Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NEW YORK (June 15, 2020) – “The COVID-19 pandemic is putting health systems under unprecedented stress in the region. Primary health care services have either decreased or been interrupted in several...

NEW YORK (June 12, 2020) – “In Yemen, humanitarian needs have never been more acute, or funding more constrained. “ As of today, UNICEF’s $479 million appeal to sustain essential basic services for...