Press Releases

Hunger and malnutrition being driven by climate crisis and conflict in South Sudan

Publication date: November 3, 2022

The proportion of people facing severe acute food insecurity is at the highest level ever, surpassing levels seen even during the conflicts in 2013 and 2016.

South Sudan. Woman and child at a nutrition site

UNICEF concerned for children in the Philippines as cyclone Paeng/Nalgae strikes

Publication date: October 29, 2022

UN children’s agency monitors situation in vulnerable and high-risk communities on the typhoon’s track

Climate devastation in Pakistan is an ominous precursor of catastrophes to come

Publication date: October 28, 2022

Statement by George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, after visiting flood-affected areas in Pakistan

559 million children currently exposed to high heatwave frequency, rising to all 2.02 billion children globally by 2050

Publication date: October 25, 2022

UNICEF warns urgent action is needed to increase funding for adaptation to protect children and vulnerable communities from worsening heatwaves and other climate shocks.

Cholera outbreaks threaten children’s survival in the Middle East

Publication date: October 24, 2022

Statement by Bertrand Bainvel, UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

More than 1 in 9 children in flood-affected areas of Pakistan suffering from severe acute malnutrition – UNICEF

Publication date: October 21, 2022

Cases of malnutrition escalate rapidly as the lives of millions of children remain in jeopardy

More than 1.5 million children at risk as devastating floods hit Nigeria

Publication date: October 21, 2022

More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria are in need of humanitarian assistance

UNICEF delivers lifesaving supplies to Syria to halt the spread of cholera

Publication date: October 20, 2022

UNICEF delivered lifesaving supplies to Syria earlier this week to scale up efforts to halt the cholera outbreak.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas meets children suffering from severe malnutrition in Kenya

Publication date: October 20, 2022

Worst climate-related drought in the region pushing up malnutrition numbers daily

UNICEF warns of unprecedented numbers of child deaths in Somalia

Publication date: October 18, 2022

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson, James Elder, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva