Press Releases
At Current Rates of Reduction, It Will Take Over 100 Years to End Child Marriage in West and Central Africa
10/23/2017
NEW YORK (October 23, 2017) – Unless progress is seriously accelerated, it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa, with far-reaching, life-altering consequences for...
Two Months since Outbreak of Violence in Myanmar, Rohingya Refugee Children Still at Acute Risk
10/23/2017
NEW YORK (October 23, 2017) – Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic lifesaving services, UNICEF said...
Violence in Myanmar Driving Up to 12,000 Rohingya Refugee Children into Bangladesh Every Week – UNICEF
10/20/2017
NEW YORK (October 20, 2017) – Desperate living conditions and waterborne diseases are threatening more than 320,000 Rohingya refugee children who have fled to southern Bangladesh since late August...
7,000 Newborns Die Every Day, Despite Steady Decrease in Under-Five Mortality, New Report Says
10/19/2017
NEW YORK (October 19, 2017) – Every day in 2016, 15,000 children died before their fifth birthday, 46 percent of them – or 7,000 babies – died in the first 28 days of life, according to a new UN...
South Sudan Conflict: 5,000 Children Reunited with Family by Save the Children, UNICEF and Partners
10/18/2017
NEW YORK ( October 18 , 201 7 ) – Since conflict broke out in South Sudan in 2013, Save the Children, UNICEF and partners have successfully reunited more than 5,000 children with their families. The 5...
Not a New School Year! Endless Violence Shutters Schools, Teachers Unpaid for a Year, Threatening Education for 4.5 Million Children in Yemen
10/18/2017
NEW YORK (October 18, 2017) – “More than two and a half years of renewed conflict in Yemen have once again put the education of 4.5 million children on the line, adding to the long list of bitter...
Muzoon Almellehan Returns to Jordan to Meet Syrian Refugees Striving to Get an Education
10/16/2017
NEW YORK (October 16, 2017) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan traveled to Jordan to meet children who, like her, fled the Syria conflict and are now determined to go to school despite...
UNICEF USA and FRSH Launch Alexa Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Skill
10/16/2017
NEW YORK, NY (October 16, 2017) – UNICEF USA and Fresh Digital Group (FRSH) today launched a new Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Alexa skill for Amazon Echo devices to encourage kids and families to...
Violence in Al-Mayadin District, Deir ez-Zor, Reportedly Destroys Cold Room and Vaccines
10/12/2017
NEW YORK ( October 12 , 201 7 ) – “ UNICEF has received reports that ongoing violence in Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria has destroyed a UNICEF-supported vaccine cold room in al- Mayadin district, with...
World’s Second Largest Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off at Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh
10/10/2017
NEW YORK (October 10, 2017) – A massive cholera immunization campaign started today near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening...