Press Releases

NEW YORK (August 31, 2021) – As millions of school children return to school across the European Region where the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is dominant , the WHO Regional Office...

NEW YORK (August 30, 2021) – “In the past weeks, with increased conflict and insecurity, it is children, those least responsible for the crisis in Afghanistan, who have paid the heaviest price. Not...

NEW YORK (August 27, 2021) – “UNICEF is deeply concerned after the reported deaths of a 10-year-old child on August 24 in Diyala by the detonation of an explosive remnant of war (ERW) and of an 11...

NEW YORK (August 27, 2021) – UNICEF is increasingly concerned about the impact on children of a resurgence of Bubonic plague in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

NEW YORK (August 27, 2021) – A child's first day of school—a landmark moment for the youngest students and their parents around the world—has been delayed due to COVID-19 for an estimated 140 million...

NEW YORK (August 27, 2021) – “UNICEF strongly condemns the attacks at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, which reportedly killed at least 60 people and injured over 120...

NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – Nearly nine out 10 children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) live in areas of high or extremely high-water stress with serious consequences on their health...

NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – “Today, around 10 million children across Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance to survive. An estimated 1 million children are projected to suffer from severe acute...

NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – “As humanitarian needs in Afghanistan increase, the abilities to respond to those needs are rapidly declining. WHO and UNICEF call for immediate and unimpeded access to...

NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – “Unless urgent action is taken, more than four million people across Lebanon – predominantly vulnerable children and families – face the prospect of critical water...