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The Work of UNICEF Ethiopia EthioPia is a country whose cities are domi- nated by modern airports. and whose many villages high in the mountains are often un- linked by any kind of road. This lack of com- munication presents a health problem for its population (22,000,000 in 1965) for which there is an average of only one physician per 96.000 persons outside the capital. For 20 Years the government worked to correct this lack of health service, until, with the help of lhe United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and Children‘s Fund (UNICEF). al- most 300 para~medical personnel are being graduated yearly from the University in Addis Ababa, and meagre community services are FALL 1970 being incorporated into n spun nl Countryside health centres. With UNICEFs help the death rule among children from mulztrin hits lieen lowered from 3.5 million in the 50’s tn less than n millinn it your. ('atnndzi is one ul' UNlClil’s lending ,sup» porters â€"â€" in lUfi‘J-Tfl over $1.5 million was forwarded to the United Nations (’hildren‘s Fund from (‘nnndiuns' individiiul contribu- tions. Annual income of the United Nations ('hil- dren's Fund is less Ihzm the amount spent on world armaments in two hours. For the price of two :iirlnrce tighter humb- ers, UNICEF can provide the vaccine to pro- tect 226 million children from ’l.li. 15