Press Releases
COVID-19 Continues To Disrupt Essential Health Services In 90 Percent Of Countries
04/23/2021
NEW YORK (April 23, 2021) – The second round of a World Health Organization “pulse survey“ reveals that over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, substantial disruptions persist, with about 90% of...
Syria Receives Its First Delivery Of COVID-19 Vaccines Through The COVAX Facility
04/23/2021
NEW YORK (April 23, 2021) – “Syria received 256,800 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVAX delivery of vaccines to reach the war-torn country. This delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines (from the...
UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore's Remarks at Virtual Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
04/21/2021
NEW YORK (April 21, 2021) – "Excellencies. Thank you for focusing on this important issue — one that affects hundreds of thousands of people on the move across the northern triangle countries of...
A Message from UNICEF USA President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis on Children and Racial Justice
04/20/2021
In the wake of the verdict of the trial for the murder of George Floyd, UNICEF USA remains deeply concerned about well-documented harmful consequences of systemic racism on Black, Indigenous and other...
Nine Times More Migrant Children In Mexico Over The Past Three Months - UNICEF
04/19/2021
NEW YORK (April 19, 2021) – Since the start of 2021, the number of migrant children reported in Mexico has increased sharply from 380 to nearly 3,500, announced Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director...
UNICEF Provides Humanitarian Assistance To Almost 5,000 Children Affected By Volcano Eruption In St Vincent
04/12/2021
NEW YORK (April 11, 2021) – Between 16,000 and 20,000 people, including children, have been evacuated due to the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last Friday...
We Need Speed And Simplicity To Remove Barriers To The Acquisition, Manufacture And Distribution Of COVID-19 Vaccines Globally
04/07/2021
NEW YORK (April 7, 2021) – “In a little over a year, the world’s scientists, businesses, governments, philanthropists and multilateral institutions rallied and did the unthinkable: They created...
Pre-Pandemic Data Show 1 In 8 Countries Spends More On Debt Than On Education, Health And Social Protection Combined – UNICEF
04/01/2021
NEW YORK (April 1, 2021) – Around 1 in 8 countries globally spends more on debt than on social services, according to a UNICEF report released today. COVID-19 and the Looming Debt Crisis notes that 25...
Yemen Receives 360,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Through The COVAX Facility
03/31/2021
NEW YORK (March 31, 2021) – Today, Yemen received 360,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Killing Of Polio Workers In Afghanistan
03/30/2021
NEW YORK (March 30, 2021) – “Four polio vaccinators, three of them women, came under attack this morning, March 30, while carrying out their life-saving work for children in Nangarhar province...