Press Releases

UNICEF announces new global education mascot, Uni

Publication date: September 13, 2022

Uni will serve to embody the importance of quality education and draw attention to the global learning crisis

UNICEF delivers life-saving supplies to help children affected by floods in Pakistan

Publication date: September 4, 2022

UNICEF delivered 32 metric tons of life-saving medical and other emergency supplies to support children and women affected by devastating floods across Pakistan.

Start of an uncertain school year for four million schoolchildren in Ukraine

Publication date: September 1, 2022

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell meets schoolchildren, parents and teachers scarred by war, concluding a three-day visit across the country

More than three million children at risk as devastating floods hit Pakistan – UNICEF

Publication date: August 31, 2022

33 million people - including approximately 16 million children - have been affected by this year’s heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, which have brought devastating rains, floods and landslides.

Deprived of the basics, robbed of their dreams, children in Lebanon lose trust in their parents: UNICEF report

Publication date: August 25, 2022

A UNICEF report shows that much of the progress towards achieving children’s basic rights has been eroded by the economic crisis and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children suffering dire drought across parts of Africa are ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ – warns UNICEF

Publication date: August 23, 2022

The number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without reliable access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in the space of five months, meanwhile children in the Sahel also facing extremely high levels of water vulnerability.

War in Ukraine has left nearly 1,000 children killed or injured

Publication date: August 22, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

Millions more children to benefit from malaria vaccine as UNICEF secures supply

Publication date: August 16, 2022

With malaria one of the biggest killers of children under 5, the world’s first vaccine against a parasite is a major breakthrough for child health

Depriving girls of secondary education translates to a loss of at least US$500 million for Afghan economy in last 12 months

Publication date: August 14, 2022

New analysis by UNICEF has found that depriving girls in Afghanistan of their right to secondary education will have a devastating effect on the country’s economy.

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

Publication date: August 3, 2022

Fewer than half of all newborn babies are breastfed in the first hour of life, leaving them more vulnerable to disease and death