Press Releases
Up To 75,000 People Living In A Remote Camp In Eastern DRC Facing ‘Hellish Conditions’
12/08/2021
NEW YORK (December 8, 2021) – Up to 75,000 displaced people – including 35,000 children - living in a remote and inaccessible hilltop camp for displaced people in the province of Ituri in the...
UNICEF Launches $9.4 Billion Emergency Funding Appeal For Children Affected By Conflict, The Climate Crisis And COVID-19
12/07/2021
NEW YORK (December 7, 2021) – UNICEF launched today a record $9.4 billion emergency funding appeal to reach more than 327 million people – including 177 million children – affected by humanitarian...
UNICEF And WHO, In Partnership With Gavi, Ask Ted Chaiban To Serve As Global Lead Coordinator For COVID Vaccine Country Readiness And Delivery
12/06/2021
NEW YORK (December 6, 2021) – “I am pleased to announce that UNICEF and WHO, in partnership with Gavi, have asked Ted Chaiban, currently UNICEF Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa, to...
Learning Losses from COVID-19 Could Cost this Generation of Students Close to $17 Trillion in Lifetime Earnings
12/06/2021
NEW YORK (December 6, 2021) - This generation of students now risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 percent of today’s global GDP, as a result of COVID-19...
A Child Was Infected With HIV Every Two Minutes In 2020 – UNICEF
11/29/2021
NEW YORK (November 29, 2021) – At least 310,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, or one child every two minutes, UNICEF said in a report released today. Another 120,000 children died...
Lebanon: UNICEF Survey Highlights Children’s Ever-Worsening Situation with Dramatic Deterioration of Living Conditions Over Six Months
11/23/2021
NEW YORK / BEIRUT ( November 23, 2021) - With no sign of a let-up in Lebanon’s crisis, the impact on children is progressively worsening, with a new poll showing an increase in the number of children...
Geneva Palais Briefing Note on Grave Violations Against Children in West and Central Africa
11/23/2021
NEW YORK /GENEVA (November 23, 2021) - "West and Central Africa has recorded the highest number of children recruited and used by armed forces and armed groups. This amounts to more than 42,000...
Girls Increasingly At Risk Of Child Marriage In Afghanistan
11/12/2021
NEW YORK (November 12, 2021) – “I am deeply concerned by reports that child marriage in Afghanistan is on the rise. “We have received credible reports of families offering daughters as young as 20...
Global Progress Against Measles Threatened Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
11/11/2021
NEW YORK (November 11, 2021) – While reported measles cases have fallen compared to previous years, progress toward measles elimination continues to decline and the risk of outbreaks is mounting...
At Least 200 Million Schoolchildren Live In Countries That Remain Unprepared To Deploy Remote Learning In Future Emergency School Closures – UNICEF
10/28/2021
NEW YORK (October 28, 2021) – At least 200 million schoolchildren live in 31 low- and middle-income countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures...