Press Releases

NEW YORK (March 1, 2018) – Nearly 19 million babies born globally every year – 14 percent – are at risk of permanent yet preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine...

NEW YORK (February 26, 2018) – More than 7 million people in South Sudan – almost two-thirds of the population – could become severely food insecure in the coming months without sustained humanitarian...

NEW YORK (February 25, 2018) – Syrian refugee families living in host communities in Jordan are increasingly struggling to meet their basic needs, including educating and protecting their children...

NEW YORK (February 23, 2018) – Urgent efforts are needed to help more than 720,000 Rohingya children who are threatened either by the approaching cyclone season in Bangladesh or by ongoing violence...

NEW YORK (February 20, 2018) – “No words will do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and their loved ones”[1]. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ ENDs- [1] UNICEF is issuing this blank...

NEW YORK (February 20, 2018) – Global deaths of newborn babies remain alarmingly high, particularly among the world’s poorest countries, UNICEF said today in a new report on newborn mortality. Babies...

NEW YORK (February 15, 2018) – Gaps in data covering refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced populations are endangering the lives and wellbeing of millions of children on the move...

NEW YORK (February 11, 2018) – Violence may have subsided in Iraq, but it has upended the lives of millions across the country, leaving one in four children in poverty and pushing families to extreme...

NEW YORK (February 8, 2018) – “This week, dozens of children have reportedly been killed and many more injured by extreme and intensifying violence in several parts of Syria. “The violence shows no...

NEW YORK (February 7, 2018) – More than 300 children, 87 of them girls, were released by an armed group in South Sudan today, beginning a process that is expected to see at least 700 children freed in...