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UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban's remarks following his recent travel to Israel, Gaza & the West Bank

Publication date: August 5, 2025

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban's remarks to media on his recent travel to Israel, Gaza & the West Bank

Over 640,000 children under five at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s North Darfur State

Publication date: August 5, 2025

UNICEF calls for sustained, unimpeded access to fight the deadly outbreak

Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action

Publication date: August 5, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Sudan Representative Sheldon Yett – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

A lifeline of hope: UNICEF Canada Receives $1 million from Slaight Family Foundation to Prevent and Treat Malnutrition in Ethiopia

Publication date: July 30, 2025

Thousands of children in Ethiopia will benefit from this generous support.

UN Agencies warn key food and nutrition indicators exceed famine thresholds in Gaza

Publication date: July 29, 2025

Gaza faces the severe risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began, according to data shared in the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert.

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on the unconscionable deaths of children by starvation in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: July 24, 2025

Children in the Gaza Strip are starving to death.

Global childhood vaccination holds steady, yet over 14 million infants remain unvaccinated – WHO, UNICEF

Publication date: July 15, 2025

In 2024, 89% of infants globally – about 115 million – received at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine, and 85% -- roughly 109 million – completed all three doses, according to new national immunization coverage data released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

At least 35 children reportedly killed in attacks in communities in Sudan’s North Kordofan State

Publication date: July 15, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on children killed during a nutrition aid distribution in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: July 11, 2025

UNICEF again calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, the release of hostages, and for all parties to protect civilians, including children and humanitarian workers. Food, water, as well as nutrition and medical supplies, must reach children safely and without delay. The deaths and suffering of children and civilians must end

70 per cent of children in Ukraine lack access to basic goods and services as material deprivation soars

Publication date: July 10, 2025

Urgent investment in critical services and systems for children is vital to protecting and building the country’s future.

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UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban's remarks following his recent travel to Israel, Gaza & the West Bank

Over 640,000 children under five at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s North Darfur State

Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action

A lifeline of hope: UNICEF Canada Receives $1 million from Slaight Family Foundation to Prevent and Treat Malnutrition in Ethiopia

UN Agencies warn key food and nutrition indicators exceed famine thresholds in Gaza

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on the unconscionable deaths of children by starvation in the Gaza Strip

Global childhood vaccination holds steady, yet over 14 million infants remain unvaccinated – WHO, UNICEF

At least 35 children reportedly killed in attacks in communities in Sudan’s North Kordofan State

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on children killed during a nutrition aid distribution in the Gaza Strip

70 per cent of children in Ukraine lack access to basic goods and services as material deprivation soars

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