DRC Ebola epidemic ends, but ongoing vigilance is essential to keeping children safe from future outbreaks – UNICEF
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today announced the end of the Ebola virus epidemic, eleven weeks after its declaration in the Province of Equateur, in the country’s northwest. UNICEF commends the effective joint response, under …
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Every three minutes a teenage girl is infected by HIV – UNICEF
Around 30 teenagers aged 15 to 19 were newly infected with HIV per hour in 2017, according to a new UNICEF report. Of these, two-thirds were girls. “This is a crisis of health as well as a crisis of agency,” …
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Place peace first by placing children first
These are the prepared remarks of UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s Security Council Debate on Children and Armed Conflict. “Prime Minister Löfven, Special Representative Gamba, civil society briefer Yenny …
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Drought, war and malnutrition make 2017 a record year for the procurement of emergency supplies for children
UNICEF spends an unprecedented US$550 million in supplies to respond to humanitarian crises As famine, droughts, conflict and malnutrition threatened the survival of millions in 2017, UNICEF spent over half a billion dollars to deliver emergency, life-saving supplies to children …
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