Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti Publication date: March 26, 2024 Deadly malnutrition in the country amplified by escalating insecurity, blocked roads, and a crumbling health system pushing children to ‘the brink’, UNICEF warns
9 years into the conflict in Yemen, millions of children are malnourished and stunted Publication date: March 26, 2024 More than half of the population needs lifesaving support, with malnutrition taking a particularly heavy toll on children.
Explosion injures four children in Minova, UNICEF fears massive rise in displacement in eastern DR Congo will expose children to increased violence Publication date: March 22, 2024 GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 22 March 2024 – A major upsurge in violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has seen at least 400,000 people displaced in North Kivu since the beginning of the year risks exposing children to further violence unless their protection can be reinforced.
UNICEF and UNFPA alarmed by proposed repeal of law banning FGM in The Gambia Publication date: March 22, 2024 Joint statement by UNICEF Representative in The Gambia, Nafisa Binte Shafique, and UNFPA Representative in The Gambia, Ndeye Rose Sarr
Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets, and shortage of cholera vaccine Publication date: March 20, 2024 The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision calls for urgent fast-tracking of life-saving measures.
Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF Publication date: March 15, 2024 1 in 3 children under 2 years of age are today acutely malnourished in the north, according to nutrition screenings conducted by UNICEF and partners
After 13 years of conflict in Syria, more children than ever in need of humanitarian assistance and a chance– UNICEF Publication date: March 15, 2024 Prolonged exposure to conflict and deprivation takes a devastating long-term physical and mental toll on a generation of children.
Palais Briefing on the first UN mission to Khartoum State since war broke out in Sudan Publication date: March 15, 2024 This is a summary of what was said by Jill Lawler, Chief of Field Operations and Emergency for UNICEF in Sudan, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022 – UN report Publication date: March 13, 2024 Despite progress, an estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday somewhere in the world, or 1 death every 6 seconds.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on children in Sudan at risk of famine Publication date: March 8, 2024 “The brutal war in Sudan is pushing the country toward famine and a catastrophic loss of life, especially among children. In what is now the world’s largest child displacement crisis, severe malnutrition among young children is intensifying beyond the worst projections, and there are outbreaks of cholera, measles and malaria.
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