Press Releases

UNICEF and WHO call for emergency action to avert major measles and polio epidemics

Publication date: November 6, 2020

As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from deadly and debilitating diseases

A child in Kandahar, Afghanistan shows her marked finger after being vaccinated against polio during the a vaccination campaign in September 2020 that targeted over 6 million children under five years of age.

Children in the poorest countries have lost nearly four months of schooling since start of pandemic – UNESCO, UNICEF and World Bank report finds

Publication date: October 29, 2020

New report looks at national education responses to COVID-19 including lost learning; remote learning support for students, parents and teachers; school reopening plans; health protocols; and financing

Malnutrition surges among young children in Yemen as conditions worsen

Publication date: October 27, 2020

One in five children under five in parts of Yemen are estimated to be acutely malnourished and in urgent need of treatment as malnutrition cases increase across the south, UN agencies warn.

After receiving the food supplements for his 2 malnourished daughter, Moharram Al-Oshari is taking his daughters, Bulqis and Arwa back to their tent.

1 in 6 children lives in extreme poverty, World Bank-UNICEF analysis shows

Publication date: October 20, 2020

The pre-COVID-19 analysis reveals that 356 million children struggle to survive on less than $1.90 a day, two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa

Maria and her friend play as the sun sets in Zambia. Her father Clement, receives UNICEF-supported cash transfers, which help him give her nourishment and protection

UNICEF to stockpile over half a billion syringes by year end, as part of efforts to prepare for eventual COVID-19 vaccinations

Publication date: October 19, 2020

Initial preparatory work – in partnership with Gavi and WHO – will include purchasing boxes for the safe disposal of syringes and mapping out cold chain equipment to ensure delivery of effective vaccines

UNICEF to stockpile over half a billion syringes by year end, as part of efforts to prepare for eventual COVID-19 vaccinations.

Simu Liu, actor known for Kim’s Convenience, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, announced as UNICEF Canada Ambassador

Publication date: October 6, 2020

Liu to raise awareness for children’s rights in Canada and around the world

Simu Liu in a cyan UNICEF Canada T-Shirt

Statement by UNICEF Canada’s President and CEO David Morley on Canada’s investment in the COVAX Facility for equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine

Publication date: September 25, 2020

UNICEF Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s commitment to ensure that access to the eventual COVID-19 vaccine is equitable and available to all, including the highest risk populations world-wide, regardless of income level.

On 2 December 2019, Junior Registered Nurse, April Wilson, 22, (left) and team leader Luisa Popo, 50 prepare measles vaccines at a vaccination site in Leauvaa Village as part of the UNICEF-supported National Vaccination Campaign in response to the current measles outbreak in the Pacific region.

New UNICEF Canada campaign keeps Halloween spirit alive for kids across the country

Publication date: September 22, 2020

Johnny Orlando joins reimagined campaign as UNICEF Canada’s newest Halloween Champion

150 million additional children plunged into poverty due to COVID-19, UNICEF, Save the Children say

Publication date: September 17, 2020

New analysis reveals the number of children living in multidimensional poverty – without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, or water – has increased by 15 per cent since the start of the pandemic

UNICEF to lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in world’s largest and fastest ever operation of its kind

Publication date: September 4, 2020

UNICEF will work with manufacturers and partners on the procurement of vaccine doses as well as freight, logistics and storage of COVID-19 vaccines, on behalf of global COVAX Facility