C.
ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES
423.
The Commission is referred to Chapter 4 of this Report. In addition the
State party has put in place the following measures:
Environmental Health Policy
424.
The State party has put in place an environmental health policy which
prescribes the environmental health standards to be applied in Zambia.
The policy is premised on Agenda 21 on Sustainable Development of the
World Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development (Rio de
Janeiro 1992). The policy is administered by the Ministry of Health, the
Environmental Council of Zambia, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Fisheries, the Local Government Authority, and the National Food and
Nutrition Commission.
Safe Motherhood
425.
Safe motherhood is addressed by providing affordable quality care for the
mother and the new born baby as close to the family as possible.
Intervention includes the putting in place of measures to improve
maternal and neonatal deaths.
The integrated reproductive health
programme works through partnerships that have been established
between Central Board of Health and the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA).
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