Press Releases
Countries Failing To Prevent Violence Against Children, Agencies Warn
06/18/2020
NEW YORK (June 18, 2020) – Half of the world’s children, or approximately 1 billion children each year are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence, suffering injuries, disabilities and...
UNICEF Airlifts COVID-19 Testing Kits To Yemen To Boost Response As Cases Soar
06/18/2020
NEW YORK (June 18, 2020) – A first batch of 10,000 COVID-19 tests arrived in Sana’a on a UNICEF-chartered plane today, to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity amid the rapid increase of cases in...
An Additional 51,000 Children Under The Age Of Five Might Die In The Middle East And North Africa By End Of 2020 Due To COVID-19’s Disruption In Primary Health Care
06/15/2020
NEW YORK (June 15, 2020) – “The COVID-19 pandemic is putting health systems under unprecedented stress in the region. Primary health care services have either decreased or been interrupted in several...
Geneva Palais Briefing Note On The Humanitarian Situation Of Children In Yemen
06/12/2020
NEW YORK (June 12, 2020) – “In Yemen, humanitarian needs have never been more acute, or funding more constrained. “ As of today, UNICEF’s $479 million appeal to sustain essential basic services for...
COVID-19 May Push Millions More Children Into Child Labor – ILO And UNICEF
06/12/2020
NEW YORK (June 12, 2020) – Millions more children risk being pushed into child labor as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labor after 20 years of progress...
Tropical Storm Amanda Leaves Destruction And Grief As It Passes Through El Salvador
06/02/2020
NEW YORK (June 2, 2020) – Heavy rain, floods and landslides have left tropical storm Amanda in its path through El Salvador, causing death of at least 14 people, including 1 child and putting...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the killing of health workers in Somalia
06/01/2020
NEW YORK (June 1, 2020) – “I am appalled by the abduction and execution of seven health workers at a health center in southern Somalia. "Targeting health care workers is an egregious violation of...
COVID-19: Number Of Children Living In Household Poverty To Soar By Up To 86 Million By End Of Year
05/28/2020
NEW YORK (May 28, 2020) – The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic could push up to 86 million more children into household poverty by the end of 2020, an increase of 15 percent, according to a...
Countries Failing To Stop Harmful Marketing Of Breast-Milk Substitutes, Warn WHO And UNICEF
05/27/2020
NEW YORK (May 27, 2020) – A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes...
Food Crisis Likely To Worsen In The Middle East And North Africa As COVID-19 Continues
05/27/2020
NEW YORK (May 27, 2020) – “Governments and partners across the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) are working around the clock to protect communities from the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)...