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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…
Affordability of WASH must be defined and tracked if 2030 Global Goals are to be met: new report
Universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, a human right enshrined in the 2030 Global Goals, can only be reached if countries monitor…
Fifteen times more children crossing the Panama jungle towards the USA in the last four years
The number of children migrating up north through the dangerous Darien rainforest between Colombia and Panama has increased more than fifteen-fold in the last four…
10 million additional girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19
Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice, according to a new…
UNICEF urges repatriation of all children in Syria’s Al-Hol camp following deadly fire
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday urged all countries to repatriate and safely reintegrate their young nationals being held at Syria’s largest camp for…
UNICEF begins shipping syringes for the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX
UNICEF has sent 100,000 syringes and 1,000 safety boxes for COVID-19 vaccinations to the Maldives by air freight from UNICEF’s humanitarian warehouse in Dubai—part of…
Gold&Greenin ja UNICEFin yhteistyö jatkuu – valitsemalla Nyhtökaura® Tomaatin, olet mukana tukemassa UNICEFin työtä lasten hyväksi
Joulukuussa 2019 Gold&Green Foods Oy tiedotti solmineensa kolmivuotisen kumppanuussopimuksen Suomen UNICEFin kanssa vuosille 2020-2022. Yhteistyö tukee UNICEFin työtä heikoimmassa asemassa olevien lasten hyväksi ja lisää tietoutta…
UNICEF to lead global procurement, supply of COVID vaccines
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to…
Suomi sijoittui viidenneksi lasten hyvinvointivertailussa, mutta pieni osa lapsista voi erityisen huonosti
Suomi sijoittui viidenneksi Unicefin tuoreessa Report Card -raportissa, jossa tarkastellaan 41 EU- ja OECD-maan lasten hyvinvointia. Raportissa hyvän lapsuuden mittareina ovat mielenterveys, fyysinen terveys sekä…
Globally, 1 in 3 children missed out on remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered schools
For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, “there was no such a thing as remote learning,” the head of the…
Coronavirus and schools: Access to handwashing facilities key for safe reopening
Nearly 820 million children worldwide do not have basic handwashing facilities at school, putting them at increased risk of COVID-19 and other transmittable diseases, according…
Deaths of children in northeast Syria ‘could have been averted’: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed “deep alarm” over reports that eight children – all under the age of five – have died in…
‘COVID-19 is making a global childcare crisis even worse’: UNICEF chief
Following the release of a UN study that shows at least 40 million children have missed out on early childhood education due to measures to…
Millions of Yemeni children could starve without urgent aid: UNICEF
The number of malnourished children in war-torn Yemen could rise to 2.4 million by the end of 2020 because of a massive shortfall in aid,…
UNICEF condemns in ‘strongest possible terms’ killing of children in DR Congo
UNICEF denounced on Saturday, an attack that killed 16 people, including five girls under age 15, in north eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)….
Stalled vaccine programmes ’putting children’s lives at risk’
Millions of children could die from preventable disease because of severe disruptions to vaccination programmes caused by coronavirus, experts warn. At least 68 countries have…
Xylem, UNICEF partner to provide COVID-19 relief and safe water families in vulnerable communities
Xylem Watermark, the corporate citizenship program of global water technology company Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), recently announced support for UNICEF’s COVID-19 relief efforts. The partnership will…
Health system overload threatens pregnant women and newborns
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 116 million babies have been born since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on Thursday called for…
Thunberg donates $100,000 to support children during pandemic
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $100,000 prize she won from a Danish foundation to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for use…
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