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100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a tenfold jump over average annual levels, UN... More
COVID-19: Education replaced by shuttered schools, violence, teenage pregnancy
A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for millions, the UN Children’s... More
Afghanistan: Record number of women and children killed or wounded
More women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since records began in 2009, a United Nations ... More
Child malnutrition expected to quadruple in Southern Madagascar
At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge of acute malnourishment, two UN agencies warned on Monday. More
Lebanon: Public water system on the verge of collapse, UNICEF warns
The public water system in Lebanon is “on life support” and could collapse at any moment, putting 71 per cent of the population, or more than four million people, at immediate risk... More
Revealed: Inequalities persist in HIV prevention, child treatment services
Nearly half of the 1.7 million children worldwide living with HIV were not on treatment last year, the UN programme leading the global fight against HIV and AIDS, UNAIDS, said in a... More
1.5 mln children have lost parents to pandemic; potential brain gateway for virus found
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. 1.5 million children lost... More
Domestic violence, forced marriage, have risen in Sudan: UN-backed study
Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed. More
Decline in routine childhood vaccinations, another pandemic fallout
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major backsliding in childhood vaccinations, with 23 million children worldwide missing out on routine immunizations last year, two UN agencies... More
A third of Haiti’s children in urgent need of emergency aid: UNICEF
Nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million - are in urgent need of emergency relief due to rising violence, insufficient access to clean water, health... More
Could milk formula shortages prove a boon for breastfeeding advocates?
Mazen Diab, a father of twin 8-month-olds in Beirut, is facing the same struggle feeding his infants as many parents across the country. More
School's out for good? Lebanese teachers flee as financial crisis builds
Sorbonne-educated Chryssoula Fayad spent nearly two decades teaching history and geography at Lebanon's elite French schools, ultimately heading departments. Now she is a substitute... More
Child mental health crisis ‘magnified’ by COVID, warns UN chief
Half of the world’s children experience violence on and offline in some form every year, with “devastating and life-long consequences” for their mental health, the UN chief warned a... More
UNICEF calls for action to reverse ‘spiraling protection crisis’ for children in West and Central Africa
Action must be taken now to halt alarming attacks against children and abductions - including of students - in parts of West and Central Africa, the head of the UN Children’s Fund, ... More
