Press Releases
Statement Attributable to Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative in Syria, on Attack on a School in Daraa
10/12/2016
NEW YORK (October 12, 2016) – “UNICEF deplores yesterday’s attack on the “That al-Netaqeen” primary school in the city of Daraa which killed five school children, aged between four and 16, and left 15...
Massive Immunization Campaign to Reach 41 Million Children in Nigeria and Region to Contain Polio Outbreak
10/11/2016
NEW YORK (October 11, 2016) – A major health campaign is underway in the Lake Chad Basin area to vaccinate over 41 million children against polio to contain the recent outbreak of the disease in north...
One Week After Hurricane Matthew, At Least 300 Schools Damaged in Haiti, Over 100,000 Children Miss Out on Learning – UNICEF
10/10/2016
NEW YORK (October 10, 2016) – One week after Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti, and as schools reopen across the country, more than 100,000 children will be missing out on learning after their...
Race against time to prevent spread of waterborne diseases in hurricane-hit areas as rainy season starts in Haiti – UNICEF
10/08/2016
NEW YORK, (October 8, 2016) – With the start of the rainy season, and as the death toll from Hurricane Matthew continues to rise, UNICEF is sounding the alarm on the threat of waterborne diseases to...
Hurricane Matthew: UNICEF Delivers Lifesaving Humanitarian Supplies to Haiti
10/07/2016
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – A chartered cargo aircraft loaded with tons of humanitarian supplies will be hitting the ground in Port-au-Prince in the next few hours. The shipment comes from UNICEF...
Girls Spend 160 Million More Hours than Boys Doing Household Chores Everyday – UNICEF
10/07/2016
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – Girls between 5 and 14 years old spend 40 percent more time, or 160 million more hours a day, on unpaid household chores and collecting water and firewood compared to boys...
Half a Million Children Live in Areas Hardest Hit by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti – UNICEF
10/07/2016
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – An estimated 500,000 children live in the Grande Anse and Grand South departments in southern Haiti, the areas worst hit by Hurricane Matthew, UNICEF said today. Three...
Joint Press Release: Investing in Early Childhood Development Essential to Helping More Children and Communities Thrive, New Lancet Series Finds
10/05/2016
Washington, D.C. (October 4, 2016) – An estimated 43 percent—249 million—of children under five in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at an elevated risk of poor development due to extreme...
UNICEF Calls for Safety of Schools in Yemen as the New School Year Opens
10/04/2016
NEW YORK (October 4, 2016) – As schools open this week in Yemen, UNICEF urges all parties to the conflict to protect schools. Since the conflict escalated more than 18 months ago, attacks on school...
Children in Aleppo Trapped in “Living Nightmare” – UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth
09/28/2016
NEW YORK (September 28, 2016) – At least 96 children have been killed and 223 have been injured in Eastern Aleppo since Friday, UNICEF said. “The children of Aleppo are trapped in a living nightmare,”...