels are unhealthy. </div>
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Another recommendation is to avoid exposure to diesel exhaust from cars by staying away from high traffic roads. Especially when pushing a baby in a stroller, it is recommended to walk on the building side of a pavement versus the roadside. Also, as Mongolians spend a lot of time indoors during wintertime, it is crucial that families get the cleanest burning stoves available to preserve indoor air quality.<br />
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One of the challenges was definitely understanding the data itself because of the lack of consistency and rigor in the way it was monitored. Sometimes the data were not computerized so it was difficult for me to access them, other times I realized that the data was missing completely or that there were errors in the records. Also, some of the monitoring stations were not working for extended periods so that restricted the analysis to the stations that did not have as much missing values.<br />
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In the data itself, I wouldn’t say there were any positive surprises. However, what was very enriching and motivating for me was giving the training to the community health workers on air pollution. I think this is where the data can have the most impact; if it is shown to the health workers who can realize how detrimental of an issue air pollution is and share it with parents. When I was leading the training, all the community health workers were interested, engaging with the topic and brainstorming potential solutions. This definitely was very motivating for me.<br />
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I think one of the most amazing aspects of my project is how much support I got from everyone at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unicefmongolia/" target="_blank">UNICEF Mongolia</a>. They were not only helping me to acquire the data but also providing guidance, recommendations and suggestions. I never felt like any idea I brought to the table was pushed to the side and that has been amazing. I was also able to work with Jargalsaikhan Galsuren from Mongolian National University of Medical Science, who was initially only supposed to do the translation when I was meeting with different stakeholders, but eventually really contributed to the study. The questions I had while interpreting the data were mostly answered by him, he gave a lot of insight and helped shape the analysis. I was able to learn a lot thanks to working with UNICEF and Jargalsaikhan. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Misbath Daouda</b> is a Master of Public Health candidate at Harvard University, and is focusing on environmental health studies. She will be graduating in December and her goal is to continue with the PhD in children’s environmental health in the context of climate change. She is interested in developing countries or low-resource communities and wants to understand how environmental factors prevent children from these communities to reach their full potential.</span></div>
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<i>Addressing the needs of young people in Mongolia, promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and advising different UN agencies from the youth perspective. These are just some of the activities of UN Youth Advisory Panel (UNYAP) in Mongolia. How can one become a part of UNYAP? And what are their plans for the coming months? We talked about it with UNYAP members Zolboo Dashmyagmar, Khaliunaa Naranbayar and Erdenedalai Odonkhuu. </i></div>
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<b>Zolboo:</b> The role of UNYAP is to support the UN agencies on youth related projects and share information about these projects with young people of Mongolia. The members work on voluntary basis, but we are gaining experience very much needed in our personal lives and job market.</div>
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<b>Khaliunaa:</b> Mongolia is a country with relatively young population. We see that young people’s engagement is needed for sustainable development and prosperity of Mongolia. Our main goal is to let young people be engaged, let them be empowered, come up with concrete solutions and make better not only Mongolia, but the whole world.</div>
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<b>Z: </b>UNYAP first started in 2006, but back then it was initiated by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The formal beginning under the UN Youth Working Group was in 2008, so this year is our 10-years anniversary.</div>
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<b>Z:</b> We have fifteen members aged 15 to 24. Each one of us has a different background, thus we represent different groups of young people. It is nice to give the perspective of high school students, university students and young working professionals to the UN projects.</div>
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<b>Erdenedalai: </b>Yes. For example, I represent Mongolian Students and Youth Federation in the World, Khaliunaa represents PACE 48, an international youth organization in Asia-Pacific countries.</div>
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<b>Z:</b> Some of our members are from DemoCrazy NGO, Princess center… All organizations aim for different sustainable goals and causes.</div>
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<b>Can you mention some of the projects you have been working on or you are planning to?</b></div>
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<b>Z:</b> During my time at UNYAP, we have been engaging with the “Orange Sessions” event* to bring younger voices for the message of ending violence against women and girls. The last thing we have done was the “Let’s discuss at the UN” event, whose aim is to inform young people of Mongolia about the emerging issues. This event was organized together with <a href="http://facebook.com/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF</a> and its topic was air pollution. Our main goal was to offer various thoughts and opinions on the topic and listen to the participants as well.</div>
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Another thing we do is “Book Corner”. We collect reports and books from all the UN agencies and put them in corners of five places, including National Library of Ulaanbaatar and three university libraries. Young people can read all reports which the UN is producing, and use them for research purposes. We also used to do “Movie Talk” event, when we talked about a movie we just watched and discussed what it has taught us, but it has been transferred to different organization.</div>
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<b>K:</b> Another annually organized event is “Model UNESCO” conference, in cooperation with UNESCO Beijing office and Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO. We have organized it already three times and it has become a highly-anticipated youth event in Mongolia.</div>
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<b>K:</b> Model UNESCO is a one day conference for young people aged 15 to 24. Most participants are university level students. The main aim of the conference is to raise awareness of UNESCO’s objectives and mandate. The young people represent the roles of UNESCO member states and they come together to discuss the problems the world is facing. For example, last year we had three committees – culture, education and humanities – and we were dealing with topics of gender equality, cultural heritage or youth employment. In the end of the conference, the participants pass a declaration and the best delegates are chosen to attend some conferences at international level.</div>
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The number of applications is increasing every year, as well as young people’s engagement and social media traction. Last year we received over 800 applications for only 100 spots. There are some plans to organize the conference on international level, but for now they’re just under discussion.</div>
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<b>Every UNYAP member stays for two to three years. How does the application process work?</b></div>
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<b>K:</b> First we have an online call with the applicant. After the screening, we invite selected people for case challenge study at UN House, where they form teams and work on various types of issues, which young people are facing. The third and final round is an interview with UNYAP members and potentially also UN representatives from various agencies. To be selected, the applicant must be a representative of a youth organization willing to be a voice of young people, and to be 15 to 24 years of age. </div>
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<b>Z:</b> People are often really concerned about why they must be between 15 and 24. It’s because this is the age which the UN recognize as youth.</div>
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<b>How interested are young Mongolians in the UNYAP activities, beside the Model UNESCO conference?</b></div>
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<b>K: </b>One of our objectives is to raise awareness of Sustainable Development Goals among young people across the country. Our events and activities are in line with that objective and we see that each year more and more people are becoming involved and more interested in volunteering activities, and they want to hear and learn more about sustainable development and how they can personally contribute. Young people are very engaged in all the activities we do and they are also becoming more interested in becoming the UNYAP members.</div>
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<b>K: </b>There are about fifteen UNYAPs across the world and also the UNYAP Association, of which we are planning to become a member. Some of our members are being invited to attend international conferences, where they represent Mongolian young people’s voice, our activities and talk about the issues, which the young people of Mongolia are facing.</div>
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<i>*Orange Sessions Event is a UNFPA’s youth-centered event that features local musicians who volunteer to use music to bring together young people, raise awareness for the problem of gender-based violence and make a commitment to help eliminate it.</i></div>
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<b>Zolboo Dashmyagmar</b> started her journey with UNYAP in April 2015 as a representative of Forever Young Crew, a singing group covering popular songs. In October 2017, she became the UNYAP Coordinator.</div>
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<b>Khaliunaa Naranbayar</b> is the Secretary General of UNYAP in Mongolia. She works at Unread, Mongolian media startup company.</div>
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<b>Erdenedalai Odonkhuu</b> joined UNYAP in 2017. He represents Mongolian Students and Youth Federation in the World and studies law at National University of Mongolia.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The brand-new toilets in kindergarten No. 122 in Bayanzurkh district of Ulaanbaatar city are sparkling clean. The bathrooms look bigger now and the sinks are more accessible for children. With over 880 pupils, the kindergarten’s bathroom facilities were in desperate need of renovations.</span></div>
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As part of its Early Childhood Development Programme, <a href="http://facebook.com/unicefmongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF Mongolia</a> provided support to the kindergarten and renovated each of its 14 bathrooms. They were outdated and not meeting the standard of kindergarten environment approved in 2015. The old toilets were replaced with more sanitary ones and the number of washbasins increased. In a big kindergarten like this, every improvement counts.</div>
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“The kindergarten building was built in 1989 and there was no rehabilitation ever since. Now the situation has improved dramatically. The hygiene is better and the bathrooms are more comfortable to use,” says kindergarten’s doctor Odgerel Surenjav.</div>
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When the renovation work started and workers peeled off the walls and ceilings, they found a layer of mold beneath them. Quite surprisingly, the discovery made doctor Odgerel happy. “There was a funny smell in bathrooms back then and we didn’t know where it was coming from,” she says, adding that the mold could have been affecting children’s health. “I believe that now we found and got rid of it, our children will have less respiratory problems, resulting in higher attendance rate,” hopes Odgerel.</div>
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The renovation took couple of weeks, during which everybody got involved – even parents were helping to clean dust. For the walls, the kindergarten purchased a high-quality paint, which did not smell bad and was safer for children. </div>
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The result pleased everybody. “I like that the bathrooms are now more accessible,” says Delgerjargal, a teacher in one of the classrooms. Since there are around 70 children in each classroom, she appreciates how efficient the new bathrooms are. “Before there were only four sinks, which were unnecessary big. Now there are six sinks in every bathroom, which means more children can wash their hands at the same time. That is very helpful for us,” adds Delgerjargal, smiling. </div>
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Parents are happy about the renovation too. “They were very impressed with the cleanliness. They also think that the bathrooms are more spacious now because we knocked down some walls,” explains doctor Odgerel.</div>
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“It looks like a completely new room,” agrees Duurenchimeg N., mother of 5-year-old Tselmuun, while looking inside one of the bathrooms. “The parents were actually planning to repair the bathrooms themselves, but it never happened. We are very grateful. The bathrooms are size appropriate, easy to use and much safer,” she adds, visibly happy. </div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF</a>’s Early Childhood Development Programme supports improved access to quality early learning opportunities for preschool children. Early age is the most critical period in human life, when the brain develops most rapidly and has a high capacity for change. For a proper development of children, access to nutritious food, high-quality health care, and good sanitation and hygiene is absolutely necessary. </div>
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Poor sanitation, water and hygiene, on the other hand, can have many serious repercussions. They have an impact on children’s health, their ability to go to kindergarten or school and to concentrate on learning. Investments in early childhood development can therefore lead to better education of children, and eventually, even higher individual earnings. </div>
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“Early childhood development is the key to a full and productive life. It is one of the most cost efficient investments in human capital, which will have a significant impact on Mongolia’s future development. A child brain is built, not born,” says UNICEF Mongolia’s Early Childhood Development Officer Ulziisaikhan Sereeter. </div>
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“If we want to ensure that children can grow, develop and reach their full potential, we must provide them with good water and sanitation,” she adds. </div>
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UNICEF Mongolia’s goal is to ensure that education authorities in targeted areas have increased capacity to implement national norms and requirements for water in kindergartens, schools and dormitories. UNICEF is also supporting parents and teachers in improving their understanding of early childhood development and how good sanitation and nutrition are an important part of it. </div>
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At kindergarten No. 122, the teachers already know the good hygiene practices and they are now trying to disseminate them further. As doctor Odgerel explains, the kindergarten developed a systematic approach when it comes to teaching children how to wash their hands properly. “Of course, it depends on their age. When they are only two years old, we are just trying to ensure that they remember they must always wash their hands. When they get older, we teach them how to do it right. By the time they graduate, we want every child to know when and how to wash their hands properly,” says doctor Odgerel. </div>
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The kindergarten also teaches the parents. “We want them to understand how important good hygiene is. We have hung educational posters all over the building so the parents have all the information they might need,” she concludes. </div>
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Ochir, boy, weight 3.8 kg; 2 days old; born on 26 February
2018. Baby Ochir from Mongolia was born healthy. Thanks to the training his
mother received, he was breastfed and kept warm after his birth with a blanket
around his feet and a hat on his head (all babies in Mongolia must wear hats
and are wrapped in a special way when outside). His mother, Zolzaya Baasanjav,
18, is a student. His father is Tserentogtokh and he is 18 years old. Both live
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Zolzaya Baasanjav says:<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I had oedema in my feet and legs. Sometimes I had high
blood pressure. My mother and my family advised me to go to a health centre. I
had to come in early to prevent complications.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I felt very happy after he was born, and I wanted to kiss
him. He was very warm and hot to the touch. I just wanted to look at him and
couldn’t stop staring at him. Every Friday, they had a training for mothers. We
learned how to take care of the baby and how to prepare for delivery. My
favourite lesson was how to correctly hold the baby during breastfeeding. I
knew how important it was because I learned about colostrum, and so I wanted to
support the baby to initiate breastfeeding. After he was put on my chest, after
the shock of giving birth, I remembered my training. It wasn’t so comfortable
the first time I fed him, but now it is going well. I am confident he is
feeding. The training was very helpful. During the training, I learned that
newborns should always be kept warm. I first put a warm towel on his feet, then
I put a hat on his head, and then I wrap him. I have a favourite blanket which
I keep at home – it’s yellow, and looks very special.”In Mongolia, newborn
mortality rates have decreased from 10.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014
to 8.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017. In Khövsgöl, Mongolia’s
northernmost province, newborn mortality rates have decreased significantly,
from 15.4 deaths in 2014 per 1,000 live births to 13 deaths per 1,000 live
births in 2017. Despite these advances, challenges remain: malnutrition, long
travel distances to maternal health clinics, and insufficient government
support to buy essentials (such as medication, micronutrients, newborn hats,
masks, staff trainings and education materials) continue to imperil lives.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rwFMzCzML6jjdFVTWW4uvWJXiVn-V5hcczH0kO1X4poEuRncr5WwAO7uf92JJcrOZ-Nrzqd-uVTvN4E4wqt26tWUVivQsAgXHCTKR8w_S0hc7crWysIXuC6bByEjTuaFjGIULeSGyaYu/s1600/UN0188805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rwFMzCzML6jjdFVTWW4uvWJXiVn-V5hcczH0kO1X4poEuRncr5WwAO7uf92JJcrOZ-Nrzqd-uVTvN4E4wqt26tWUVivQsAgXHCTKR8w_S0hc7crWysIXuC6bByEjTuaFjGIULeSGyaYu/s640/UN0188805.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mother Zolzaya and 2-day-old Ochir at a local hospital. © UNICEF/UN0188805</td></tr>
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Birth is a natural process. In recent decades, however, too
many rules have started to interfere with the natural way of giving birth.
After years of study, experts identified four key life-saving interventions to
support a newborn’s survival. First, nurses should wipe and dry the baby right
after birth by wrapping the wet baby in two pieces of cloth. (If it remains
wet, the baby will cool off. The drying and wiping motions will also support
the first few breaths of the newborn.) Second, skin-to-skin contact between the
mother and the baby is vital to keep the baby warm. Other benefits, such as the
transfer of bacteria that stimulate growth, also occur. Third, the umbilical
cord should only be cut after its pulsation movements stop, and all its blood
is transferred to the baby. Fourth, breastfeeding should be initiated in the
delivery room, right after birth. This should last at least two hours.</div>
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When a baby is born, its body temperature is higher than
that of adults, about 37.5 °C. This ensures a newborn remains warm and healthy
after the shock of birth. In Mongolia, where winter temperatures can drop to
-30 °C, temperatures in some delivery rooms were as low as 11°C, causing
newborns to die from problems caused by hypothermia. In 2010, the government,
spurred by UNICEF, mandated that all delivery rooms be heated to 25 °C, to
ensure babies remain warm. Thermometers were installed to ensure compliance and
monitoring. In addition, UNICEF provided inflatable mattresses that can be
heated.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mothers are encouraged to take micronutrient pills to combat
iron deficiency anaemia. When a mother is anaemic, she might feel tired during
pregnancy and will be very vulnerable if she loses a lot of blood during the
delivery. Her children will also feel tired and not perform well at school
later.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIw8IYjQGTwO6v1eH6e_bCsA0D7xyoI5rXh14644L6lAobkRwlQLgPkYBxEnjPmuLD5D7ZQAwQeENpPLHor5tPlwLwvyEUiYT_0f3ockeH5HyRIn5vyZHkUw-bn0Nf72_zE6xwvt6NxrC/s1600/UN0188806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIw8IYjQGTwO6v1eH6e_bCsA0D7xyoI5rXh14644L6lAobkRwlQLgPkYBxEnjPmuLD5D7ZQAwQeENpPLHor5tPlwLwvyEUiYT_0f3ockeH5HyRIn5vyZHkUw-bn0Nf72_zE6xwvt6NxrC/s640/UN0188806.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2-day-old Ochir from Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. © UNICEF/UN0188806</td></tr>
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Since 2014, UNICEF has provided two types of trainings to
mothers: One to prepare women for delivery, and one to teach them how to take
care of their babies at home. First, one of the most important parts of
preparing women for delivery is teaching them about breastfeeding, which is
initiated immediately after birth. Mothers learn about the benefits of
colostrum – the breastmilk that is produced in the first two days after giving
birth. It comes in very small quantities – droplets – and is packed with
essential nutrients. If a mother doesn’t know she will only produce very little
milk in the beginning, she might start feeding her baby with powdered milk to
prevent it from going hungry. Second, expectant mothers learn how to keep their
baby warm at home, bathe it, take care of its skin and umbilicus, and spot
signs of jaundice and other dangerous infections. Nutrition, during pregnancy
and lactation, is another important element of home-care training. While a
traditional Mongolian diet includes lots of meat and cookies, it is healthier
to eat vegetables and soups. Training include recipes <span style="font-family: inherit;">and cooking classes to
improve mothers’ intake of vitamins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since
2014, UNICEF has been working with public health officials to develop solutions
to address these challenges. Thanks to the solutions put in place by UNICEF –
most notably the training of medical personnel in Early Essential Newborn Care
in 2014 – newborn mortality rates have decreased. The number of babies who
needed intensive care declined from 230 in 2015 to 139 in 2017 on an average of
2,000 births per year. (In 2007, the government recommended that at-risk herder
women be transferred to ‘maternity waiting houses’ at provincial health
facilities to avoid complications. This policy also significantly reduced
newborn deaths. UNICEF provided furniture, cooking appliances and newborn care
materials to the maternity waiting houses.) UNICEF is advocating with the
Government of Mongolia to pass a national law that would allocate a budget for
essential package of maternal and child health care across the country. There
is currently no fixed budget for essential health care package.</span></span></div>
UNICEF Mongoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07314005251361286876noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836295681638020113.post-32223797614721221332018-05-10T17:25:00.000+08:002018-05-10T17:25:25.166+08:00#EveryChildALIVE: Saruulgerel from Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJATPec6DJBFqz2ksmM55dVaGipJDJ0fcyxtTJsIPJIcXtLOv0JcgIsL8vceyz1lEqElLqMh6nX7qlIfkLxuwQzvfwQHJ19pR1lJV-YS7AydeJ8QDe-khD-hAjkGEkB0ffIDMtptiJcjl/s1600/UN0188818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJATPec6DJBFqz2ksmM55dVaGipJDJ0fcyxtTJsIPJIcXtLOv0JcgIsL8vceyz1lEqElLqMh6nX7qlIfkLxuwQzvfwQHJ19pR1lJV-YS7AydeJ8QDe-khD-hAjkGEkB0ffIDMtptiJcjl/s640/UN0188818.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Saruulgerel G. from Khuvsgul province, Mongolia © UNICEF/UN0188818</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Baby Saruulgerel
from Mongolia was delivered by a skilled midwife. Her mother almost suffered a
miscarriage, but thanks to the care and advice of a midwife, she went home and
rested. The bleeding stopped, and when the time came, the delivery went well. Her
mother, Dashnyam Ganbaatar, 23 and the father, Ganchuluun Baatarchuluu, 29 are
unemployed and live in Murun city. They have two children.</span><br />
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Ganbaatar says:</span><br />
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<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;">“At one point
during my pregnancy I started bleeding, so I came in for an examination. The
midwife comforted me, gave me medication, and told me about the possible causes
of miscarriages. She advised me to rest. So, I went home, rested, and,
thankfully, the bleeding stopped. When my time came to give birth, the midwife
supported me so well: I was in pain, but she comforted me and taught me how to
breathe correctly. After my daughter was born, she quickly started to drink my
milk. When I held her against my chest, I felt like a mother. It was so nice to
be together. I wish that my daughter will become a doctor. I was so happy
because she is my second daughter. She reminds me of my mother.”In Mongolia,
newborn mortality rates have decreased from 10.2 deaths per 1,000 live births
in 2014 to 8.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017. In Khövsgöl, Mongolia’s
northernmost province, newborn mortality rates have decreased significantly,
from 15.4 deaths in 2014 per 1,000 live births to 13 deaths per 1,000 live
births in 2017. Despite these advances, challenges remain: malnutrition, long
travel distances to maternal health clinics, and insufficient government
support to buy essentials (such as medication, micronutrients, newborn hats,
masks, staff trainings and education materials) continue to imperil lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3aAuIiAzP5xd1sk6862ouO7UMmbkTKKkSsGgFvzsDkq8IuToXBxi0FQMHeS9wM_6JtWp32aJrwQU4B8Lmnrebi6bHhbQ-Q9IHJXLPm-1t4mkJOZJFfggbBYjfow3uJnhZ6FUBKTnKn_0/s1600/UN0188821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3aAuIiAzP5xd1sk6862ouO7UMmbkTKKkSsGgFvzsDkq8IuToXBxi0FQMHeS9wM_6JtWp32aJrwQU4B8Lmnrebi6bHhbQ-Q9IHJXLPm-1t4mkJOZJFfggbBYjfow3uJnhZ6FUBKTnKn_0/s640/UN0188821.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Mother, Dashnyam Ganbaatar, 23 and the baby at a local hospital. </span>© UNICEF/UN0188821</td></tr>
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Birth is a
natural process. In recent decades, however, too many rules have started to
interfere with the natural way of giving birth. After years of study, experts
identified four key life-saving interventions to support a newborn’s survival.
First, nurses should wipe and dry the baby right after birth by wrapping the
wet baby in two pieces of cloth. (If it remains wet, the baby will cool off.
The drying and wiping motions will also support the first few breaths of the
newborn.) Second, skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the baby is vital
to keep the baby warm. Other benefits, such as the transfer of bacteria that
stimulate growth, also occur. Third, the umbilical cord should only be cut
after its pulsation movements stop, and all its blood is transferred to the
baby. Fourth, breastfeeding should be initiated in the delivery room, right
after birth. This should last at least two hours.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;">When a baby is
born, its body temperature is higher than that of adults, about 37.5 °C. This
ensures a newborn remains warm and healthy after the shock of birth. In
Mongolia, where winter temperatures can drop to -30 °C, temperatures in some
delivery rooms were as low as 11°C, causing newborns to die from problems
caused by hypothermia. In 2010, the government, spurred by UNICEF, mandated
that all delivery rooms be heated to 25 °C, to ensure babies remain warm.
Thermometers were installed to ensure compliance and monitoring. In addition,
UNICEF provided inflatable mattresses that can be heated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;">Mothers are
encouraged to take micronutrient pills to combat iron deficiency anaemia. When
a mother is anaemic, she might feel tired during pregnancy and will be very
vulnerable if she loses a lot of blood during the delivery. Her children will
also feel tired and not perform well at school later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NQ_JGdW0Vf0" width="640"></iframe></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;">Since 2014,
UNICEF has provided two types of trainings to mothers: One to prepare women for
delivery, and one to teach them how to take care of their babies at home.
First, one of the most important parts of preparing women for delivery is
teaching them about breastfeeding, which is initiated immediately after birth.
Mothers learn about the benefits of colostrum – the breastmilk that is produced
in the first two days after giving birth. It comes in very small quantities –
droplets – and is packed with essential nutrients. If a mother doesn’t know she
will only produce very little milk in the beginning, she might start feeding
her baby with powdered milk to prevent it from going hungry. Second, expectant
mothers learn how to keep their baby warm at home, bathe it, take care of its
skin and umbilicus, and spot signs of jaundice and other dangerous infections.
Nutrition, during pregnancy and lactation, is another important element of
home-care training. While a traditional Mongolian diet includes lots of meat
and cookies, it is healthier to eat vegetables and soups. Training include
recipes and cooking classes to improve mothers’ intake of vitamins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;">Since 2014,
UNICEF has been working with public health officials to develop solutions to
address these challenges. Thanks to the solutions put in place by UNICEF – most
notably the training of medical personnel in Early Essential Newborn Care in
2014 – newborn mortality rates have decreased. The number of babies who needed
intensive care declined from 230 in 2015 to 139 in 2017 on an average of 2,000
births per year. (In 2007, the government recommended that at-risk herder women
be transferred to ‘maternity waiting houses’ at provincial health facilities to
avoid complications. This policy also significantly reduced newborn deaths.
UNICEF provided furniture, cooking appliances and newborn care materials to the
maternity waiting houses.) UNICEF is advocating with the Government of Mongolia
to pass a national law that would allocate a budget for essential package of
maternal and child health care across the country. There is currently no fixed
budget for essential health care package.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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UNICEF Mongoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07314005251361286876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836295681638020113.post-52049937550226355742018-05-10T16:21:00.000+08:002018-05-10T16:24:11.519+08:00#EveryChildALIVE: Sugar-Ochir from Tosontsengel soum, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoMMyeOLdRVs71YGRiy7EDpve6HTU0RwKNxF82EJk2JvLokFU_GWv0hgxlzNgBaksM6vWxjo9CsY0s0g2TAqDYBrSWVUhg04SLg1o5DxxofALH5TEuIAz79sp2EX_-iZvyx5WNI2p2gWk/s1600/UN0188808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoMMyeOLdRVs71YGRiy7EDpve6HTU0RwKNxF82EJk2JvLokFU_GWv0hgxlzNgBaksM6vWxjo9CsY0s0g2TAqDYBrSWVUhg04SLg1o5DxxofALH5TEuIAz79sp2EX_-iZvyx5WNI2p2gWk/s640/UN0188808.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5-day-old Sugar-Ochir from Khuvsgul province, Mongolia. © UNICEF/UN0188808 </td></tr>
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<span lang="MN"></span></div>
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<span lang="MN">Sugar-Ochir from
Mongolia was born via C-section. His mother is a herder. Her previous babies
were born in a very cold and dark room. Thanks to the heated health centre and
the micronutrients she took, she delivered Sugar-Ochir feeling warm, and did not
feel tired during the pregnancy (iron deficiency can make women feel exhausted
and depleted). She said the pills changed her and her baby’s life. His mother,
Namjilmaa Naransuren, 38, and the father, Lkagvadorji Dashdavaa are herders, and they live in Tosontsengel soum (subprovince), some 60 km away from the province centre, Murun.
The family has 3 boys (aged 18 and 16, and the newborn baby). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MN">Namjilmaa
Naransuren says:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MN">“This pregnancy
was surprisingly easy for me, compared to my previous two. They were very
complicated: I had high blood pressure and was on my own during the pregnancy.
When I gave birth in 2000 to my first child, the room was very dark – there was
only candlelight – and it was cold. It was very cold, and I was only given a
blanket. I felt that the baby was shivering, too. Now, at the health centre, it
was so warm – it made a huge difference. I had a C-section because of my age
and complications I had previously. So, I was advised to go to the hospital.
There, they discovered my baby’s head was facing the wrong way. After the
procedure, I was so happy when the baby was put on my chest – I started crying
immediately. With my previous two, my babies were separated from me right away.
I was constantly worried about them. How were they doing? How were they
feeling? I didn’t know. Also, it was very difficult to get my breastmilk
flowing back then, but this one latched on quickly. This delivery was so nice –
I am ready to give birth many times again! I was so happy because this was a
late pregnancy, but I delivered him healthily without complications. During the
previous pregnancies, I hardly received any training – how to take care of my
baby, how to recognize complications, how to breastfeed, and how to support my
own well-being. I was herding in very remote areas and I was on my own during
the pregnancy. For example, I felt very tired all the time, even though I was
young. But now, for him, I took micronutrient supplements. They changed my life
and the life of the boy – I got a healthy baby. Now I don’t feel tired. Now, I
could do my house work and other tasks while pregnant. In short, the monthly
training was very supportive for me.”</span></div>
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<span lang="MN"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9s04N7Lln2y4loN9Ob342NqyV_foaSY4ZPuYGJ1-sJ8dKtH2yUnSFoW7w3qKSImnEsh2b8_QWxtKub5GRKWjNeptzddedwpd9qYPENLVdonks2pkfomcfy95gvkdCwd5lL8qZkkBq1lHl/s1600/UN0188809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9s04N7Lln2y4loN9Ob342NqyV_foaSY4ZPuYGJ1-sJ8dKtH2yUnSFoW7w3qKSImnEsh2b8_QWxtKub5GRKWjNeptzddedwpd9qYPENLVdonks2pkfomcfy95gvkdCwd5lL8qZkkBq1lHl/s640/UN0188809.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mother Namjilmaa N. holding her son Sugar-Ochir at a local hospital in Khuvsgul province. © UNICEF/UN0188809</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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In Mongolia, newborn mortality rates have
decreased from 10.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014 to 8.7 deaths per
1,000 live births in 2017. In Khövsgöl, Mongolia’s northernmost province,
newborn mortality rates have decreased significantly, from 15.4 deaths in 2014
per 1,000 live births to 13 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017. Despite these
advances, challenges remain: malnutrition, long travel distances to maternal
health clinics, and insufficient government support to buy essentials (such as
medication, micronutrients, newborn hats, masks, staff trainings and education
materials) continue to imperil lives.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span lang="MN">Birth is a
natural process. In recent decades, however, too many rules have started to
interfere with the natural way of giving birth. After years of study, experts
identified four key life-saving interventions to support a newborn’s survival.
First, nurses should wipe and dry the baby right after birth by wrapping the
wet baby in two pieces of cloth. (If it remains wet, the baby will cool off.
The drying and wiping motions will also support the first few breaths of the
newborn.) Second, skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the baby is vital
to keep the baby warm. Other benefits, such as the transfer of bacteria that
stimulate growth, also occur. Third, the umbilical cord should only be cut
after its pulsation movements stop, and all its blood is transferred to the
baby. Fourth, breastfeeding should be initiated in the delivery room, right
after birth. This should last at least two hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MN">When a baby is
born, its body temperature is higher than that of adults, about 37.5 °C. This
ensures a newborn remains warm and healthy after the shock of birth. In
Mongolia, where winter temperatures can drop to -30 °C, temperatures in some
delivery rooms were as low as 11°C, causing newborns to die from problems
caused by hypothermia. In 2010, the government, spurred by UNICEF, mandated
that all delivery rooms be heated to 25 °C, to ensure babies remain warm.
Thermometers were installed to ensure compliance and monitoring. In addition,
UNICEF provided inflatable mattresses that can be heated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MN">Mothers are
encouraged to take micronutrient pills to combat iron deficiency anaemia. When
a mother is anaemic, she might feel tired during pregnancy and will be very
vulnerable if she loses a lot of blood during the delivery. Her children will
also feel tired and not perform well at school later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MN">Since 2014, UNICEF
has provided two types of trainings to mothers: One to prepare women for
delivery, and one to teach them how to take care of their babies at home.
First, one of the most important parts of preparing women for delivery is
teaching them about breastfeeding, which is initiated immediately after birth.
Mothers learn about the benefits of colostrum – the breastmilk that is produced
in the first two days after giving birth. It comes in very small quantities –
droplets – and is packed with essential nutrients. If a mother doesn’t know she
will only produce very little milk in the beginning, she might start feeding
her baby with powdered milk to prevent it from going hungry. Second, expectant
mothers learn how to keep their baby warm at home, bathe it, take care of its
skin and umbilicus, and spot signs of jaundice and other dangerous infections.
Nutrition, during pregnancy and lactation, is another important element of
home-care training. While a traditional Mongolian diet includes lots of meat
and cookies, it is healthier to eat vegetables and soups. Training include
recipes and cooking classes to improve mothers’ intake of vitamins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="mso-ansi-language: MN;">Since 2014,
UNICEF has been working with public health officials to develop solutions to
address these challenges. Thanks to the solutions put in place by UNICEF – most
notably the training of medical personnel in Early Essential Newborn Care in
2014 – newborn mortality rates have decreased. The number of babies who needed
intensive care declined from 230 in 2015 to 139 in 2017 on an average of 2,000
births per year. (In 2007, the government recommended that at-risk herder women
be transferred to ‘maternity waiting houses’ at provincial health facilities to
avoid complications. This policy also significantly reduced newborn deaths. UNICEF
provided furniture, cooking appliances and newborn care materials to the
maternity waiting houses.) UNICEF is advocating with the Government of Mongolia
to pass a national law that would allocate a budget for essential package of
maternal and child health care across the country. There is currently no fixed
budget for essential health care package.</span></div>
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<br />UNICEF Mongoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07314005251361286876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836295681638020113.post-61357417562040988052018-05-09T10:43:00.000+08:002018-05-10T16:31:12.981+08:00#EveryChildALIVE: Uuriintsolmon from Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Lbl" id="a1.2.1.1.1.3:CaptionLong_Lbl">Uuriintsolmon
from Mongolia was born healthy and, unlike her older sister, remained
in good health after her birth. Thanks to the home-care training
received with the support of UNICEF, her mother did not make the same
mistakes: Her sister had jaundice as a baby – her mother thought she was
going to die. She also had a rash and small cuts on her arm because her
mother did not bathe her frequently, and she suffered from constant
colds because the house was not ventilated. Thanks to the nutrition
training, Uuriintsolmon's milk is healthier (Mongolians believe meat,
bread and cookies stimulate breastmilk production, while vegetables are
better.) Her mother, Bayarmaa Erdenejargal,30, and her father, Nyambat
26, live in Murun city.</span><br />
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<span class="Lbl" id="a1.2.1.1.1.3:CaptionLong_Lbl">Bayarmaa Erdenejargal says:<br /> “I didn’t
always know how to take care of my first baby – she had jaundice, skin
infections, a runny nose, and felt cold. At one point, I feared she
might die. I was very worried about her.<br />With my second baby, I
entered antenatal care much earlier. That was helpful. I learned how to
recognize the signs of jaundice, how to bathe her, how to refresh the
air in her room, how to keep her warm, and how to feed her. I didn’t
bathe my first daughter enough, so she had a few wounds on her arms that
got infected. That never happened to my second daughter because I
frequently bathed her thanks to the UNICEF training. I also learned
that, every two hours, the window should be opened for five minutes to
clean the air of the home. Before the training, I thought that closed
windows kept a baby warm. But they only gave her frequent colds. When
the air is clean, a baby has no stuffy nose. I also learned how to
correctly wrap the baby and keep her head [the fontanelle] warm – that’s
why I always put on a hat. I didn’t always do that for my first baby.
Finally, I learned how to feed my baby. During the training, for
example, I learned what kind of foods I should eat to produce good
breastmilk. Mongolians used to think that we should eat a lot of wheat –
bread and cookies – to enhance breastmilk production. Thanks to the
training, I understand a lot of soup and vegetables are better. I now
use enriched flour, minced carrots and eggs. Thanks to the UNICEF
training, my second baby is much healthier. I didn’t worry so much about
her because I knew what was normal and what was abnormal, so I
understood the situation. I feel confident now. I wish for my daughter
to have a healthy life.”</span><br />
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<span class="Lbl" id="a1.2.1.1.1.3:StoryCaptionLong_Lbl">In
Mongolia, newborn mortality rates have decreased from 10.2 deaths per
1,000 live births in 2014 to 8.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017.
In Khövsgöl, Mongolia’s northernmost province, newborn mortality rates
have decreased significantly, from 15.4 deaths in 2014 per 1,000 live
births to 13 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017. Despite these
advances, challenges remain: malnutrition, long travel distances to
maternal health clinics, and insufficient government support to buy
essentials (such as medication, micronutrients, newborn hats, masks,
staff trainings and education materials) continue to imperil lives.<br /><br />Birth
is a natural process. In recent decades, however, too many rules have
started to interfere with the natural way of giving birth. After years
of study, experts identified four key life-saving interventions to
support a newborn’s survival. First, nurses should wipe and dry the baby
right after birth by wrapping the wet baby in two pieces of cloth. (If
it remains wet, the baby will cool off. The drying and wiping motions
will also support the first few breaths of the newborn.) Second,
skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the baby is vital to keep
the baby warm. Other benefits, such as the transfer of bacteria that
stimulate growth, also occur. Third, the umbilical cord should only be
cut after its pulsation movements stop, and all its blood is transferred
to the baby. Fourth, breastfeeding should be initiated in the delivery
room, right after birth. This should last at least two hours.</span><br />
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<span class="Lbl" id="a1.2.1.1.1.3:StoryCaptionLong_Lbl">When
a baby is born, its body temperature is higher than that of adults,
about 37.5 °C. This ensures a newborn remains warm and healthy after the
shock of birth. In Mongolia, where winter temperatures can drop to -30
°C, temperatures in some delivery rooms were as low as 11°C, causing
newborns to die from problems caused by hypothermia. In 2010, the
government, spurred by UNICEF, mandated that all delivery rooms be
heated to 25 °C, to ensure babies remain warm. Thermometers were
installed to ensure compliance and monitoring. In addition, UNICEF
provided inflatable mattresses that can be heated.<br /><br />Mothers are
encouraged to take micronutrient pills to combat iron deficiency
anaemia. When a mother is anaemic, she might feel tired during pregnancy
and will be very vulnerable if she loses a lot of blood during the
delivery. Her children will also feel tired and not perform well at
school later.</span><br />
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<span class="Lbl"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Funicefmongolia%2Fvideos%2F1848169585241539%2F&show_text=0&width=640" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="640"></iframe><br />Since 2014, UNICEF has provided two types of
trainings to mothers: One to prepare women for delivery, and one to
teach them how to take care of their babies at home. First, one of the
most important parts of preparing women for delivery is teaching them
about breastfeeding, which is initiated immediately after birth. Mothers
learn about the benefits of colostrum – the breastmilk that is produced
in the first two days after giving birth. It comes in very small
quantities – droplets – and is packed with essential nutrients. If a
mother doesn’t know she will only produce very little milk in the
beginning, she might start feeding her baby with powdered milk to
prevent it from going hungry. Second, expectant mothers learn how to
keep their baby warm at home, bathe it, take care of its skin and
umbilicus, and spot signs of jaundice and other dangerous infections.
Nutrition, during pregnancy and lactation, is another important element
of home-care training. While a traditional Mongolian diet includes lots
of meat and cookies, it is healthier to eat vegetables and soups.
Training include recipes and cooking classes to improve mothers’ intake
of vitamins.</span><br />
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<span class="Lbl" id="a1.2.1.1.1.3:StoryCaptionLong_Lbl">Since 2014, UNICEF has been working with public
health officials to develop solutions to address these challenges.
Thanks to the solutions put in place by UNICEF – most notably the
training of medical personnel in Early Essential Newborn Care in 2014 –
newborn mortality rates have decreased. The number of babies who needed
intensive care declined from 230 in 2015 to 139 in 2017 on an average of
2,000 births per year. (In 2007, the government recommended that
at-risk herder women be transferred to ‘maternity waiting houses’ at
provincial health facilities to avoid complications. This policy also
significantly reduced newborn deaths. UNICEF provided furniture, cooking
appliances and newborn care materials to the maternity waiting houses.)
UNICEF is advocating with the Government of Mongolia to pass a
national law that would allocate a budget for essential package of
maternal and child health care across the country. </span></div>
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Гэр хорооллын айл өрхүүдийн шатааж буй түүхийн нүүрсний хэрэглээ Улаанбаатар хотын нийт агаарын бохирдлын 60 орчим хувийг бүрдүүлж байна.</div>
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Улаанбаатар хотын агаарын бохирдлын түвшин Дэлхийн Эрүүл Мэндийн Байгууллагаас тогтоосон стандартаас даруй 10 гаруй дахин илүү байгаа нь аюулын харанга дэлдэж байна.</div>
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Агаарын бохирдол нь хүүхэд эхийн хэвлийд бий болсон мөчөөс эхлэн сөргөөр нөлөөлж эхэлдэг. Утаанаас болж ураг дутуу жинтэй төрөх, хугацаанаас өмнө төрөх, бүр эндэх ч эрсдэлтэй. Мөн бага насны хүүхэд хатгалгаа, бронхит, астма буюу гуурсан хоолойн багтраа зэрэг өвчин тусах эрсдэлийг нэмэгдүүлдэг. </div>
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Мөн нарийн ширхэгт тоосонцор PM2.5 нь жирэмсэн болон төрсний дараах эхэн үед хүүхдийн тархины болон танин мэдэхүйн хөгжилд сөрөг нөлөөтэй болохыг сүүлийн үеийн судалгаа нотолж байна. Иймээс утаа нь хүүхдийн бага нас төдийгүй насан туршид нь өргөөр нөлөөлөх аюултай.</div>
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НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангийн зохион байгуулж буй “21-р зууны Гэр” төсөл нь гэр хороололд амьдарч буй айлуудын дотоод орчны агаарын чанарыг сайжруулах, нүүрсний хэрэглээг багасгах зорилготой санаачилга юм.</div>
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Энэ санаачилгын хүрээнд Монгол дахь НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сан, НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангийн Инновацийн Оффис болон ГэрХаб (GerHub) ТББ хамтран 2018 оны 3-р сарын эхээр 5 өдрийн семинар, төлөвлөх уулзалт зохион байгууллаа. </div>
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Архитектур, дизайн, материал боловсруулалт, барилга, хот төлөвлөлт гэх мэт олон салбарын дотоод, гадаад нийлсэн 10 гаруй мэргэжилтэн гэрийн дулаан алдагдал, нүүрсний хэрэглээх багасгах тал дээр өөрсдийн мэдлэг, туршлагаа хуваалцав.</div>
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Тэд монгол ахуйтай танилцах зорилгоор орон нутагт аялав.</div>
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Өвлийн хүйтэнд гэрийн дулаан алдагдал хэр байдгийг мэдэх гэж өөрсдөө гэр барьж, дотор нь хонож үзэв.</div>
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Гэр барихад шаардлагатай үндэсний үйлдвэрийн болон импортын материал, хэрэгслүүдийг судлахаар Нарантуул ОУХТ-ийн жижиг, дунд бизнес эрхлэгчидтэй уулзаж, ярилцав.</div>
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Хот, суурин газрын гэр хорооллынхны аж байдалтай танилцаж, тэдэнтэй ярилцахаар Сонгинохайрхан дүүрэгт ажилласан нь.</div>
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Гэрийн дулаан алдагдал, дотоод орчны агаарын бохирдол зэрэг асуудлаар гэр хорооллын айл өрхүүд өөрсдийн бодит байдал болон санал бодлоо мэргэжилтнүүдтэй хуваалцав. </div>
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Гэрийн ерөнхий бүтэц ба дизайн, халаалтын систем, гэр доторх агаарын бохирдол, түүнийг хянах, мөн иргэд хоорондоо мэдлэг, мэдээллээ солилцох зэрэг олон асуудлаар иргэд мэргэжилтнүүдтэй ярилцав.</div>
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Гэрийг бүтэц, дизайныг өөрчилсөн олон сайн туршлага гэр хорооллынхны дунд байгаа ч, өөр хоорондоо мэдээлэл солилцох нь дутмаг байдгийг багийнхан ярилцлагын үр дүнд онцоллоо.</div>
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Үүний дараагаар мэргэжилтнүүд “Гэр хорооллын асуудлыг цоо шинэ өнцгөөс харж шийдэх” эрхэм зорилготой Эко Хотхонд зочилж ярилцлагын үр дүнгээ нэгтгэлээ.</div>
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НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сан, GerHub болон бусад мэргэжилтнүүд 5 өдрийн турш цуглуулсан мэдээ материал болон өөрсдийн судалгаа, туршлага дээр үндэслэн цаашид хийх ажлын төлөвлөгөө гаргав.</div>
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2018 оны 5-р сараас 10-р сарын хооронд гэрийн жишээ загвар гаргах, мөн гэр хорооллын айл өрхүүдтэй илүү ойр ажиллахаар төлөвлөв. </div>
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2018 оны 10-р сард дэлгэрэнгүй судалгаа хийх, шинэ загвараа туршихаар илүү олон мэргэжилтнийг хамруулсан баг Монголд эргэн ирнэ.</div>
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What can we do to help reduce air pollution in Ulaanbaatar and protect us and our families? A hundred of young Mongolians were trying to find an answer to this question during the “Let’s discuss at the UN” event, initiated and organized by the United Nations Youth Advisory Panel (UNYAP) with UNICEF’s support. </div>
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The day of the event is a beautiful spring day and the name is Unworn Masks. These were not chosen randomly. Protection from highly polluted air is an important issue in Mongolia, but the problem is easily forgotten in spring, once the temperatures rise and visible smog disappears. The UNYAP’s purpose is therefore to educate the youth on the issue also outside the winter season, when air pollution is the worst due to burning of raw coal for heating and cooking.</div>
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“I started worrying about air pollution when I was a university student. My sister is very active on social media and once she shared a post asking what we can do about it. That got me thinking – we all know that air pollution is a problem, but we as young people don’t really know how to fight it. Why do we always talk about it only in winter? Everything changes very slowly here in Mongolia, so we need to do something in advance,” said Nomin-Erdene Z., one of the participants.</div>
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To educate young people about air pollution and advise them how to protect themselves, UNYAP invited various experts, who were talking not only about the health effects of toxic air, but also explained what has already been done in Mongolia to reduce the risks. </div>
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“We have a significant child health crisis in the country because of air pollution. For many years, people were talking about air pollution as an environmental issue, but not as a child health issue,” said UNICEF Mongolia Representative Alex Heikens. He added that the problem starts already during pregnancy, since the breathable airborne particles known as PM2.5 can have a negative impact on the fetus. And the list of health problems continues – low birth weight, behavior issues and frequent cases of asthma, pneumonia and bronchitis. </div>
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“I was pregnant last winter and I could immediately tell the difference from my previous pregnancy which I spent in the USA. My morning sickness was much worse here in Mongolia and I had trouble sleeping. I could also feel the difference anytime I left Ulaanbaatar and went to the countryside,” said one of the participants Zaya, adding that thanks to the conference, she finally learnt how dangerous PM2.5 is.</div>
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“The particles can get into blood stream, which is why it can negatively influence your mental health. It can cause anxiety, depression, poor performance at school or work and even affect IQ,” explained B.Uugantsetseg, Executive Director of National Center of Psychology. She mentioned that the air pollution has also negative impact on young people’s social life, as they rarely meet each other in the evenings during winter time. </div>
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According to Ms Undrakh, a founder of Princess center (NGO helping female victims of violence), air pollution affects working mothers too. As their children get sick frequently during winter, mothers must stay at home with them and their work performance worsens rapidly. </div>
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The event also included an interactive workshop, during which the participants got a chance to discuss the topic of air pollution with their peers. As it turned out, the youth already have a lot of ideas on how to protect their health and help reduce the pollution in Ulaanbaatar. Educating their friends and relatives, communicating with local politicians, monitoring the air at their homes and exercising regularly – these were just some of the ideas they had. “Every day we should be grateful and thank our body for working properly,” a participant said.</div>
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Since the conference also welcomed many young people with disabilities, the participants got to hear their perspective on the issue. “I learnt today about UNICEF’s initiative on making a Mongolian traditional ger more energy efficient and better insulated. I know that many such ger innovations are happening, but the needs of people with disabilities are never considered,” pointed out one of the participants. “Most people with physical disabilities live in gers, so their special needs must be considered in innovations such as these.” </div>
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The participants also suggested to drive cars less often and walk instead. But especially in winter, this change cannot be safely done without wearing the face masks. </div>
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“I have to admit, I don’t wear a face mask during winter. I never really believed it can help. That’s also why I decided to attend this event, to learn more about it and maybe change my mind. Today I found out that masks can provide some level of protection if you wear the right ones with right fit. Next winter, I will try to wear a mask more often,” said one of the participants during the final discussion.</div>
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The topic of air pollution was first in the series of events, which will be organized every quarter by UNYAP and held at UN House. The conference clearly showed that young Mongolians are very much interested in what is happening around them – although only one hundred youngsters were eventually selected to participate in the event, the registration form was filled out by over 500 people. These people represented a whole generation of young Mongolians filled with energy and passion to learn, participate and drive for a positive change in the society. </div>
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“You, the young generation, have the energy, tools and ideas, and you can push for change to happen,” said UNICEF’s Alex Heikens in his closing remarks.</div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"> The biggest source of air pollution comes from coal-burning stoves in the “ger</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">they are conceived, including stillbirth, preterm birth, lower birth weight,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"> In addition, emerging evidence suggests that breathing in toxic air (PM2.5)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">can damage brain tissue and undermine cognitive development in babies</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">and young children – leading to lifelong implications and setbacks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"> “Designing the 21st Century Ger” is a UNICEF’s initiative to reduce
coal</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">consumption and improve indoor air quality for families living in
gers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"> To kick start this initiative, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/unicefmongolia/" target="_blank">UNICEF Mongolia</a>, <a href="https://www.unicef.org/innovation/" target="_blank">UNICEF’s Office of</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;"><a href="https://www.unicef.org/innovation/" target="_blank">Innovation</a>, along with local implementing partner <a href="http://gerhub.org/" target="_blank">GerHub</a>, organized</span><br />
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five-day in-country, immersive workshop in March 2018.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Local and international experts from the fields of architecture, design,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">education, material science, urban planning, building science, and international</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">development gathered to exchange knowledge and ideas for design</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">improvements that could upgrade ger performance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"> The group of experts traveled to the countryside</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"> The group assembled a ger and experienced it overnight to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"> The participants also spoke with local vendors at the black market, Narantuul to learn</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"> To understand urban ger dwellers, the experts went to a ger district in the outskirts of</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"> The participants learned about challenges related to ger thermal performance</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"> The families also stressed out the importance of issues surrounding air pollution and monitoring,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">knowledge sharing, health impacts, heating systems, ger design and living costs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"> One of the key findings was that there was quite a bit of household innovation</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"> The group spent a day in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nogoolinbaishin/" target="_blank">EcoTown</a>, a ger area community center which tests out different</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"> Based on the findings and experience from the five-day mission,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">UNICEF, GerHub, and experts group planned the way-forward</span><br />
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In the beginning of March, a group of international experts, including researchers from Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania and KieranTimberlake architecture firm, arrived to Ulaanbaatar to discuss the possibilities of ger redesign and find ways to better insulate the traditional Mongolian housing. The 21st Century Ger Project, launched by <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Mongolia" target="_blank">UNICEF Mongolia</a> as part of its work on air pollution, hopes to reduce both the fuel costs for local families and toxic air in the capital.</div>
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The round tent-like ger has been a typical feature of life in Central Asia for at least 3000 years. Over one-third of Ulaanbaatar inhabitants still live in gers in the so-called ger districts. This brings many challenges to the families, who need to fight the long and cold Mongolian winter, during which the temperature regularly drops as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius. By using unrefined coal for cooking and heating, the air pollution in the city is getting significantly worse and has a devastating impact on health of children and pregnant women. </div>
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“When I go to school in the morning, it is usually very smoggy. Sometimes when I cross the road, I can’t tell if the light is green or red. The smoke makes my throat burn,” says Nandin-Erdene, a nine-year-old girl living with her parents and siblings in a ger district. </div>
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Even bigger threat is indoor air pollution, which kills more children globally than outdoor toxic air. The 21st Century Ger Project is trying to againsaddress this issue. “Ger is a structure that I have admired as an architect since I was a teenager. However, I would say there are two big weaknesses. One is the floor and the second is the fact that it is heated with the stove in the middle, meaning it is both forcing air to move through the ger, but it is also emitting carbon dioxide, pollutants and particulars,” says William B. Braham, a Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the project participants.</div>
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Before coming to Ulaanbaatar, the experts have installed sensors in the ger in Mongolia to study its thermal behavior, and constructed a test site at the University of Pennsylvania’s campus. In Mongolia, together with the local non-profit organization <a href="http://gerhub.org/" target="_blank">GerHub</a>, the group visited several gers with different layers of insulation, interviewed their residents and drove to the countryside to build their own ger and learn more about the materials and techniques used. Building a traditional Mongolian ger, constructed of felt, canvas and wood or steel, takes less than two hours.<br />
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“One thing that really surprised me was how important it remains that the gers will be easily disassembled – even when they are stationary and no longer used for nomadic purposes. It's amazing how such a robust structure can be taken down and rebuilt several times a year by a single family with relative ease,” says Jennie Bernstein, Urban Innovation Specialist at UNICEF’s Office of Innovation. </div>
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However, a difficult task is now awaiting the experts. They are still collecting the data from Ulaanbaatar and Philadelphia to learn more about the thermal behavior of gers. In the coming months, they will need to find out how to improve the insulation in terms of the cold temperature, stoves and especially the floors, which are usually the coldest part of the ger and difficult for its dwellers to control. The prototypes should be installed by October and the prototyping materials will be used not only in the household gers, but also in ger kindergartens. </div>
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“I think the biggest challenge for us will be finding ways to improve air quality for ger dwellers, while recognizing that it is unlikely we will see the end of coal use anytime soon. However, there are immediate, incremental changes that ger dwellers are already making that can have a notable impact on lessening overall coal consumption and improving air quality – particularly with regards to indoor air pollution,” says Bernstein. For example, some families already started to monitor air quality inside their gers regularly and are now adjusting the heating accordingly. </div>
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“Most of our next steps revolve around figuring out how we can capture and share those existing solutions, and how we can potentially enhance them. As a team, we will spend the next month lining up all the partners’ and resources necessary to move this initiative forward,” adds Bernstein.</div>
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Энэ жил хүүхдүүдийг хүлээж байсан “гэнэтийн бэлэг” нь олон жилийн өмнө баригдсан, өнөө мөдгүй нурж унах гэж байгаа юм шиг харагддаг хуучин модон жорлонгоос хэдэн метрийн зайд баригдсан охидын цоо шинэхэн бие засах газар байв.</div>
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Мөрөн хотын Далайван сургуулийн 17 настай сурагч Номиндалай 6-р сард анх зусланд ирэхдээ жорлонгийн барилгын ажил явагдаж байхыг харжээ. Номиндалай охин үе тэнгийн сургагч багш бөгөөд тэрээр үеийн охиддоо сарын тэмдгийн үеийн эрүүл ахуй, нөхөн үржихүйн эрүүл мэндийн тухай хичээл заадаг юм. Энэ удаа ч тэрээр зусланд амарч байгаа хүүхдүүдэд 2 өдрийн сургалт явуулахаар үе тэнгийн бусад 5 багштай хамт ирсэн нь энэ ажээ. Энэхүү сургалтыг Хөвсгөл аймагт НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангаас хэрэгжүүлж буй Сарын тэмдгийн үеийн эрүүл ахуй хөтөлбөрийн хүрээнд аймгийн Эрүүл мэндийн төвөөс зохион явуулдаг юм. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Номиндалай болон түүний найз, сургагч багш Тэгшжаргал нар шинэ жорлонгуудыг ашиглаж үзээд, их баяртай байв. Бие засах өрөө нь урт, цэлгэр коридортой, тэндээ гар угаах угаалтууртай. Дотроо 5 тусдаа бие засах хэсэгтэй бөгөөд хэсэг болгон нь дотроосоо түгжиж болдог, цүнх, гадуур хувцас өлгөх өлгүүртэй, ариун цэврийн хэрэглэл болон гар утас тавих тавиуртай, 00-ийн цаас, хогийн савтай цоо шинэ ариун цэврийн өрөө угтав. Хуучин жорлонгоос тэс өөр, цэвэрхэн, ялаа, эвгүй үнэр, шалан дээр хоггүй байлаа.</span><br />
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“Хуучин бие засах газар огт түгжээгүй байсан. Нэгнийх нь хаалга бүр эвдрээд уначихсан. Сарын тэмдэг ирсэн үед жорлон орох аягүй хэцүү байдаг байсан шүү. Ихэвчлэн бид нэг найзтайгаа хамт жорлон орж, хаалгаа мануулж зогсоодог байсан. Харин одоо ийм тухтай, цэвэрхэн ариун цэврийн өрөөтэй болсондоо маш их баяртай байна” хэмээн Тэгшжаргал инээмсэглэн хэлэв. Зусланд амарч буй бүх охид шинэ жорлонтой болсондоо сэтгэл хангалуун байгаа нь мэдэгдэж байлаа.</div>
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Зөвхөн охидод зориулан шинэ бие засах газар барьж өгснийг хөвгүүд шударга бус гэж ярьсан тухай Тэгшжаргал, Номиндалай хоёр ярив. Хөвгүүд ирэх зун охидынхтой адилхан цэвэрхэн жорлонтой болох хүсэлтийг зуслангийн хамт олонд тавьсан гэнэ.</div>
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Аймгийн Эрүүл мэндийн төвийн Өсвөр насны эрүүл мэндийн зөвлөх Амарсанаа ярихдаа “Охидод тав тухтай, цэвэрхэн бие засах газар барьж өгсөн нь маш чухал. Ялангуяа биеийн юм нь ирсэн үед охид их эмзэг байдаг. Одоо охид хаалга онгойчих вий гэсэн айдасгүйгээр хувийнхаа орон зайд хэрэглэлээ сольж, бие зассаныхаа дараа гараа угаах боломжтой болсон. Мөн жорлон дотор яаралтай үед ашиглаж болох нэмэлт ариун цэврийн цааснууд тавьж өгсөн. Сургууль, дотуур байрны жорлонд хэзээ ч тийм юм байхгүй шүү дээ” гэв.</div>
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Номиндалай, Тэгшжаргал хоёр сүүлийн 5 жил сургуулийн Эрүүл мэндийн клубийн идэвхтэй гишүүнээр ажиллаж байгаа юм. Номиндалай ирээдүйд эмч болохыг хүсдэг. Хоёр охин клубийн гишүүдийн хувьд сургуулийнхаа эмч нарын дэмжлэгтэйгээр эрүүл мэнд болон эрүүл ахуйн сэдвээр олон төрлийн хичээлийг үе тэнгийнхээ хүүхдүүдэд оржээ.</div>
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“Үе тэнгийн сургагч багшийнхаа хувиар бид энэ жил Уран Дөш зуслан дээр хэд хэдэн удаа ирж, хичээл орлоо. Өсвөр насны охид, хөвгүүд хичээлийг маань их дуртай хүлээж авсан. Хичээлийнхээ үеэр бид бас өөрсдийн хийсэн Сарын тэмдгийн үеийн эрүүл ахуйн тухай зурагт хуудсуудаа тараахад хүүхдүүдэд их таалагдаж байх шиг байна” гэж Тэгшжаргал ярив.</div>
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Сургагч багш охид 2016 оны 10-р сард Баянхонгор аймагт болсон Бүсийн хүүхдүүдийн форумд Хөвсгөл аймгаа төлөөлөн оролцжээ. Форумын үеэр НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангаас охидын сарын тэмдгийн эрүүл ахуйн талаар хийсэн судалгааны үр дүнг танилцуулсан нь орон нутгийн удирдлага, хүүхэд залуучуудын анхаарлыг ихээр татсан юм. Танилцуулгын дараа Номиндалай НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангаас Хөвсгөл аймагт охидын сарын тэмдгийн үеийн эрүүл ахуйг сайжруулах талаар хэрэгжүүлсэн арга хэмжээнүүдийн тухай ярьсан юм. Үе тэнгийнхээ бусад хүүхдүүдээс суралцаж, мөн өөрсдийн мэдлэг мэдээллийг хуваалцсан нь их сонирхолтой, бас хэрэгтэй туршлага болсон тухай тэд ярьж байв.</div>
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2012-2016 онд НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сан, Монгол Улсын Засгийн газар хоорондын хамтран хэрэгжүүлсэн Улс орны хөтөлбөр Хөвсгөл аймагт хэрэгжсэн юм. Хөтөлбөрийн хүрээнд охидын сарын тэмдгийн эрүүл ахуйн байдлыг сайжруулах зорилготой олон санаачилгууд хэрэгжүүлсэн. 2015 онд Канадын Засгийн газрын санхүүжилттэй Wins4Girls төслийн хүрээнд Эмори Их сургууль, CSWE ТББ хамтран Монгол дахь Сарын тэмдгийн эрүүл ахуйн нөхцөл байдлын тухай судалгаа хийжээ.</div>
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Судалгаагаар Өсвөр насны охидын дунд сарын тэмдгийн үеийн эрүүл ахуйн мэдлэг дутмаг байгаа нь тогтоогдсон юм. Иймд НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сан Хөвсгөл аймгийн Эрүүл мэндийн төвд охидод зориулсан мэдээлэл сурталчилгааны материалууд боловсруулан гаргаж, үе тэнгийн сургагч багш нарын сургалтын хөтөлбөрийг хэрэгжүүлсэн.</div>
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Хөвсгөл аймагт тулгамдаж буй нэг том асуудал нь охидод ээлтэй ус, ариун цэврийн байгууламж дутмаг байгаа явдал юм. Охидод ээлтэй бие засах газрын загвар бий болгох үүднээс Хөвсгөл аймгийн хамгийн том зуны зуслангийн охидын жорлонг шинэчлэн засах ажлыг НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангаас хийж гүйцэтгэжээ.</div>
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Энэ зусланд Хөвсгөл аймаг болон бусад аймаг, сумдаас 2000 гаруй хүүхэд ирж амардаг. Охидын шинэ бие засах газар орон нутгийн удирдлага, хүүхдүүдэд маш их таалагдсаныг тэд хэлсэн. Энэ загвар дээрээ тулгуурлан Хөвсгөл аймгийн сумдын сургууль болон дотуур байруудад Охидын өрөө байгуулах ажлыг НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангаас дэмжин ажилласан юм. Эдгээр сайн туршлагаас Бүсийн хүүхдийн форумын үеэр бусад аймгуудтай хуваалцсан юм.</div>
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Форумын үеэр зохион байгуулсан Сарын тэмдгийн эрүүл ахуйн тухай сургалтаар охид, хөвгүүд аль аль нь их зүйл сурч авсандаа баяртай байсан нь том үр дүн байв. “Форумын ажлын хэсэгт байсан хүүхдүүд Хөвсгөлд хэрэгжсэн охидод ээлтэй бие засах газрыг бусад орон нутагт хэрэгжүүлэх тухай зөвлөмжийг боловсруулж, нутгийн удирдлага, боловсролын хэлтсүүдэд өргөн барихаар болсон. Бүх сургуульд охидын сарын тэмдгийн үеийн эрүүл ахуйн стандартыг хэрэгжүүлж, хяналт тавихад хүүхдийн өөрөө удирдах байгууллагууд чухал үүрэгтэй болохыг хүүхдүүд онцолж байсан. Цаашдаа бие засах газруудыг сайжруулах, хүүхдүүдэд сарын тэмдгийн эрүүл ахуйн талаар цэгцтэй мэдлэг олгох чиглэлээр анхаарч ажиллахаа хүүхдүүд мөн хэлсэн” хэмээн НҮБ-ын Хүүхдийн Сангийн зөвлөх Б.Уранчимэг хэлэв.</div>
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Сарын тэмдгийн үеийн эрүүл ахуй нь Бүсийн хүүхдийн форум дээр урьд өмнө огт яригдаж байгаагүй цоо шинэ сэдэв байсан юм. Форумаас гарсан зөвлөмжүүдийг бүх оролцогчид баталж, аймагт бүртээ хийж хэрэгжүүлэх амлалт өгөв. Тэр дундаа өсвөр үеийнхэн, тэдний эцэг эх, багш нарын сарын тэмдгийн үеийн эрүүл ахуйн тухай мэдлэг, мэдээллийг дээшлүүлж, сургууль, дотуур байрнуудын бие засах газрыг охид, хөвгүүдийн шаардлагад нийцүүлэн сайжруулахаа амлав.</div>
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Форумын үеэр Баянхонгор аймгийн Гэр бүл, хүүхэд хөгжлийн газрын дарга Мэндбаяр Хөвсгөл аймгийн сайн туршлагыг дагаж, ирэх зун аймгийнхаа зуслан дээр шинэ бие засах газар барина гэдгээ мэдэгдсэн юм.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uudoo is rehearsing the poem she wrote in Tuvan that she will recite at her graduation ceremony.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Nearly 1,800 kilometres from Ulaanbaatar on the western-most edge of Mongolia, remote Tsengel soum in Bayan-Ulgii province is probably the only place in the entire country where children grow up speaking three different languages – Tuvan, Kazakh and Mongolian. Tuvan children speak their native language at home and learn Mongolian when they start school. Some also learn Kazakh from their friends in the neighbourhood, which is predominantly Kazakh, or from their classmates when they start secondary school, which is also attended by Kazakh children. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tavan Bogd mountains, where Uudoo’s family lives. ©UNICEFMongolia/2017/OdgerelMyagmar</td></tr>
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Tuvans are one of the smallest ethnic groups in Mongolia. In Tsengel soum, there are less than 1,800 Tuvan people, comprising only 20 per cent of the soum population. The remaining 80 per cent are Kazakhs, who are, in turn, also an ethnic minority in Mongolia (only 7 per cent of the total population).</div>
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Eleven-year-old Uudoo, who is in her fifth and final grade at Tuvan Primary School, grew up speaking only Tuvan at home in the snowy Tavan Bogd mountains. When she was 6 and about to start school, Uudoo moved some 100 kilometres to the soum centre where her grandparents live, to be near her new school.When children from rural herder families start school, they have two options – either to stay in a school dormitory or to move in with relatives nearby. Fortunately for Uudoo, her grandparents, aged 72 and 69, had already moved to the soum centre when her older cousin started school, to take care of their school-age grandchildren.</div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">Uudoo was soon joined by her younger
brother Unurjargal, aged 9, and this year by her 7-year-old sister
Ulziikhishig. Uudoo’s youngest brother, Usukhbayar, aged 1, still lives at home
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">For Tuvan children, learning to read,
write, count and study other subjects in a ‘foreign’ language used to be very
challenging.<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>However, Uudoo and her two younger siblings, Unurjargal and
Ulziikhishig, are learning to read and write in their native language using
Tuvan Alphabet, a beautifully printed book which UNICEF Mongolia helped to
develop and publish in 2013. It is the first ever textbook produced for Tuvan
children in their native language. </span></div>
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children in Bayan-Ulgii province performed poorly in state examinations and
college and university entrance tests. School dropout and illiteracy rates in
this province are higher than anywhere else in the country. Research<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7836295681638020113#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></span></span></span></a> identified a critical
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">To address these challenges and to
give ethnic minority children a better chance to learn, UNICEF Mongolia gave
financial and technical support to the Ethnic Minority Children’s Education
Research Unit (EMCERU) of the Education Research Institute to develop and
publish student textbooks. With invaluable input from the teachers of Tuvan
Primary School, four language textbooks were produced – Tuvan Alphabet and
Tuvan Language 2, 3 and 4 – and further four textbooks were translated
(Mathematics 1, Human Beings and Environment 1, Arts 1, and Civic Education 1),
as well as teachers’ guides. UNICEF Mongolia also upgraded the school library
by investing in new children’s storybooks and literature from the Republic of
Tuva in the Russian Federation.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Gansukh and Ms. Bolorchimeg are delighted to hear how much the children like their Tuvan language textbooks. ©UNICEFMongolia/2017/Odgerel Myagmar</td></tr>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">In mid-May 2017, a joint team of UNICEF Mongolia and EMCERU visited Tsengel soum to see how the textbooks were being used, get feedback from students, teachers and parents, and discuss any further support needed from UNICEF Mongolia. Dr. Gansukh, a native Tuvan, EMCERU Researcher and the principal author of all the textbooks, was part of the mission team.</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">All the teachers at Tuvan Primary School were enthusiastic about the Tuvan language textbooks and the positive impact they have had on their students over the last four years. The children are now much more able to express themselves in both Tuvan and Mongolian, and are more eager to learn. </span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">Dr. Gansukh was impressed with what she saw. “I was surprised to see how the children had changed. In my past visits, the children at this school were very shy and quiet. It was hard to engage them in a conversation, being an outsider. Now they seem to have become much more lively, cheerful and outgoing. They were communicating with us freely in very fluent Mongolian.”</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">One of their teachers, Ms. Buyangaa, agreed. “It’s amazing to see how different it is for children to learn in their mother tongue in the first year of school. Their ability to write and speak improves very fast. It used to take a whole week for our children to memorize a Mongolian poem. Now our children can easily memorize a Tuvan poem in just a 40-minute class, and they can learn a Mongolian poem in a short period of time as well. Nowadays, fourth and fifth graders are writing poems in Tuvan, which is wonderful.” </span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">The team met Mr. Togtai Nasanbat, Director of Tuvan Primary School, who is very proud of what the children have achieved. Children as young as 9 and 10 are now writing beautiful poems in Tuvan, something that was unheard of several years ago. Uudoo, who is one of his best students, was very excited about reciting one of her own poems, ‘My Father’, at the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony. She will recite it in Tuvan, and her friend will read it out in Mongolian, as translated by Uudoo herself.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #0070c0;">Bayarbat is very happy
that his younger daughter, Ulziikhishig, aged 7, can read the Tuvan alphabet fluently.
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">Uudoo’s proud father, Bayarbat, is a 36-year-old herder. He had come to the soum centre with his wife and their youngest child for two important events – Uudoo’s graduation and her younger sister Ulziikhishig’s ‘Alphabet completion celebration’.</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">“As we live far away in the mountains and are very busy with livestock and a small baby, we cannot visit our children very often. We only see them during quarter breaks. This time, we came to the soum centre to join in school events, and to sell cashmere”, he says.</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">“As a parent and a Tuvan, I’m very happy that my three children are learning our native language using textbooks that are keeping with our local dialect, livelihood and culture”, he said. “When I was at school, we used textbooks from the Tuvan Republic in Russia, so I learnt to write in ‘their’ Tuvan, but not ‘our’ Tuvan.”</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">This was not easy, as Tuvan spoken in the Federation of Russia changed considerably under the influence of Russian language and culture. Like Bayarbat, the other parents very much appreciate the Tuvan language textbooks and are thrilled that their children are learning to read and write in their own language first.</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">In 2016, the school organized a parents day, where parents attended classes instead of their children. The parents all struggled with dictation in the Tuvan language class, admitting that though they could speak Tuvan, their writing skills were not as good as their children’s. Some vowed to improve their written Tuvan using their children’s textbooks.</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">A 2016 study by the Education Research Institute on the learning achievements of Kazakh- and Tuvan-speaking students in their mother tongues as well as in Mongolian confirmed the positive impact that these textbooks have had. Supported by UNICEF Mongolia, the study focused on 724 lower-secondary grade students and 558 teachers in nine soum and provincial centre schools in Bayan-Ulgii province, using different research methodologies. It revealed that students and teachers from Tsengel soum had the highest performance in both their mother tongue and in Mongolian, thanks to UNICEF Mongolia’s steady support since 2013.</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">“It is very encouraging for us to see the results of our work on the ground and observe with our own eyes that the children enjoy learning with the textbooks we supported”, said Ms. Bolorchimeg, Education Specialist at UNICEF Mongolia. “We are also happy that in this short period of time, there have been noticeable improvements in both the educational achievements of Tuvan children and in their social and communication skills.”</span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">“The many positive remarks and appreciation from parents, teachers and students have reaffirmed the importance of our efforts to support the education of ethnic minority children, and provide children like Uudoo and her brothers and sisters with better opportunities for their future”, she continued. </span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">“We at UNICEF Mongolia and the Education Research Institute are also trying to reach other Tuvan children living elsewhere in the country – such as Buyant soum in Khovd province, Tsagaannuur soum in Khuvsgul province, Shariin Gol soum in Darkhan-Uul province and Kushaat soum in Selenge province – by sharing the Tuvan learning materials and providing guidance to Tuvan adults who wish to supervise extracurricular learning activities for their children. </span></div>
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<span lang="MN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MN;">A set of these materials has also been shared with the Tuvan ethnic minority community in Xinjiang Province in the Republic of China to be used by the 9-year Tuvan school”, she said. Meanwhile, Uudoo has already chosen her future profession. “I want to study in a university in Ulaanbaatar to become a primary school teacher and want to come back to my school as a teacher”, she said, eyes shining.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As a school physician, Dr Naran regularly holds health lessons for children.<br />
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Dr. Naran works in a school in remote Ulaan-Uul soum in Khuvsgul province, more than 900 km away from the capital, Ulaanbaaatar. As well as looking after the physical well-being of the children under her care, she has recently been trained to provide counselling.</div>
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“Once I started counselling, I realized what a high demand there is for
it. It’s mostly girls who come asking for advice on reproductive health,
like menstrual hygiene, or teenage acne. Ninth or tenth graders usually
come for advice on STIs”, says Dr. Naran. “With cases of depression
because of peer pressure, teenage crushes or boyfriend/girlfriend
problems, our social worker and I work together. More serious cases are
handled by a multidisciplinary team. Luckily, we haven’t had any serious
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"I usually tell students about counselling by going into classes, or during physical check-ups”, she says. “I tell them they can approach me in person, or send an email, or write a note. I make sure to tell them that their privacy will be well protected. So the number of children coming for counselling is increasing.” </div>
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Dr. Naran’s students are fortunate. In a country where more than 45 per
cent of the population is under the age of 24 – 15 per cent of whom are
adolescents – Mongolia is woefully lacking in adolescent mental health
services. Yet depression and anxiety among teenagers is a growing
problem. A recent study, the Adolescent Situation Analysis 2016, showed
that in the last year, more than 21 per cent of young people between the
ages of 13 and 15 have seriously considered killing themselves and 9
per cent have actually attempted suicide at least once. Adolescent girls
in particular need attention: the 2013 Global School-based Student
Health Survey revealed that 32 per cent of girls aged 16 and 17 have
seriously considered suicide at some stage and more than 11 per cent
have actually attempted suicide in the last 12 months. </div>
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Though alcoholism, poverty, violence within the family and bullying at school continue to cause mental health problems, sources indicate that online bullying, grooming, sexual abuse, gaming-related mental disorders and drug abuse are now on the rise among adolescents. </div>
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Despite the seriousness of the situation, adolescent mental health services are underfunded by the Government, with few services and trained staff, and insufficient monitoring. </div>
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UNICEF recognizes that investing in young people not only benefits the current generation, but also helps to break the inter-generational cycle of poor health, poverty and discrimination. Adolescence also provides a second window of opportunity to reverse vulnerabilities that originated in childhood, including poor mental health. For these reasons, adolescents are one of UNICEF’s priority target groups. It advocates for adolescents’ rights to health, influencing government policies, improving service delivery and empowering communities, including adolescents themselves. </div>
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UNICEF helped to put adolescent mental health on the policy agenda by supporting Mongolia’s first national conference on the topic in 2016. The conference brought together experts from the health and education sectors, children’s organizations, social protection law enforcement agencies, NGOs and academia. Recommendations were made to all relevant ministries and stakeholders to accelerate the process of setting up accessible and friendly services for adolescents in need. </div>
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Because of a dire lack of mental health professionals working directly with young people, UNICEF has also helped to train nearly 130 social workers, teachers, public health specialists and doctors – including Dr. Naran – to deliver mental health services to adolescents in Khuvsgul province and Nalaikh district. The course was based on a module developed by Mongolia’s leading academics, health and adolescent specialists and mental health professionals, with financial and technical support from UNICEF. Subsequently, UNICEF successfully advocated for this module to be embedded into the In-service Teacher Training Institute’s training programme in 2016, benefiting 60 first-year social workers around the country. The course was also adapted as an interactive on-the-job training module for school social workers.</div>
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Dr. Naran first attended a training session in 2013, with a follow-up four years later. “The training taught me that my role as a counselor is not to tell students what to do, but to listen to them and guide them, take their concerns, experiences, and emotions seriously and try to be open and authentic.”</div>
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After the first training course, Dr. Naran asked her school to provide better facilities for counselling sessions. Though the school was able to furnish a spacious office, it did not have the resources for other supplies, so UNICEF provided essential items, including a computer, a model of a human torso with removable organs for training purposes, and a hospital bed.</div>
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“We used to take notes by hand. Now that we have a computer, it’s so much easier to document cases and archive students’ records”, says Dr. Naran. “A spacious and comfortable room is also very important for having face-to-face sessions. Children need to feel relaxed and safe. These things matter when you speak to a child – I learned that at the training.” </div>
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Encouraged by the success in Khuvsgul and Nalaikh, UNICEF will continue to train school social workers and doctors to address adolescent mental health issues, as well as high-level policy work to strengthen the legal environment for adolescent reproductive and mental health services. </div>
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“Thank you, doctor! See you next time, doctor!” politely says 4-year-old Bujka while a local nutrition counsellor is readying up to leave after her weekly house-to-house visit. Living under the poverty line in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the nation’s capital, Bujka kept getting sick and was hospitalized four to five times every year until 2016. Although he has never attended kindergarten due to his health conditions and familial concerns, Bujka optimistically says “This year I won’t be sick… And I will never go back to a hospital again.” </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bayarmaa, along with her children Tsetsegdari, Anudar and Bujka, sitting in their living room.<br />
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Bujka, whose real name is Bujinkhuu, lives with his parents and two older sisters in Bayanzurkh district where it has the highest under-five mortality rate, the biggest risk of communicable diseases and the largest number of ger dwellers, those who live in traditional tent-like housing on the edge of Ulaanbaatar. His mother Bayarmaa works at a local bath house since the khoroo or sub-district has no access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) facilities available at home. </div>
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“All of this is quite new to me” explains mother Bayarmaa. Her tiny
house made up of bricks and mostly woods is just enough for the family.
Her daughters Anudari, 12, and Tsetsegdari, 10, take care of their baby
brother Bujka while their parents work during the day. “I didn’t know
how important it is to enrich the food we give to our children or how
simple act of properly washing hands could prevent them from getting
sick. That’s why, all three of my children have had health problems in
the past” said Bayarmaa. Then she received nutrition advice from the FHC
volunteers as a part of UNICEF supported Infant and Young Child Feeding
programme. She also received micronutrient supplements for her children
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<b>Community members unite against malnutrition in 17th khoroo, Bayanzurkh district</b><br />
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local Family Health Center (FHC) in the community provides health
services to 11000 people, making it one of the FHCs that has the largest
catchment population. Furthermore, every household in this area lives
in a ger district. That’s why, community health volunteers were
recruited and trained as an effort to strengthen their health care
delivery because a total of 16 FHC staff was not enough to reach those
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mother Bayarmaa, along with her son Bujka, takes a look at their monthly progress on a health journal<br />
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Bujka is one of 725 children whom are identified, as having critical needs for nutrition support and services, by the FHC. UNICEF has supported the health center by providing a series of trainings for health care workers and volunteers to improve their knowledge and understanding of child nutrition. Following the training, counseling on maternal and child nutrition has become part of routine health services in the community. Moreover, UNICEF supported the establishment of Nutrition Counselling Rooms in several health centers in the district. These facilities provide a space for parents to receive counselling, and to learn how to cook micronutrient enriched food for their children. <br />
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As a result of regular house-to-house visits by local volunteers and peer support group created by the mothers who completed some of the trainings, FHC reports that whopping 90.4 per cent of the children take their multiple micronutrient powder (MNP) regularly. This figure was only 47.4 per cent prior to UNICEF-supported interventions - training, job-aide, supportive supervision and mentor opportunities to the health workers, counselling on infants and young children feeding, demo sessions to the caregivers, awareness-raising and community engagement campaigns through volunteers and peer support group mentioned above. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4-year-old Bujka at home in Bayanzurkh, Ulaanbaatar. ©UNICEFMongolia/2017/ Mungunkhishig Batbaatar</td></tr>
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“For parents who have children under the age of 5 years old, we organize a cooking training to help them prepare nutritious meal for their children with simple ingredients. UNICEF has provided us with the cooking materials and kitchenware. It is amazing how we can achieve so much with a little help from the community.” explains Dr. Ankhtuya, the head of the FHC. Then she added “Our Bujka is a very good boy. He takes his MNP-enriched meal regularly. We sometimes request his excellent demonstration for other children who seem to dislike the food at first during trainings.” <br />
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“The biggest achievement so far is that there is no under-five mortality this year (knocks on wood), as compared to the 11 cases recorded in 2016. And, we observed a significant decrease in morbidity as a result of the WaSH and nutrition interventions in our community” carefully explained Ms. Munkhtuya, a social worker. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Well-nourished children are able to grow and learn better, to participate in and contribute to their communities, and to be resilient in the face of disease. Proper feeding of infants and young children can increase their chances of survival. It can also promote optimal growth and development, especially from birth to 5 years of age.</span><br />
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“Mongolia has achieved a lot in improving nutrition of children. Underweight prevalence has dropped by 90% since 2000. However, deficiencies of vitamins and minerals as well as stunting remains key nutritional problems. Stunting level of children from wealthy households is 6%, while the figure is three times high at 19% for children from poor families” explains UNICEF Mongolia’s Nutrition officer Munkhjargal.</div>
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To address this gap, UNICEF’s nutrition program focuses on children under the age of five, and pregnant and lactating mothers of the poorest and hard to reach rural and peri-urban populations like that of 17th khoroo, Bayanzurkh district in Ulaanbaatar. The program focuses on evidence-based interventions including support for breastfeeding, and micronutrient supplementation for mother and children. These investments in nutrition – particularly at the earliest years of life – can yield dramatic results for children, their families, and communities.</div>
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“Our interventions have been very effective. According to local health statistics, the prevalence of stunting declined by 1.6 % in our programme areas compared to 2014. Recognizing its effectiveness, the Ministry of Health and Sports adopted the interventions as key component within the National Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Strategy 2015–2020 for nationwide implementation” Ms. Munkhjargal added.</div>
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<i>Written by<br /><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mungunkhishig" target="_blank">Mungunkhishig Batbaatar</a></b></i></div>
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and Tsendsuren, aged two and a half, are all smiles as they don their cool new
sunglasses. Tseveensuren, the older of the two, gently puts his arm around his little
brother’s shoulders as they pose for the camera. Their mother Otgonsuren, 37, is a
single parent who also takes care of her elderly mother. “My boys are like two
peas in a pod”, she says, kissing them both on the cheek. “They like the same
things and do everything together. And they’re so energetic and active, they don’t
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The family lives in Bayanbulag <i>soum</i> (district) in Bayankhongor province,
southern Mongolia. Situated 2,200
metres above sea level among magnificent, snow-capped mountains, Bayanbulag <i>soum</i> has a subarctic climate with mild
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In winter, Otgonsuren’s family lives
in the <i>soum’s</i> main town. For the rest
of the year, like other herder families, they move away in search of better
pasture for their livestock. Depending on the weather, this is usually in the most
remote and inaccessible parts of Mongolia, where herder families and their
children are cut off from health and other essential services.</div>
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When Otgonsuren gave birth to the
twins in 2015, the boys were severely underweight. Tseveensuren weighed 2.4 kg
while Tsendsuren, his younger brother, weighed only 1.3 kg. “My boys were so
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Doctors were concerned about the
twins’ health and though their growth was closely monitored, the boys often became
ill and were in and out of hospital for the first seven months of their lives. As well as being underweight, they also suffered
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by extreme cold and compacted layers of snow. That year it affected more than</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> 260,000 people</span><span style="background-color: white;"> across 17 of Mongolia’s 21
provinces. It became extremely difficult to access
food and health services, and when livestock starved as pastures disappeared
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In emergencies such as this, young children and
pregnant and breastfeeding women are extremely vulnerable and need extra help to
prevent undernutrition and guarantee their survival. UNICEF worked
closely with the Government, providing nutrition packages for children aged 6
months to 5 years, as well as micronutrient supplements for pregnant and breastfeeding
women in affected areas. More than 26,000 boys
and girls under 5, and more than 15,000 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers benefitted
from multiple micronutrient powder (MNP), screening to identify cases of acute
malnutrition, and counselling on nutrition.<o:p></o:p></div>
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among the children who have been receiving MNP ever since. According to the
family doctor, both their weight and overall health have improved dramatically,
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“I noticed the difference right away”, says
Otgonsuren, smiling. “My boys were so weak before. Now they’re much more
healthy and strong. The doctors explained that MNP contains many different
vitamins and minerals that help children to grow up healthy. They also showed
me how to add it to solid food. They gave me a chart to fill in whenever I give
my boys MNP. I try not to skip it because I can see that it’s really helped my
children.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“MNP truly shows results. You see
malnourished children put on weight, get healthy and rarely get sick”, she says.
“Last winter, there were almost no hospitalized children. Children’s immune
systems are much stronger. Usually children here get colds frequently. But this
winter there were very few cases. Even parents understand how MNP helps their
children stay healthier. And when families move away for the summer, they find
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“In emergencies especially, MNP
is vital in preventing malnutrition among children in poor households. We wish
our health centre had a reserve of MNPs for emergencies like the <i>dzud</i>”, adds Dr. Gandiimaa. “Given the
cold climate here, our <i>soum</i> is likely
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Because of Mongolia’s exposure to
natural disasters and the impact of climate change, UNICEF is continuing to
support the Government of Mongolia to improve its National Emergency
Preparedness and Response strategy for recurrent <i>dzud</i>s to safeguard the health of children and women.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“The name Amina comes from an ancient Arabic word which means honest and helpful”, says mother Maral Khuandag.<br />© UNICEF Mongolia/2017/ Mungunkhishig Batbaatar</td></tr>
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“When I grow up, I’m going to have three jobs – a policewoman, a doctor and a teacher!” says 5-year-old Amina. This ambitious little girl, from a Kazakh ethnic minority family, lives with her parents, brother and sister in Khan-Uul district of Ulaanbaatar, the nation’s capital. In the same breath, she adds, “But I might become an artist because I learned how to sing and draw from the teacher on the TV kindergarten.” Amina, along with more than 2,000 other preschool children, has been following the UNICEF-supported home-based, distance learning programme aired on Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB), the country’s biggest TV channel. The video lessons are supplemented by a workbook for children and a guidebook for parents, as well as regular counseling and monitoring from local education specialists.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maral sitting outside the family’s home on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, with her children Madina, 8 months,<br />Amina, 5, and Oljas. 12. © UNICEF Mongolia/2017/ Mungunkhishig Batbaatar</td></tr>
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Fortunately, Ms. Myagmarsuren, a teacher at a nearby kindergarten, told them about a third option – distance learning. “That’s when we decided to enrol in the programme”, says Maral.</div>
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The distance learning kit, part of a home-based early childhood development programme, was designed by Ulaanbaatar City Education Department with the support of UNICEF Mongolia. It was first launched in September 2015 to help children aged 2–5 to learn at home with their parents. This was the first time a distance learning kit had been developed and introduced in Mongolia. It combines innovative use of ICT with visual aids and methods to improve parent–child interactions.</div>
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The programme has been followed by 2,150 of the most disadvantaged children aged 2–5, with the active involvement of 1,400 parents in the Nalaikh and Khan-Uul districts of Ulaanbaatar, and in Khuvsgul province. Most of these children had never attended kindergarten before and all come from poor families on the outskirts of the city and Khuvsgul province. “The parents in the target areas are now well informed and very eager to continue with this programme”, explains Ms. Myagmarsuren, one of the teachers who works with parents and pays them a biweekly visit to monitor progress. Amina’s father, Tileubek, is also enthusiastic. “I think all the children in Mongolia who were left out of kindergarten should enroll in this innovative programme”, he says.</div>
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The early years of life are crucial, not only for health and physical growth, but also for cognitive and social-emotional development. “However, in Mongolia, 20–30 per cent of children aged 2–5 like Amina, can’t go to kindergarten. The main barrier is a lack of places for children, particularly in remote rural and disadvantaged communities”, explains UNICEF Mongolia’s Early Childhood Development Officer Ulziisaikhan S.</div>
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UNICEF and its partners will continue to support this much-needed initiative, improving on the programme’s teaching methods, while also searching for other more advanced, cost-effective and innovative solutions as part of UNICEF’s early childhood development programme in Mongolia. A digital platform is next in line, because every child deserves a future as bright as the sun in all of Amina’s paintings.</div>
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