Press Releases

Vaccination to contain severe measles outbreak underway in DR Congo amidst Ebola and mass displacement

Publication date: July 11, 2019

Campaign led by the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and MSF

Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar at risk from flooding and landslides as monsoon rains continue

Publication date: July 9, 2019

Education for over 60,000 children in camps and host communities is disrupted because of damage to learning centres

kid walk in rohingya camp during monsoon

At least seven children killed in yet another attack on civilians in northwest Syria

Publication date: July 7, 2019

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Venezuela: More than 2.8 million people will gain access to safe drinking water with UNICEF support

Publication date: July 5, 2019

More than 2.8 million people, including Venezuelan children, adolescents and families, will gain improved access to safe drinking water after a collaboration agreement signed this week between UNICEF and the Government of Venezuela.

Democracy falls short for 8 million Canadians not allowed to vote in upcoming federal election

Publication date: July 2, 2019

UNICEF Canada launches #VoteForEveryChild, an advocacy campaign to make every vote, a vote for children in Canada and overseas

Migrant children in the U.S. lack protection and services needed to ensure their well-being

Publication date: June 26, 2019

As two-year-old Valeria’s death shows, coordinated action urgently needed to address root causes of irregular migration and keep children safe Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Over 80 per cent of schools closed as a result of crisis, denying more than 600,000 children access to education

Publication date: June 21, 2019

Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation for children in the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon

One woman and six newborns die every two hours from complications during pregnancy or childbirth in Yemen - UNICEF

Publication date: June 14, 2019

One woman and six newborns die every two hours in Yemen from complications during pregnancy or childbirth, UNICEF said today in the first of a series of short snapshots on maternal and newborn health in Yemen.

Record number of people facing critical lack of food in South Sudan

Publication date: June 14, 2019

***JOINT FAO/UNICEF/WFP NEWS RELEASE *** 61 per cent of the population are projected to face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse

A health care worker is measuring children's upper arm circumference.

Canada ranks in the middle of the pack for family-friendly policies among wealthy countries

Publication date: June 13, 2019

Quebec offers new moms and dads the most generous parental leave benefits in Canada