infected parents on children through reducing suffering and prolonging the useful life of their parents and through assisting communities and care for orphans. In addition, Government has made efforts to coordinate and integrate primary health care programmes in all health centres. Included are the integrated management of childhood illness treatment programme, safe motherhood promotion through mother-baby package and the development and use of an essential health care package. To overcome inadequate knowledge, negative attitudes and practices that promote poor health among children and thereby threaten their survival, the Ministry of Health has embarked on a nationwide IEC campaign to create awareness on various health aspects. All the above measures are consonant with Article 14 of the African Charter Survival and development also means improvement in education for children. Through UPE, there is an increase in school enrolment among both boys and girls. While the drop out ate are still high, studies to understand and therefore re-strategize of better education have been carried out and the implementation of some of the recommendations are underway. The government has introduced free tuition at post primary level to attract more children to higher education; socio-economic factors that impede education are also being addressed. For example, lack of sanitary towels for older girls in school cause absenteeism and eventual drop out. Adequate sanitation facilities in schools for girls and a more protective environment are other related factors. Corporal punishment has been outlawed. Efforts to design alternative forms of disciplining are underway and policies for creating a protective environment for children have also been planned. 15