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Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti

Publication date: March 26, 2024

Deadly malnutrition in the country amplified by escalating insecurity, blocked roads, and a crumbling health system pushing children to ‘the brink’, UNICEF warns

A boy poses for a portrait during an interview with the beneficiaries of the clean water program run by UNICEF in Deye Morn, Jeremie, Haiti, Thursday, March 23, 2023.

9 years into the conflict in Yemen, millions of children are malnourished and stunted

Publication date: March 26, 2024

More than half of the population needs lifesaving support, with malnutrition taking a particularly heavy toll on children.

The beneficiary Abdulkarim Mohammed Saleh, one of the infants who were suffers of malnutrition and be treated by the UNICEF project in Alsari Village, Ibb Governorate, Yemen.

Explosion injures four children in Minova, UNICEF fears massive rise in displacement in eastern DR Congo will expose children to increased violence

Publication date: March 22, 2024

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 22 March 2024 – A major upsurge in violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has seen at least 400,000 people displaced in North Kivu since the beginning of the year risks exposing children to further violence unless their protection can be reinforced.

Explosion injures four children in Minova, UNICEF fears massive rise in displacement in eastern DR Congo will expose children to increased violence

UNICEF and UNFPA alarmed by proposed repeal of law banning FGM in The Gambia

Publication date: March 22, 2024

Joint statement by UNICEF Representative in The Gambia, Nafisa Binte Shafique, and UNFPA Representative in The Gambia, Ndeye Rose Sarr

UNICEF and UNFPA alarmed by proposed repeal of law banning FGM in The Gambia

Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets, and shortage of cholera vaccine

Publication date: March 20, 2024

The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision calls for urgent fast-tracking of life-saving measures.

Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF

Publication date: March 15, 2024

1 in 3 children under 2 years of age are today acutely malnourished in the north, according to nutrition screenings conducted by UNICEF and partners

Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF

After 13 years of conflict in Syria, more children than ever in need of humanitarian assistance and a chance– UNICEF

Publication date: March 15, 2024

Prolonged exposure to conflict and deprivation takes a devastating long-term physical and mental toll on a generation of children.

After 13 years of conflict in Syria, more children than ever in need of humanitarian assistance and a chance– UNICEF

Palais Briefing on the first UN mission to Khartoum State since war broke out in Sudan

Publication date: March 15, 2024

This is a summary of what was said by Jill Lawler, Chief of Field Operations and Emergency for UNICEF in Sudan, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Palais Briefing on the first UN mission to Khartoum State since war broke out in Sudan

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022 – UN report

Publication date: March 13, 2024

Despite progress, an estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday somewhere in the world, or 1 death every 6 seconds.

In the village of La Pistam Nebaj, María (2years old) washes her hands.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on children in Sudan at risk of famine

Publication date: March 8, 2024

“The brutal war in Sudan is pushing the country toward famine and a catastrophic loss of life, especially among children. In what is now the world’s largest child displacement crisis, severe malnutrition among young children is intensifying beyond the worst projections, and there are outbreaks of cholera, measles and malaria. 

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Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti

9 years into the conflict in Yemen, millions of children are malnourished and stunted

Explosion injures four children in Minova, UNICEF fears massive rise in displacement in eastern DR Congo will expose children to increased violence

UNICEF and UNFPA alarmed by proposed repeal of law banning FGM in The Gambia

Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets, and shortage of cholera vaccine

Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF

After 13 years of conflict in Syria, more children than ever in need of humanitarian assistance and a chance– UNICEF

Palais Briefing on the first UN mission to Khartoum State since war broke out in Sudan

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022 – UN report

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on children in Sudan at risk of famine

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