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WHO and UNICEF launch cholera vaccination campaign in northwest Syria amidst earthquake response
NEW YORK (March 8, 2023) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in coordination with health authorities, the Syria Immunization Group (SIG), and the...
Malnutrition in mothers soars by 25 per cent in crisis-hit countries, putting women and newborn babies at risk – UNICEF
NEW YORK (March 7, 2023) – The number of pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and women suffering from acute malnutrition has soared from 5.5 million to 6.9 million – or 25 per cent – since...
Geneva Palais briefing on the cholera outbreak in Malawi
NEW YORK (March 7, 2023) – “Malawi is experiencing the deadliest cholera outbreak in its recorded history. The country is also struggling to respond to a polio outbreak and ongoing COVID-19 cases...
Statement by UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh Sheldon Yett on fire in the Rohingya refugee camps
NEW YORK (March 6, 2023) – “Our deepest sympathies go out to the 12,000 Rohingya refugees – half of them children – who lost their shelter homes in the fire that broke out in the Cox’s Bazar refugee...
UNICEF expresses concern for thousands of children in outer islands following Vanuatu twin cyclones
NEW YORK (March 6, 2023) – Days after twin cyclones tore through the country, the situation for an estimated 58,000 children in Vanuatu remains extremely precarious. Children in the worst affected...
One month on, more than 850,000 children remain displaced by deadly earthquakes in southern Türkiye and Syria
NEW YORK (March 6, 2023) – One month on from the two catastrophic earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and Syria, more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged...
3.7 million children in earthquake-affected Syria face catastrophic combination of threats, warns UNICEF Executive Director, following two-day visit
New York, March 2, 2023 – The 3.7 million children in affected areas of Syria who survived the powerful earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February are facing several...
Number Of Children Without Critical Social Protection Increasing Globally – ILO And UNICEF
NEW YORK (March 1, 2023) – The number of children without access to social protection is increasing year-on-year, leaving them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, according to a new report...
2.5 Million Children In Türkiye Need Urgent Humanitarian Assistance, Says UNICEF Executive Director, Following Two-Day Visit To Türkiye
NEW YORK (February 28, 2023) – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell today concluded a two-day visit to Türkiye, where she met with children and families affected by the powerful earthquakes...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note On The Situation Of Earthquake-Affected Children And Families In Türkiye
NEW YORK (February 24, 2023) – “I have just returned from Türkiye, where I saw first-hand some of the devastation left by the powerful earthquakes in south-east Türkiye and Syria. "I was in...