Press Releases
Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination in India to Spare Thousands of Deaths
India is one of the most populous countries in the world, with 327 million women of childbearing age and 26 million children born every year. In 1988, tetanus killed as many as 160,000 young children...
UNICEF and WFP Reach Thousands of People in South Sudan Stranded without Humanitarian Assistance for Months
JUBA, 26 August 2015: Despite intense insecurity in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) have managed to get urgently needed food and nutrition assistance to tens...
World Tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic Takes Center Court For Children With Appointment as UNICEF’s Newest Goodwill Ambassador
NEW YORK (August 26, 2015) – UNICEF today announced Novak Djokovic’s appointment as a Goodwill Ambassador. Djokovic, the number one ranked tennis player in the world, has focused on the issues of...
UNICEF: Severe Water Shortages Compound the Misery of Millions in War-torn Syria
NEW YORK (August 25, 2015) – Amid the unremitting brutality of the war in Syria, and a scorching summer heat wave, there is increasing evidence that parties to the conflict are using water to achieve...
UNICEF Supports Children Fleeing Violence and on the Move in Europe
NEW YORK (August 25, 2015) – UNICEF has established a child-friendly space with a mobile team near Geveglija town, at the border with Greece, to provide much needed support to women and children on...
Statement by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director on Attack on Teachers’ Office in Yemen
NEW YORK (August 20, 2015) – Last night, 13 educators and four of their children paid a most terrible price in the continuing conflict in Yemen – killed in an airstrike on a teachers’ office in Amran...
Yemen Conflict: Over a Thousand Child Casualties So Far – UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 19, 2015) – An average of eight children are being killed or maimed every day in Yemen as a direct result of the conflict gripping the country, according to a report released by...
Life-saving HIV Treatment for Adults and Children Arrives in Ukraine
NEW YORK (August 17, 2015) – The first consignment of vital antiretroviral medications for adults and children living with HIV in conflict-affected zones in eastern Ukraine arrived by air in Ukraine...
Breastfeeding Protects Babies from Water-borne Diseases, says UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 13, 2015) – UNICEF stresses the importance of breastfeeding as continuing rainfall and surging floodwaters increase the risks to children and their families. Flood waters are now...
Hygiene Practices Have Helped Keep Ebola Out of the Classroom
NEW YORK (August 12, 2015) – As students in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone begin their summer vacations, measures put in place to protect them from the Ebola virus are being credited with having...