Press Releases

Bangladesh steps up vaccination for new Rohingya arrivals as measles cases rise

Publication date: November 10, 2017

An increase in the number of suspected measles cases among the newly arrived Rohingya and their host communities in southern Bangladesh has prompted the Government and UN partners to step up immunization efforts in overcrowded camps and makeshift shelters close to the border with Myanmar.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the situation in Yemen

Publication date: November 9, 2017

Yesterday, Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, called on all parties to the conflict to provide safe, rapid, unhindered humanitarian access to people in need, through all ports and airports, including Hudaydah port and Sana’a airport.

Harvest season provides meagre respite to South Sudan’s hunger crisis

Publication date: November 6, 2017

Malnutrition rates soar especially among children, lean season forecast to start early

Malnutrition rates among Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh appear to be at least double earlier estimates

Publication date: November 3, 2017

Preliminary data from a nutrition assessment conducted last week at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows a 7.5 per cent prevalence of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition – a rate double that seen among Rohingya child refugees in May 2017, UNICEF said today.

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Publication date: November 2, 2017

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Violent discipline, sexual abuse and homicides stalk millions of children worldwide – UNICEF

Publication date: November 1, 2017

Violence against children – some as young as one year old – is pervasive in homes, schools and communities, new report with disturbing data reveals

Canada’s Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund comes at critical time for 720,000 Rohingya children at risk

Publication date: October 31, 2017

UNICEF Canada has responded to today’s announcement by Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau of a relief fund to help scale up the humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis near the Myanmar and Bangladesh border. UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley provided the following response.

An appeal to end the war on children in Syria Is anyone listening?

Publication date: October 31, 2017

In the past 48 hours, we have received shocking reports and photos of more attacks on children and education facilities in the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta in Rural Damascus.

1.5 million vulnerable children in the Middle East threatened as winter approaches

Publication date: October 26, 2017

The coming winter is the latest threat to children affected by crises in the Middle East. As UNICEF races to provide warm clothing, winter supplies and blankets before the cold sets in, the organisation is facing a $60 million gap that could leave up to 1.5 million children exposed to the cold.

Dividend or Disaster: UNICEF’s new report into population growth in Africa