Press Releases

1 in 5 children across 21 countries have experienced tech-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse – UNICEF

Publication date: September 3, 2026

More than half of abuse occurred on mainstream social media platforms; less than 1 per cent of all experiences were reported to authorities, new report finds.

More than one week on from Nepal's floods, thousands of children remain without safe water and face rising risk of disease

Publication date: September 3, 2026

More than one week after flash floods swept down the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli river basin in Nepal, at least 22,000 children urgently need safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene support.

Global initiative launched to improve access to mpox vaccines

Publication date: September 2, 2026

A global initiative to establish a stockpile of mpox vaccines was launched on 27 August, creating a long-term mechanism to ensure countries have access to vaccines when responding to mpox outbreaks.

UNICEF welcomes the release of women and children in Kenscoff and calls for stronger protection of children in Haiti

Publication date: August 31, 2026

Six children and seven women abducted in Kenscoff have been released.

Four children killed as separate attacks destroy humanitarian supplies and damage critical water infrastructure in Gaza

Publication date: August 28, 2026

At least four children have been reported killed and many others injured in the Gaza Strip over the past five days, while attacks have also destroyed a warehouse containing nutrition supplies and severely damaged a UNICEF-supported water facility.

Nearly one in thirteen children under five suffer from acute malnutrition in Haiti

Publication date: August 28, 2026

New national nutrition survey shows acute malnutrition among children has increased since 2023.

Flash floods in Nepal leave more than 17,000 children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance

Publication date: August 27, 2026

UNICEF appeals for US$17.2 million to deliver emergency response and early recovery.

Workers load a large sack with the UNICEF long on it, nto a truck beside a stone wall.

UNICEF Statement on the deaths of 14 newborns following hospital fire in Islamabad, Pakistan

Publication date: August 26, 2026

Attributable to Pernille Ironside, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan.

Hospitals overwhelmed as child malnutrition surges across Afghanistan

Publication date: August 25, 2026

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

A baby eats a peanut paste out of a packet held by a caregiver in a blue headscarf.

Children killed and injured in latest attacks across Ukraine as monthly child casualties reach four-year high