Press Releases
At Least 27 Children Killed And 136 Injured In Past 72 Hours As Violence Escalates In Afghanistan
08/09/2021
NEW YORK (August 9, 2021) – "UNICEF is shocked by the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan. In the last 72 hours, 20 children have been killed and 130 children have...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on reported killing of hundreds of civilians, including children, in Afar, northern Ethiopia
08/09/2021
NEW YORK (August 9, 2021) – “UNICEF is extremely alarmed by the reported killing of over 200 people, including more than 100 children, in attacks on displaced families sheltering at a health facility...
Give the World a Shot: Expedia Group Brands Globally Unite to Bolster UNICEF’s Global Vaccination Efforts One Trip at a Time
08/05/2021
SEATTLE, Wash./NEW YORK (August 5, 2021) – Expedia Group and its family of brands – including Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Vrbo®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, ebookers® and CheapTickets® – announced...
UNICEF USA Statement on the Extension of the Title 42 Public Health Order
08/04/2021
NEW YORK, NY (AUGUST 4, 2021) – Following Monday’s announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to extend the Title 42 public health order, UNICEF USA remains concerned about the...
One Year After The Beirut Explosions, Children’s Needs Remain Acute, With 98 Percent Of Families Still In Need
08/03/2021
NEW YORK (August 3, 2021) – One year after the devastating explosions in Beirut, a UNICEF survey shows the needs of affected children and families remain acute, magnified by a collapsing economy...
Tenfold Increase In Number Of Children Requiring Treatment For Acute Malnutrition In Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
08/02/2021
NEW YORK (August 2, 2021) – "As UNICEF reaches areas of Tigray that were inaccessible in past months due to insecurity, our worst fears about the health and wellbeing of children in that conflicted...
AVAT To Partner With UNICEF In Scaling Up Vaccine Deliveries To African Union Member States
08/02/2021
NEW YORK (August 2, 2021) – Having secured access to up to 400 million doses of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine, the African Union (AU), African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) and UNICEF are partnering to...
Google.org Contributes USD7.5 Million in Grants and Other Support to COVID-19 Relief Efforts in Thailand and Five Asian Countries
07/30/2021
NEW YORK/THAILAND, July 29, 2021: With Thailand and other neighboring countries currently grappling with a surge in COVID-19 cases, Google today announced a total commitment of USD$7.5 million in new...
40 Percent Of Children In Eastern And Southern Africa Are Not In School
07/28/2021
NEW YORK (July 28, 2021) – UNICEF estimates that 40 percent of all school-aged children across Eastern and Southern Africa are currently not in school due to COVID-19-induced closures and pre-pandemic...
Malnutrition Among Children Expected To Quadruple In Southern Madagascar As Drought Worsens, Warn UNICEF And WFP
07/28/2021
NEW YORK (July 28, 2021) – At least half a million children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished including 110,000 in severe condition, in drought-affected southern Madagascar...