Press Releases

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

New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030

Publication date: August 2, 2022

The new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 was announced by leading figures at the International AIDS Conference taking place in Montreal.

A close up of a child's hand being pricked by a medical professional's hands who is wearing white latex gloves.

UNICEF delivers life-saving supplies to Odesa in southern Ukraine to help over 50,000 children affected by war

Publication date: July 27, 2022

UNICEF has delivered life-saving supplies to Odesa to help an estimated 50,000 children in the war-ravaged districts of southern Ukraine.

A van with the back door open and a several boxes with the words UNICEF written on them. Two women stand in front of the boxes looking at them. One man is unloading the boxes and two other men are standing to the side.

New guidelines provide first global policy framework on protecting children on the move in face of climate change

Publication date: July 25, 2022

The Guiding Principles for Children on the Move in the Context of Climate Change provides a set of 9 principles that address the unique and layered vulnerabilities of children on the move both internally and across borders as a result of the adverse impacts of climate change.

A group of children sit on top of a tarp of belongings on the sides of a flooded river bank.

Lebanon’s water infrastructure struggles on, but remains on the brink - UNICEF

Publication date: July 21, 2022

Inadequate supplies of safe water pose a huge risk to infants and young children, who are particularly vulnerable to water- and sanitation-related diseases, one of the leading causes of death for children under age 5.