Press Releases
Lilly, UNICEF Expand Support to Help Millions of Young People at Risk of Noncommunicable Diseases
NEW YORK (May 29, 2024) —During the World Health Assembly today, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced it will donate $6.5 million to the United States Fund for UNICEF to expand UNICEF’s work to...
Violence Drives Haiti’s Children into Armed Groups; up to Half of all Members are now Children – UNICEF
NEW YORK (May 28, 2024) – As armed violence continues to drive the deteriorating conditions across Haiti, the UN has estimated that 30 to 50 percent of armed group members are children who are subject...
UNICEF Scaling up Papua New Guinea Landslide Response
NEW YORK (May 28, 2024) – UNICEF is intensifying its emergency response in the wake of last Friday’s catastrophic landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG), which killed hundreds of people...
Measles Cases Across Europe Continue to Surge, Putting Millions of Children at Risk
NEW YORK (May 28, 2024) – Measles cases across Europe continue to surge, with the number of measles cases recorded for this year soon to exceed the total number of cases reported throughout 2023...
3.2 Million Children are at Risk as Cyclone Remal Hits Hard in the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh
NEW YORK (May 27, 2024) – “As Cyclone Remal hits the coastal areas of Bangladesh, over 8.4 million people, including 3.2 million children, are at high health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety risks...
Shipment of Newest Malaria Vaccine, R21, to Central African Republic Marks Latest Milestone for Child Survival
NEW YORK (May 24, 2024) – UNICEF delivered over 43,000 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine by air to Bangui, Central African Republic, today, with more than 120,000 doses to follow in the next...
Soaring Temperatures in South Asia can put Children’s Health in Danger, UNICEF Warns
NEW YORK (May 23, 2024) – “UNICEF is deeply concerned about the health and safety of babies and young children as debilitating heatwave conditions take hold in several countries. “Across many northern...
Violence Sending Shocks Around Haiti’s Collapsing Health System
NEW YORK (May 22, 2024) – An alarming six out of ten hospitals in Haiti are barely operational as recent escalating violence in Port-Au-Prince has continued to deprive children of critical health...
Child Migration Through the Darien Gap up 40 Percent so far This Year
NEW YORK (May 15, 2024) – An increase in the number of children migrating through the dangerous Darien Gap so far this year puts the route on track for a fifth consecutive year of record levels of...