Press Releases
UNICEF USA Applauds Enactment of New York State Child Marriage Bill
07/23/2021
NEW YORK (July 23, 2021) - UNICEF USA welcomes the news that New York became is the sixth state in the U.S. to officially ban child marriage with no exceptions after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed...
Water Supply Systems On The Verge Of Collapse In Lebanon: Over 71 Percent Of People Risk Losing Access To Water
07/23/2021
NEW YORK (July 23, 2021) – More than four million people, including one million refugees, are at immediate risk of losing access to safe water in Lebanon. With the rapidly escalating economic crisis...
Students In South Africa Up To One School Year Behind Where They Should Be
07/23/2021
NEW YORK (July 23, 2021) – The impact of disrupted education since the COVID-19 outbreak has been devastating, with students between 75 percent and a full school year behind where they should be...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Children Deprived Of Parental Care Due To COVID-19
07/19/2021
NEW YORK (July 19, 2021) – “As the official COVID-19 death toll around the world passed 4 million earlier this month, UNICEF is increasingly concerned for children left without one or both parents....
Syria: Up To 1 Million People At Risk Due To Severe Interruptions To Alouk Water Station
07/15/2021
NEW YORK (July 15, 2021) – “The persistent interruptions of essential services to civilians in Syria are increasing. Ongoing disruptions to the critical Alouk water station in northeast Syria must...
COVID-19 Reversals In Childhood Vaccinations In South Asia Undo Years Of Progress, New WHO, UNICEF Data Shows
07/15/2021
NEW YORK (July 15, 2021) – The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major reductions in childhood vaccinations in South Asia, with coverage of basic vaccination dropping by 6 percent points from 2019 to 2020...
COVID-19 Pandemic Leads To Major Backsliding On Childhood Vaccinations, New WHO, UNICEF Data Shows
07/15/2021
NEW YORK (July 15, 2021) – 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunization services in 2020 – 3.7 million more than in 2019 - according to official data published today...
Statement On The Arrival Of The First Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines In Haiti
07/15/2021
NEW YORK (July 15, 2021) – Until yesterday, Haiti was the only country in the Americas without a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Today 500,000 doses of vaccine donated by the U.S government through...
Central African Republic: 1 In 8 People Face Alarming Food Crisis As Lean Season Approaches: UNICEF & WFP
07/14/2021
NEW YORK (July 14, 2021) – At least 80,000 children under the age of five are currently at risk of severe acute malnutrition across the Central African Republic (CAR) - a 29 percent increase compared...
1 In 3 Countries Are Not Taking Action To Help Students Catch Up On Their Learning Post-COVID-19 School Closures
07/13/2021
NEW YORK (July 13, 2021) – Around one in three countries where schools are or have been closed are not yet implementing remedial programs post-COVID-19 school closures, according to a UNESCO, UNICEF...