Press Releases

559 million children currently exposed to high heatwave frequency, rising to all 2.02 billion children globally by 2050

Publication date: October 25, 2022

UNICEF warns urgent action is needed to increase funding for adaptation to protect children and vulnerable communities from worsening heatwaves and other climate shocks.

Cholera outbreaks threaten children’s survival in the Middle East

Publication date: October 24, 2022

Statement by Bertrand Bainvel, UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

More than 1 in 9 children in flood-affected areas of Pakistan suffering from severe acute malnutrition – UNICEF

Publication date: October 21, 2022

Cases of malnutrition escalate rapidly as the lives of millions of children remain in jeopardy

More than 1.5 million children at risk as devastating floods hit Nigeria

Publication date: October 21, 2022

More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria are in need of humanitarian assistance

UNICEF delivers lifesaving supplies to Syria to halt the spread of cholera

Publication date: October 20, 2022

UNICEF delivered lifesaving supplies to Syria earlier this week to scale up efforts to halt the cholera outbreak.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas meets children suffering from severe malnutrition in Kenya

Publication date: October 20, 2022

Worst climate-related drought in the region pushing up malnutrition numbers daily

UNICEF warns of unprecedented numbers of child deaths in Somalia

Publication date: October 18, 2022

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson, James Elder, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Child poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia soars by 19 per cent, as Ukraine war and rising inflation drive four million children into poverty - UNICEF

Publication date: October 17, 2022

On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, UNICEF warns that the ripple effects of the increase in child poverty could result in a steep rise in school dropouts and infant mortality

Cholera threat ‘close to a death sentence’ for children with severe acute malnutrition in Haiti as food insecurity worsens

Publication date: October 14, 2022

In Cité Soleil, 8,000 children under five are at risk due to combined threat of severe wasting and cholera

UNICEF calls for the protection of children and adolescents amid public unrest in Iran

Publication date: October 10, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell