Ann Veneman
Ann Veneman
Ann Margaret Venemanwas the Executive Director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. Her appointment was announced on January 18, 2005 by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Previously, Veneman was the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the first and only woman to hold that position. Veneman served as USDA Secretary from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2005, leaving to become the fifth executive director of UNICEF. She served in this position from May 1, 2005. A lawyer by training, Veneman has...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth29 June 1949
CountryUnited States of America
Now, the impact on export markets - we export about 10 percent of what we produce, so obviously that will probably have some impact on the market. At this point it's too early to determine how much.
Unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene habits play a major role in child mortality. Bringing basic services to Africa's women and girls could transform their lives and boost child survival in the region.
Nearly 25 years into the pandemic, this very visible disease continues to have an invisible face and that is the face of the child.
So it's very important that we have an education program for families about how to protect children if they have sick birds around their homes.
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals depends on reaching vulnerable children throughout the developing world.
One important thing to remember is that muscle cuts of meat have almost no risk,
We are, in an abundance of caution, beginning, as of last night, a recall of that product. And we're tracing forward to see where that product went.
We know that children under 18 are about half of the population in the affected areas. And therefore we think that about half of the victims, either injured or the dead, have been children.
We know the farm that it had been on, and we will track back to see where it was originally purchased and what farm it was born on.
There is a potential for widespread disease, greater malnutrition and the displacement of significant numbers of people.
The cows have ID numbers. And we should be able, throughout the investigation, which is ongoing as we speak, to be able to track that cow back to where it came from initially.
With wintry conditions arriving in the higher elevations, children are facing a potentially deadly combination of cold, malnutrition, and disease,
We must be prepared for a worsening drought. Children are especially vulnerable to malnutrition and disease and the burden on already over-stretched health, nutrition and water services will be even greater.
We are estimating that at least 17,000 pupils were killed in schools, that's the one number that we have some estimate on.