Press Releases

COVAX calls for urgent action to close vaccine equity gap

Publication date: May 20, 2022

Only 16% of people in low-income countries have received a single vaccine dose – compared to 80% in high-income countries.

World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children - UNICEF

Publication date: May 17, 2022

Soaring food prices driven by the war in Ukraine and pandemic-fuelled budget cuts set to drive up both need for, and cost of life-saving therapeutic food treatment, the latter by up to 16 per cent

Children in Ukraine need an end to this war – their futures hang in the balance

Publication date: May 12, 2022

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi's remarks at the UN Security Council Meeting on the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine

"Supporting the future of Syria and the region"

Publication date: May 10, 2022

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at the Brussels VI Conference

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on latest school attack in Luhansk, Ukraine

Publication date: May 8, 2022

UNICEF strongly condemns yet another attack on a school in Ukraine

UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation of children in Ukraine and neighbouring countries

Publication date: May 6, 2022

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF's Regional Child Protection Advisor for Europe and Central Asia, Aaron Greenberg – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Every day that the war in Ukraine continues is a nightmare for millions of children.

Publication date: May 5, 2022

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at the High-Level International Donor's Conference for Ukraine

School year nears tragic end in Ukraine amid child deaths, empty classrooms and destruction of educational facilities

Publication date: May 4, 2022

17 per cent of UNICEF-supported ‘Safe Schools’ in eastern Ukraine damaged or destroyed

UNICEF: Education milestone for Rohingya refugee children as Myanmar curriculum pilot reaches first 10,000 children

Publication date: May 2, 2022

But additional measures still needed to boost school attendance in camps

Democratic Republic of the Congo – UNICEF urges parents and children in Equateur Province to take safety precautions after second confirmed fatality from most recent Ebola virus outbreak

Publication date: April 29, 2022

UNICEF is on the ground to support health authorities by providing them with critical materials and equipment to strengthen the capacity of the teams in the health zones to better contain the spread of Ebola