Press Releases

NEW YORK (August 11, 2016) – The sobering news that two children have been paralyzed by wild poliovirus in northeastern Nigeria underscores the urgency of eradicating the disease in conflict-affected...

NEW YORK (August 9, 2016) – “Four children were reportedly killed and three were injured on August 7 in the Nihm District, east of the Yemeni Capital, Sana’a. UNICEF deplores such acts and urges all...

NEW YORK (August 9, 2016) – Two million people in Aleppo are left with no access to running water through the public network, as escalation of attacks and fighting damaged electricity networks...

NEW YORK (August 3, 2016) – UNICEF today launches a global sports initiative to engage people in its work for children. Sports enthusiasts worldwide can get involved in the Olympic and Paralympic...

NEW YORK (August 2, 2016) – UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor traveled to northern Iraq last week to see how the conflicts sweeping across Iraq and Syria are devastating children’s lives. Tens of...

NEW YORK (August 1, 2016) – UNICEF, together with the Federal Government of Somalia, donors and partners, today launched the Situation Analysis of Children in Somalia 2016 . The report consists of...

NEW YORK (July 29, 2016) – Some 77 million newborns – or 1 in 2 – are not put to the breast within an hour of birth, depriving them of the essential nutrients, antibodies and skin-to-skin contact with...

NEW YORK (July 28, 2016) – Today unknown assailants attacked a humanitarian convoy that included staff from UNICEF, UNFPA and IOM. The convoy was traveling from Bama to Maiduguri in Borno State...

NEW YORK (July 20, 2016) – “The reported gang rape of a young Dalit woman in India by the same five men who had raped her three years ago underlines the heinous culture of impunity that surrounds...

NEW YORK (July 19, 2016) – Nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, and face a high risk of death, UNICEF said today, as the scale of the...