Mrs. Butlerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what amounts from the £2,635,535 approved by the Executive Board of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund at its recent session for assistance programmes will be allocated to maternal and child welfare services and to malaria eradication and control in Kenya, Tanganyika, and Uganda, respectively.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydNo allocations were made at the session of the Executive Board of U.N.I.C.E.F. held in March last to malaria eradication and control in Kenya, Tanganyika or Uganda. An allocation of $US 45,000 (£16,071) was made to the Government of Kenya, and84W $US 50,000 (£17,857) to the Government of Tanganyika for maternal and child welfare services. No allocation was made, and none requested, in respect of these services in Uganda.
Mrs. Butlerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what proposals have been made by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund Executive Board to spread knowledge of the importance of child welfare work, following the establishment of the chair of pediatrics and chlid welfare at Makerere College, among the medical profession and the general public in Kenya, Tanganyika, and Uganda, respectively; and what facilities at present exist for the implementation of such proposals.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI am asking the Administrator of the East Africa High Commission for this information and will write to the hon. Lady when I receive his reply.