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). 161

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