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Haiti earthquake: Waterborne disease poses new threat to children
A crippling earthquake followed by plummeting rains have put some 540,000 children in southwest Haiti at risk of life-threatening waterborne diseases, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF... More
COVID jabs needed for educators and kids to keep schools open: WHO, UNICEF
As the school year begins for millions of children in Europe and Central Asia, UN health and child experts on Monday issued a series of COVID-19 risk reduction measures to ensure... More
More children than ever before live as migrants or refugees, outside their birth countries – UNICEF
More girls and boys than ever are on the move, with 35.5 million having lived outside their country of birth in 2020 and an additional 23.3 million displaced internally, according... More
African countries commit to ending all forms of polio
Although the African Region was certified free of wild poliovirus one year ago, after four years without a case, outbreaks of a vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) is spreading... More
Pioneering report continues to help children survive conflict
The UN has verified 266,000 cases of grave violations against children in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America over the past 16... More
The children who run away to work: Ethiopia's hidden weavers
Five barefoot young boys were walking to town to look for work when they were apprehended by the police, in a cat-and-mouse battle to stamp out child labour among traditional... More
Bubonic plague putting young lives at risk in DR Congo: UNICEF
A resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on... More
‘Lifesaving’ protection for children in conflict must be central to pandemic recovery: UN official
Protection for children caught up in war must be at the heart of the international agenda, including COVID-19 response, a senior UN official said on Monday. More
One billion children at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis - UNICEF
Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health,... More
Report details grave violations against children in Afghanistan
Thousands of boys and girls have been killed or injured over the past two years in Afghanistan, according to the latest UN report on Children and Armed Conflict, which was issued on... More
Childhood cancer care in Africa hit hard by pandemic
Nearly 30,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have died from cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (... More
Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of 27 children in the... More
U.N. condemns Zimbabwe child marriages as girl dies after giving birth
The United Nations has condemned the practise of child marriage in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl after she gave birth at a church shrine, an incident that... More
Families still struggling one year after Beirut explosion: UNICEF
A year after the devastating explosions in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, a staggering 98 per cent of families are still in need, according to a survey published on Tuesday by the UN... More
