KULOB, July 19, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- UNICEF CO in Tajikistan will help open two medical consultative centers for children and youth in Kulob, Asia-Plus has learned from the Kulob head gynecologist Rano Bobokhonova.

According to her, the medical consultative centers will be opened at the city and the district reproductive health centers.  “At first the project will be funded by the UNICEF CO in Tajikistan, and in the future, funds for the project will be provided from the country’s budget,” Ms. Bobokhonova said.

The overall aim of the UNICEF country program in Tajikistan is to strengthen national, community and family capacities to promote, protect and fulfill the rights of all children and to ensure opportunities to meet and sustain their full potential within the troubled economic environment.

To achieve this aim, UNICEF supports initiatives in maternal and childcare that aim especially at improving child-care practices, strengthening primary health care and enhancing national policy development in maternal and child health.  It also supports efforts to establish quality basic education for all particularly by supporting better school management and better classroom environments and by advocating for participatory approaches to learning that are gender sensitive and child centered.