Press Releases

NEW YORK (July 29, 2016) – Some 77 million newborns – or 1 in 2 – are not put to the breast within an hour of birth, depriving them of the essential nutrients, antibodies and skin-to-skin contact with...

NEW YORK (July 28, 2016) – Today unknown assailants attacked a humanitarian convoy that included staff from UNICEF, UNFPA and IOM. The convoy was traveling from Bama to Maiduguri in Borno State...

NEW YORK (July 20, 2016) – “The reported gang rape of a young Dalit woman in India by the same five men who had raped her three years ago underlines the heinous culture of impunity that surrounds...

NEW YORK (July 19, 2016) – Nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, and face a high risk of death, UNICEF said today, as the scale of the...

NEW YORK (July 18, 2016) – Three months after the Ecuador earthquake, the number of Zika Virus cases increased from 92 to 1,106 country-wide, with the sharpest increase in the quake-hit areas...

NEW YORK (July 14, 2016) – Approximately two-thirds of men, women, boys and girls in countries where female genital mutilation is common say they want the practice to end – according to UNICEF data...

NEW YORK (July 11, 2016) – This holiday season, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF is encouraging shoppers to put children first by purchasing gifts that support UNICEF’s work to save and improve the lives of...

NEW YORK (July 9, 2016) – UNICEF is deeply alarmed by the renewed violence in South Sudan and calls on all parties to respect humanitarian principles and provide unrestricted access to civilians in...

NEW YORK (July 8, 2016) – The 2015-2016 El Niño has ended but its devastating impact on children is worsening, as hunger, malnutrition and disease continue to increase following the severe droughts...

NEW YORK (June 30, 2016) – 3.6 million children in Iraq – one in five in the country - are at serious risk of death, injury, sexual violence, abduction and recruitment into armed groups, according to...