CHITRAL, Jan 19, 2010: To contain the high rate of mortality among newly born children in the Kalash valleys of Bumbuarate, Rumbur and Birir; Ayun Valleys Development Project (AVDP) entered into an agreement with Child Survival Programme (CSP) of Aga Khan Health Service here on Tuesday.

Chairman AVDP Rahmat Ilahi said that under the agreement, CSP would provide technical and financial facilities to arrest the growing number of neonatal deaths in the valleys.

He said due to the rampant poverty in the valleys, there was lack of medical facilities and awareness and unhygienic conditions. He said that under the project, the expected mothers would be provided endowment funds.--Zahiruddin