A Chinese mother takes care of her newborn baby in a rescue tent in the aftermath of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Qinglong village, Lushan county, Yaan city, southwest Chinas Sichuan province, 23 April 2013. UNICEF says it will intensify and accelerate efforts to help children and parents affected by Saturdays 7.0-magnitude earthquake in China that killed at least 190 and wounded more than 12, 000. China quickly went into disaster-response mode after the weekend quake, with tent villages housing survivors and medical clinics springing up in the affected area of mountainous Sichuan province. In a release, UNICEF says it believes 26, 000 children in Lushan County alone were seriously affected by the quake, noting that government rescue teams only recently reached remote communities. UNICEF says it is completing plans with government partners to intensify and accelerate efforts in child protection and welfare, mother and baby health, young child nutrition, hygiene and sanitation. The United Nations agency says that according to 2010 census data, 26, 000 children aged 0 to 17 live in Lushan County.
