Press Releases

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.

A Ukrainian child, looks towards the camera while wearing a winter jacket and red tuque.

Threefold increase in the number of children killed or injured in Ukraine over the past three months

Publication date: July 4, 2025

Latest UN-verified data, released by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, reveals a significant rise in child casualties, as well as evolving risks for children that merge online influence with deadly offline impacts.

Every five seconds, a child is displaced, injured, or killed in the Middle East and North Africa’s conflicts

Publication date: July 4, 2025

1 in 2 children in MENA live in a conflict-affected country; UNICEF calls for the protection of all children

UNICEF Executive Director concludes three-day mission to Chad, meeting with some of the 700,000 children displaced across border from Sudan

Publication date: June 23, 2025

Visit comes as more than two million children have now fled Sudan since start of conflict in 2023

UNICEF Executive Director visits the Sahel as insecurity and displacement continue to affect children

Publication date: June 21, 2025

Millions of children in the region are out of school and at risk of severe malnutrition as conflict and funding cuts push families to the brink

A girl writes on a blackboard in a Temporary Learning Space (TLS) in Fada N'Gourma, East Region, Burkina Faso

More than 5,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in May

Publication date: June 19, 2025

An average of 112 children have been admitted for treatment every day since the beginning of 2025