Press Releases
UNICEF And Partners Respond To The Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts And COVID-19
07/23/2020
NEW YORK (July 23, 2020) – An estimated 5.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, including over 3 million children, due to the combined devastating impact of floods, the locust...
Yemen Sees Return To Alarming Levels Of Food Insecurity
07/22/2020
NEW YORK (July 22, 2020) – Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now COVID-19 are creating a perfect storm that could reverse hard-earned food security gains in Yemen, warns the latest...
WHO And UNICEF Warn Of A Decline In Vaccinations During COVID-19
07/15/2020
NEW YORK (July 15, 2020) – The World Health Organization and UNICEF warned today of an alarming decline in the number of children receiving life-saving vaccines around the world. This is due to...
COVID-19: EU Humanitarian Air Bridge Helps Deliver Over 50 Tons Of UNICEF Supplies For Vulnerable Children And Families
07/02/2020
NEW YORK (July 2, 2020) – Over the 4 past weeks, UNICEF has been able to send more than 50 tons of vital supplies to Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan on...
Not Just Numbers: Syrian Families Identify Their Needs And Concerns As War Enters Tenth Year
06/30/2020
NEW YORK (June 30, 2020) – The war on children in Syria has been one of the most brutal in recent history. Nearly 6 million Syrian children were born since the crisis began. They know nothing but war...
Yemeni Children Face Deadly Hunger And Aid Shortages As COVID-19 Pandemic Spreads - UNICEF
06/26/2020
NEW YORK (June 26, 2020) – Millions of children in Yemen could be pushed to ‘the brink of starvation’ due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic – according to a new...
UNICEF USA and S’More Ideas Team Up to Launch CAMP@HOME A Free, Virtual Summer Camp for Children
06/25/2020
NEW YORK (June 25, 2020) – In the United States, with 55.1 million students ending their school year remotely and entering a summer of social distancing, UNICEF USA and S’More Ideas have teamed up to...
Urgent Action Needed To Safeguard Futures Of 600 Million South Asian Children Threatened By COVID-19: UNICEF
06/23/2020
NEW YORK (June 23, 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic is unravelling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia, and governments must take urgent action to prevent...
Countries Failing To Prevent Violence Against Children, Agencies Warn
06/18/2020
NEW YORK (June 18, 2020) – Half of the world’s children, or approximately 1 billion children each year are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence, suffering injuries, disabilities and...
UNICEF Airlifts COVID-19 Testing Kits To Yemen To Boost Response As Cases Soar
06/18/2020
NEW YORK (June 18, 2020) – A first batch of 10,000 COVID-19 tests arrived in Sana’a on a UNICEF-chartered plane today, to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity amid the rapid increase of cases in...