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Pre-Pandemic Data Show 1 In 8 Countries Spends More On Debt Than On Education, Health And Social Protection Combined – UNICEF
04/01/2021
NEW YORK (April 1, 2021) – Around 1 in 8 countries globally spends more on debt than on social services, according to a UNICEF report released today. COVID-19 and the Looming Debt Crisis notes that 25...
Yemen Receives 360,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Through The COVAX Facility
03/31/2021
NEW YORK (March 31, 2021) – Today, Yemen received 360,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Killing Of Polio Workers In Afghanistan
03/30/2021
NEW YORK (March 30, 2021) – “Four polio vaccinators, three of them women, came under attack this morning, March 30, while carrying out their life-saving work for children in Nangarhar province...
UNICEF Fund Aims To Raise $2.5 Billion For COVID-19 Health Supplies; Low- And Middle-Income Countries Set To Benefit
03/30/2021
NEW YORK (March 30, 2021) – UNICEF has launched a fund to support low- and middle-income countries access to COVID-19 health supplies, including vital tests, treatments and vaccines. The fund, which...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Situation Of Children Following Attack On Palma, Mozambique
03/30/2021
NEW YORK (March 30, 2021) – “We still do not know the full impact that the deadly militant attack in Palma, northern Mozambique, has had on children, but we fear that it will be brutal. “Palma was...
Fifteen Times More Children Crossing The Panama Jungle Towards The USA In The Last Four Years
03/29/2021
NEW YORK (March 29, 2021) – The number of children migrating up north through the dangerous Darien rainforest between Colombia and Panama has increased more than fifteen-fold in the last four years...
Brutal Violence By Security Forces In Myanmar Leaves Dozens Dead, Including Multiple Children
03/29/2021
NEW YORK (March 29, 2021) – “An 11-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, two 13-year-old boys, a 13-year-old girl, three 16-year-old boys and two seventeen-year old boys, all reportedly shot and killed...
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's Remarks At The Security Council Briefing On The Humanitarian Situation In Syria
03/29/2021
NEW YORK (March 29, 2021) – "Council members — this year marks an anniversary no one wanted to see: the 10 th year of the Syria crisis. "Homes, hospitals, schools and water systems destroyed. "An...
New Global Tracker To Measure Pandemic’s Impact On Education Worldwide
03/26/2021
NEW YORK (March 26, 2021) – The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for 1.6 billion children worldwide over the past year. To help measure the ongoing global response, Johns Hopkins University...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On The Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camps In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
03/26/2021
NEW YORK (March 26, 2021) – “UNICEF offers its deepest condolences to the families of Rohingya refugees killed and injured by the fire in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as well as to the 50,000 refugees –...