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Schools Still Closed For Nearly 77 Million Students 18 Months Into Pandemic – UNICEF
09/16/2021
NEW YORK (September 16, 2021) – Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue to be almost completely closed, according to an updated...
One Month After Haiti Earthquake: 260,000 Children Still Need Humanitarian Assistance - UNICEF
09/16/2021
NEW YORK (September 16, 2021) – One month after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake jolted southwest Haiti, an estimated 650,000 people, including 260,000 children, still need urgent humanitarian assistance...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore At The High-Level Ministerial Meeting On The Humanitarian Situation In Afghanistan
09/13/2021
NEW YORK (September 13, 2021) – “Children in Afghanistan have long suffered disproportionately from the humanitarian, security, social and economic crises that have plagued the country for decades...
Joint COVAX Statement On Supply Forecast For 2021 And Early 2022
09/09/2021
NEW YORK (September 9, 2021) – "Twelve months ago, the world came together to support COVAX, a multilateral initiative aimed at guaranteeing global access to life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. "With the...
Haiti Earthquake: UNICEF Seeks $122.2 Million To Bring Humanitarian Aid To 1.6 Million People
09/08/2021
NEW YORK (September 8, 2021) – UNICEF is urgently seeking $122.2 million to meet the humanitarian needs of 1.6 million people including 800,000 children in Haiti. This new appeal is nearly three times...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Unaccompanied And Separated Children Evacuated From Afghanistan
09/07/2021
NEW YORK (September 7, 2021) – “Since August 14, hundreds of children have been separated from their families amidst chaotic conditions, including large-scale evacuations, in and around the Hamid...
Haiti Earthquake: Over Half A Million Children At Risk Of Waterborne Diseases - UNICEF
09/02/2021
NEW YORK (September 2, 2021) – About 540,000 children in the southwest of earthquake-stricken Haiti are now facing the possible re-emergence of waterborne diseases, UNICEF warned today. Severe...
Afghanistan ‘A Child Protection Crisis In A Country Already One Of The Worst Places On Earth To Be A Child’
08/31/2021
NEW YORK (August 31, 2021) – "Today in Afghanistan, there are nearly 10 million children in desperate need of humanitarian aid. "Those least responsible for this crisis, are paying the highest price -...
All Schools In Europe & Central Asia Should Remain Open And Made Safer From COVID-19, Say WHO And UNICEF
08/31/2021
NEW YORK (August 31, 2021) – As millions of school children return to school across the European Region where the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is dominant , the WHO Regional Office...
"We Cannot Abandon The Children Of Afghanistan In Their Time Of Need"
08/30/2021
NEW YORK (August 30, 2021) – “In the past weeks, with increased conflict and insecurity, it is children, those least responsible for the crisis in Afghanistan, who have paid the heaviest price. Not...