Press Releases
UNICEF Launches #VaccinesWork Campaign To Inspire Support For Vaccines
04/18/2019
NEW YORK (April 18, 2019) – UNICEF is launching a new global campaign on April 24 to emphasize the power and safety of vaccines among parents and wider social media users. The campaign will run...
6,000 Children Reunited With Families After Years Of Separation In South Sudan
04/17/2019
JUBA / NEW YORK (April 17, 2019) – Save the Children, UNICEF and partners have successfully reunited 6,000 children with their families after years of separation due to conflict. This is a milestone...
One Month On From Cyclone Idai, 1.6 Million Children Still Reeling From Its Impact – UNICEF
04/14/2019
NEW YORK / BEIRA / CHIMANIMANI / LILONGWE (April 14, 2019) – At least 1.6 million children need urgent assistance – in healthcare, nutrition, protection, education, water and sanitation – one month...
More Than 3,500 Children Have Been Recruited And Used By Non-State Armed Groups In North-East Nigeria Since 2013
04/12/2019
NEW YORK (April 12, 2019) – More than 3,500 children, most of whom were aged 13 to 17, were recruited by non-state armed groups between 2013 and 2017 and have been used in the ongoing armed conflict...
Blast In Sana’a Kills 14 Children In School And Injures 16, Most Under The Age Of Nine
04/09/2019
NEW YORK (April 9, 2019) – “A blast in Sana’a this week killed 14 children and critically injured 16. This is what UNICEF was able to verify, with the actual number of children killed and injured...
Venezuela Migrant Crisis: 1.1 Million Children Across The Region Will Need Assistance In 2019, Up From Nearly Half A Million Today – UNICEF
04/05/2019
NEW YORK / PANAMA CITY (April 5, 2019) – As a result of the Venezuela migrant crisis, an estimated 1.1 million children – including children uprooted from Venezuela, as well as returnees and those...
900,000 Cholera Vaccine Doses Arrive in Beira
04/02/2019
BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE (April 2, 2019) – Nearly 900,000 doses of the cholera vaccine, procured by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), arrived in Beira, Mozambique, on Tuesday afternoon and the...
Participation In Sport Can Improve Children’s Learning And Skills Development, New Barça Foundation And UNICEF Report Finds
03/28/2019
BARCELONA / NEW YORK (March 28, 2019) – Participation in sport improves children’s educational attainment and skills development including empowerment, leadership and self-esteem – contributing to...
Cyclone Idai: More Than 1.5 Million Children Urgently Need Assistance Across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe – UNICEF
03/27/2019
NEW YORK (March 27, 2019) – An estimated 3 million people, more than half of whom are children, urgently need humanitarian assistance across Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the aftermath of Cyclone...
Two Years Since World-Largest Outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhea and Cholera, Yemen Witnessing Another Sharp Increase in Reported Cases with Number of Deaths Continuing to Increase
03/26/2019
NEW YORK (March 26, 2019) – “In Yemen, since the beginning of the year till March 17, nearly 109,000 cases of severe Acute Watery Diarrhea and suspected cholera were reported with 190 total associated...