Yemen: Children in Hudaydah hospital at imminent risk of death
“Intense fighting in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah is now dangerously close to Al Thawra hospital – putting the lives of 59 children, including 25 in the intensive care unit, at imminent risk of death. “Medical staff and patients …
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Children traveling with migrant caravan in Mexico at risk of psychosocial distress
Many children traveling with the migrant caravan in Mexico are showing signs of anguish and psychosocial distress, according to UNICEF staff on the ground. In certain cases, children are expressing fears of violence or separation from their families, while other …
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Emergency Cash Transfers for 9 million people resume
Nearly 1.5 million of the poorest families in Yemen – an estimated 9 million people – will benefit from emergency cash transfers with generous funding from the World Bank. “A lifeline for nearly one third of the people in Yemen, …
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Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says
821 million people now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting hunger eradication goal at risk New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one …
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1 in 3 children and young people is out of school in countries affected by war or natural disasters
1 in 3 children and young people between 5 and 17 years old living in countries affected by conflict or disaster – 104 million – are not in school, a figure that accounts for more than a third of the …
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Investment in education desperately needed to avert “lost generation” of Rohingya children – UNICEF
One year after mass exodus from Myanmar, the futures of more than 500,000 refugee children in Bangladesh are in the balance More than half a million Rohingya refugee children in southern Bangladesh are being denied the chance of a proper …
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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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