Press Releases

Throne Speech 2025: Three ways the Canadian government can prioritize children

Publication date: May 28, 2025

UNICEF Canada shares the bold policies and proven solutions that can help advance rights of every child at home and around the world following the Speech from the Throne.

Over 1 million children at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s Khartoum State - UNICEF

Publication date: May 28, 2025

More than 7,700 cholera cases - including over 1,000 cases in children under the age of five - and 185 associated deaths have been reported in Khartoum State since January 2025, according to health authorities. UNICEF and partners are working with the Federal Ministry of Health to curb the spread of the deadly disease and save lives.

A child looks on as health workers screen children for malnutrition at a UNICEF-supported Primary Health Clinic in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan

‘Unimaginable horrors’: more than 50,000 children reportedly killed or injured in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: May 27, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder

Horrific strikes in Ukraine reportedly kill three children, injure at least 13

Publication date: May 26, 2025

Statement attributable to Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the killing of at least 45 children in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: May 16, 2025

Children's rights in Gaza are being gravely violated every day and urgent action is needed to protect children from widespread grave violations of their rights and threats to their survival.

Canada barely getting a passing grade in UNICEF’s latest Report Card on child well-being

Publication date: May 13, 2025

UNICEF Report Card 19 reveals troubling mental health trends for children and young people across Canada.

Seven children running towards the camera in a playground

Risk of famine for children across Gaza, new report says

Publication date: May 12, 2025

UNICEF and WFP warn of looming catastrophe as 71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers are threatened by acute malnutrition.

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade

Publication date: May 2, 2025

For two months, children in the Gaza Strip have faced relentless bombardments while being deprived of essential goods, services and lifesaving care. With each passing day of the aid blockade, they face the growing risk of starvation, illness and death – nothing can justify this.

Civilians trapped, children at risk, amid escalating violence in Darfur

Publication date: May 1, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Representative to Sudan Sheldon Yett

Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

Publication date: April 24, 2025

Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts