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Lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip

The near total breakdown and attacks on medical and healthcare services across Gaza, in particular the northern areas, threatens the lives of every child in the Strip.

1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity – UNICEF

The climate changed world – with dwindling water supply and inadequate water services – is also changing children, altering their mental and physical health, new report warns

On 10 May 2022 in the internally displaced person (IDP) site of Guyah, Afar Region, Ethiopia, 13-year-old Keria fetches water from a UNICEF supported water point.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on her visit to Gaza

Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating.

Youth activists from across Canada to gather in Ottawa for National Child Day

UNICEF Canada Ambassador Simu Liu will participate in conversations with young changemakers

Goods of hope: A UNICEF Canada Ambassador’s visit to our supply warehouse

UNICEF Canada Ambassador John Nsabimana on visiting UNICEF’s Supply Division in Copenhagen, and seeing up close the life-saving and essential products that once gave him hope as a child living in a refugee camp in Uganda.

A man stands at a railing with his back to the camera, overlooking a warehouse staked with boxes. He is wearing a vest that says UNICEF.

WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY 2023: "CHILDREN LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS INCREASINGLY HOSTILE TO THEIR RIGHTS"

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

At least 5 million children at the brink in Darfur as unchecked conflict worsens

In the last seven months of fighting in Sudan, reported cases of children killed and injured in Darfur spiked 450 per cent when compared to all of 2022.

On 17 June 2023, Sudanese refugee Fatna Ibrahim Daoud, 35, a mother of 7, is sheltering in the shade in Adre, the Chadian city bordering Sudan. She fled the fighting with her 7-year-old daughter Isra.

31 premature babies at imminent risk of death evacuated from Al-Shifa hospital

Today, 31 babies clinging to life were rescued from Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza and relocated to the south of the Strip.

Gaza’s children running out of time: Water shortages spark disease alarm

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

Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children

Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for Action released today by United Nations (UN) agencies ahead of the global Conference of the Parties (COP28) negotiations on climate change in Dubai.