Press Releases

AIR POLLUTION ACCOUNTED FOR 8.1 MILLION DEATHS GLOBALLY IN 2021, BECOMING THE SECOND LEADING RISK FACTOR FOR DEATH, INCLUDING FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS

Publication date: June 19, 2024

Comprehensive new report details health impacts of air pollution, which has moved ahead of tobacco and poor diet as a risk factor for death.

1,000 days of education – equivalent to three billion learning hours – lost for Afghan girls

Publication date: June 13, 2024

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell

On 11 June 2024, primary school students in Kabul interact with other students and teachers.

One in three newborns in Canada has a parent unable to access parental leave

Publication date: June 11, 2024

Yet, most Canadians are unaware of parental leave inequities – UNICEF Canada, Léger.

At least 55 children reportedly killed and injured amid fighting in Wad al Noura, Sudan

Publication date: June 6, 2024

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

At least 55 children reportedly killed and injured amid fighting in Wad al Noura, Sudan

1 in 4 children globally live in severe child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises – UNICEF

Publication date: June 5, 2024

Children experiencing this level of food poverty are up to 50 per cent more likely to suffer from life-threatening malnutrition, new analysis finds

Daw Buu Shane feeding her daughter a nutritous meal cooked with ingredients grown in her backyard.

Flash floods in Afghanistan posing urgent and persistent threat to children - UNICEF

Publication date: June 3, 2024

UNICEF calls for increased investment in disaster preparedness and climate resilience as the recent floods provide a grave forewarning of potential future climate hazards.

On the 28th May 2024, 9 year old Farzan is photographed in the ruins of his house in Chaghcharan district, Ghor province in western Afghanistan.

Violence drives Haiti’s children into armed groups; up to half of all members are now children – UNICEF

Publication date: May 31, 2024

Children are experiencing a ‘vicious cycle of suffering’ as violence continues to spike

UNICEF Representative Bruno Maes visited the displacement sites of Delmas 18, where more than 3,150 people, the majority of them women and children, were recently displaced due to a new wave of armed violence.

No time to lose as famine stalks millions in Sudan amid intense fighting and access denials

Publication date: May 31, 2024

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee

On 3 February 2024, children collect water at a UNICEF borehole inside Adré refugee settlement in Chad.

UNICEF scaling up Papua New Guinea landslide response

Publication date: May 28, 2024

More than 40% of those affected under the age of 16

UNICEF scaling up Papua New Guinea landslide response

3.2 million children are at risk as Cyclone Remal hits hard in the coastal areas of Bangladesh