Press Releases

Nearly 240 million children with disabilities around the world, UNICEF’s most comprehensive statistical analysis finds

Publication date: November 10, 2021

New report from UNICEF exposes the depth of deprivation experienced by the 1 in 10 children with disabilities worldwide across several indicators of well-being, including health, education and protection.

On 28th October, Janet, Special Needs Teacher, helps class 1 students in mainstream classroom during a group activity in Freswota, Port Vila, Vanuatu

UNICEF Canada unveils #GiveAVax matching fund results

Publication date: November 3, 2021

Canadians have donated over $9.6 million to help fully vaccinate nearly 4 million people in low-income countries

On 22 July 2021 at the Dapcha Health Post in Kavre District in central Nepal, 53-year-old Bijuli Devi Tamang receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines donated to Nepal through the COVAX Facility.

At least 200 million schoolchildren live in countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures – UNICEF

Publication date: October 28, 2021

According to a new report, among the 31 countries unprepared for remote learning, almost half kept their schools closed for at least half of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving 102 million students without any form of education.

The initiative “Connect my School” initiative was launched on 12 April 2021 at the public school in Melen-Yaounde. Supported by UNICEF, Connect my School aims to connect schools to the Internet by providing them with access to online and offline teaching and learning via tablets, including for out-of-school adolescents. The infrastructural component of the "Connect my school” called a " e-container / digital HUB" built with recycled materials and powered by solar energy.

Haiti: Insecurity-triggered fuel shortage threatens newborns’ lives in hospitals

Publication date: October 25, 2021

About 300 children, 45 women and 150 COVID-19 patients are in danger in health facilities

Acute malnutrition among children under five has increased by 61 per cent during the last year in Haiti. In 2021, about 217,000 Haitian children will suffer from acute malnutrition compared to 134,000 children during the same period last year, according to humanitarian needs overview (HNO) estimates. In the first three months of this year, the number of admissions of severely acute malnourished children in health facilities across Haiti has significantly increased by 26 per cent over the past year.

‘Shameful milestone’ in Yemen as 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting began

Publication date: October 19, 2021

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, following his recent visit to Yemen.

The child Imetanan Taha is 7 months old is being screened for malnutrition while visiting AlQutaee Stabilization Therapeutic Feeding Centre in AlMarawi’ah district, Hudaydah Gov, Yemen.

On Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF warns that 3 in 10 people do not have basic handwashing facilities at home

Publication date: October 15, 2021

Although handwashing with soap is critical in the fight against infectious diseases, including COVID-19, globally, around 3 in 10 people – or 2.3 billion – do not have handwashing facilities with water and soap available at home. The situation is worst in the least developed countries, with over 6 in 10 people without access to basic hand hygiene, UNICEF warned on Global Handwashing Day.

Children in Al Khader mixed primary school take part in a handwashing demonstration. The students have been receiving and practicing hygiene promotion for three months. It can be difficult, the Principal explains, to find space in a tight school budget to spend on hygiene materials or infrastructure – even purchasing soap for the 67 students in this rural area can be a struggle.

The safety and wellbeing of children at high risk in detention centres in Libya

Publication date: October 12, 2021

The safety and wellbeing of at least 1,000 women and children – including five unaccompanied children and at least 30 infants – held in detention centres in Tripoli, Libya, is at immediate risk, UNICEF warned today.

Impact of COVID-19 on poor mental health in children and young people ‘tip of the iceberg’ – UNICEF

Publication date: October 5, 2021

New analysis indicates 1 in 7 adolescents lives with a diagnosed mental disorder globally

Nurjan Tolibova, 17, photographed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Half of Afghanistan’s children under five expected to suffer from acute malnutrition as hunger takes root for millions

Publication date: October 5, 2021

UNICEF and WFP representatives sound alarm on nutrition crisis for children and mothers following joint visit to Herat

At the UNICEF-supported Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre in Herat Regional Hospital, 15-month-old Javid who is suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) with complication is provided with therapeutic food and medical care.

Earthquake leaves nearly 70 per cent of schools damaged or destroyed in southwestern Haiti – UNICEF

Publication date: October 4, 2021

With UNICEF support, over 300,000 children to resume schooling in earthquake-affected areas