Press Releases

UNICEF Canada and dozens of Canadian celebrities shine spotlight on challenges facing youth in Canada

Publication date: May 22, 2018

New campaign featuring Keanu Reeves, Celine Dion and other Canadian A-List celebrities calls on Canadians to ‘Act Now’

For third time this year, hundreds of children released by armed groups in South Sudan

Publication date: May 18, 2018

More than 800 children released since start of 2018.

UNICEF mobilizes hundreds of community workers to fight Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: May 18, 2018

Scaling up in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNICEF, with the Government of DRC and partners, is mobilizing hundreds of community workers to raise awareness among children and families on how to protect themselves against the disease.

More than 60 Rohingya babies born in Bangladesh refugee camps every day – UNICEF

Publication date: May 17, 2018

Nine months since wave of violence forced thousands to flee, conditions for pregnant women remain dire, especially for survivors of sexual violence.

UNICEF delivers urgently needed health supplies for 70,000 people in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: May 16, 2018

Over 1,000 children injured since 30 March – health facilities unable to cope

"Stop attacks on children"

Publication date: May 15, 2018

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore

770,000 children under five suffering from acute malnutrition in Kasai region of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: May 11, 2018

At least 770,000 children in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are suffering from acute malnutrition, including 400,000 children who are severely malnourished and at risk of death – UNICEF said in a report released today.

On Mother’s Day, UNICEF calls for the narrowing of “breastfeeding gaps” between rich and poor worldwide

Publication date: May 10, 2018

Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, 1 in 5 babies in high-income countries are not breastfed at all, compared to just 1 in 25 in low- and-middle-income countries

Ebola in the DRC: UNICEF provides technical expertise and supplies to support the Government in fighting the epidemic

Publication date: May 10, 2018

Following the announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on May 8 of a new Ebola outbreak in Equateur Province, UNICEF has mobilized its teams to help contain the spread of the disease.

Gaza’s children deserve much better

Publication date: May 4, 2018

Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. "Over the past five weeks, five children were killed and hundreds were injured in largely peaceful protests in Gaza."