Press Releases

Deepening water crisis in Yemen amid severe fuel shortages

Publication date: December 19, 2017

Fuel running out in water pumping stations serving over three million people, half of them children

In 2018 make migration safe for every child – UNICEF

Publication date: December 15, 2017

An estimated 400 children have died along Central Mediterranean route this year, showing dangers children face without safe migration pathways

In South Sudan, “childhood under attack” as country enters fifth year of fighting

Publication date: December 14, 2017

South Sudan is in the throes of a tragedy for children that affects more than half the child population - victims of malnutrition, disease, forced recruitment, violence and the loss of schooling - UNICEF said in a report released today.

UNICEF Survival Gifts provide life-saving help to the children facing a hard winter in the Middle East

Publication date: December 14, 2017

As winter draws near, 1.5 million disadvantaged children are at risk in the Middle East

Canada’s support for Rohingya children could not come at more critical time: UNICEF

Publication date: December 13, 2017

UNICEF Canada has responded to today’s announcement by Minister of International Development and La Francophone Marie-Claude Bibeau of more than $12.5 million in funding to help scale up the humanitarian response to the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and displaced persons in Bangladesh. UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley provided the following response:

Bangladesh moves to protect Rohingya children from diphtheria

Publication date: December 12, 2017

The Government of Bangladesh, with the support of UNICEF, the World Health Organization and GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, today launched a vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preventable diseases for all Rohingya children aged 6 weeks to 6 years living in 12 camps and temporary settlements near the Myanmar border.

At least 400,000 severely malnourished children at risk of dying in DR Congo’s volatile Kasai region

Publication date: December 11, 2017

Needs of displaced and returnee families in Kasai remain enormous after nearly two years of conflict and crisis

UNICEF: Make the digital world safer for children – while increasing online access to benefit the most disadvantaged

Publication date: December 8, 2017

Flagship report highlights digital divides and explores current debates about the impact of the internet and social media on children’s safety and well-being

Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, requesting a humanitarian pause

Publication date: December 4, 2017

I am extremely concerned at the continued violence in Sana’a city where armed clashes and airstrikes have continued unabated for the past days. Dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries have been reported including civilians.

Global complacency threatens the lives of children and adolescents as world set to miss global AIDS target - UNICEF

Publication date: December 1, 2017

In 2016, 120,000 children under the age of 14 died of AIDS related causes, and 18 children were infected with HIV every single hour. If current trends persist, there will be 3.5 million new adolescent HIV infections by 2030, according to projections from the 2017 UNICEF Statistical Update on Children and AIDS released today.