UNICEF delivers life-saving supplies to help children affected by floods in Pakistan Publication date: September 4, 2022 UNICEF delivered 32 metric tons of life-saving medical and other emergency supplies to support children and women affected by devastating floods across Pakistan.
Start of an uncertain school year for four million schoolchildren in Ukraine Publication date: September 1, 2022 UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell meets schoolchildren, parents and teachers scarred by war, concluding a three-day visit across the country
More than three million children at risk as devastating floods hit Pakistan – UNICEF Publication date: August 31, 2022 33 million people - including approximately 16 million children - have been affected by this year’s heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, which have brought devastating rains, floods and landslides.
Deprived of the basics, robbed of their dreams, children in Lebanon lose trust in their parents: UNICEF report Publication date: August 25, 2022 A UNICEF report shows that much of the progress towards achieving children’s basic rights has been eroded by the economic crisis and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Children suffering dire drought across parts of Africa are ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ – warns UNICEF Publication date: August 23, 2022 The number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without reliable access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in the space of five months, meanwhile children in the Sahel also facing extremely high levels of water vulnerability.
War in Ukraine has left nearly 1,000 children killed or injured Publication date: August 22, 2022 Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
Millions more children to benefit from malaria vaccine as UNICEF secures supply Publication date: August 16, 2022 With malaria one of the biggest killers of children under 5, the world’s first vaccine against a parasite is a major breakthrough for child health
Depriving girls of secondary education translates to a loss of at least US$500 million for Afghan economy in last 12 months Publication date: August 14, 2022 New analysis by UNICEF has found that depriving girls in Afghanistan of their right to secondary education will have a devastating effect on the country’s economy.
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week Publication date: August 3, 2022 Fewer than half of all newborn babies are breastfed in the first hour of life, leaving them more vulnerable to disease and death
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030 Publication date: August 2, 2022 The new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 was announced by leading figures at the International AIDS Conference taking place in Montreal.
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