UNICEF will receive USD48 million from Swedish retail giant Ikea to prop up the U.N. agency's work in India. "The resources being provided will allow us to implement critical long-term programmes that seek to improve child survival, development and protection,"
UNICEF India Country Representative Karin Hulshof. The contribution will back local and national government-led health, nutrition, clean water and sanitation projects such as immunizations and vitamin A supplementation to infants, and breastfeeding promotion, among others.
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