Press Releases

Over 140 million children at greater risk of illness as they miss life-saving vitamin A supplements

Publication date: May 2, 2018

Over 140 million children are at greater risk of illness, hearing loss, blindness and even death if urgent action is not taken to provide them with life-saving vitamin A supplements, warns UNICEF in a new report released today. Two doses of vitamin A every year can save thousands of children’s lives, yet as the report finds, the coverage of this low-cost intervention fell alarmingly in 2016.

STAR WARS’ CHEWBACCA CHALLENGES FANS TO ‘ROAR FOR CHANGE’

Publication date: May 2, 2018

Star Wars: Force for Change to Donate Up To $1 Million to Support UNICEF

Aid workers released unharmed in South Sudan

Publication date: April 30, 2018

Ten aid workers who had been detained by an armed group since Wednesday, 25 April, outside of South Sudan’s Yei town were released today. The group returned safely to Juba. They have undergone medical checks and are said to be in good health.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on deaths of 11 children in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Publication date: April 30, 2018

I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the attack which reportedly killed 11 children this morning while they were studying at a religious school in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province.

UNICEF Canada partners with Waterloo region to prioritize well-being of children and youth

Publication date: April 25, 2018

Through Smart Cities Challenge, Waterloo Region aims for better and fairer lives for children and youth

Canadians Call for Action at G7 Summit

Publication date: April 23, 2018

As momentum builds toward the G7 Summit in June, a coalition of leading Canadian development and humanitarian agencies is amplifying the voices of concerned Canadians who want G7 leaders to take action on the most neglected, yet critical, issue in the world today: the education of girls in crises and conflict.

Kids Boost Immunity and UNICEF encourage Canadian students to ‘Act Local to Vaccinate Global’

Publication date: April 23, 2018

Federal Minister of Health, The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor kicked off National Immunization Awareness Week today by announcing a new Canadian health platform designed to raise literacy about immunization in schools.

Hundreds of children released from armed groups in South Sudan - UNICEF

Publication date: April 18, 2018

More than 200 children were released by armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday. This was the second release of children in a series, supported by UNICEF, that will see almost 1,000 children released from the ranks of armed groups in the coming months

More than 1,000 children in northeastern Nigeria abducted by Boko Haram since 2013

Publication date: April 13, 2018

Four years on from Chibok abduction, UNICEF continues to call for children’s release and immediate end to attacks on schools

High risk of outbreaks in earthquake-hit Papua New Guinea: UNICEF, WHO

Publication date: April 9, 2018

UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have cautioned about the high potential of waterborne and vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in earthquake-affected areas of Papua New Guinea.