Press Releases
Children In Central America And The Caribbean Facing Dual Threat Of Stronger Hurricane Season And COVID-19
08/03/2020
NEW YORK (August 3, 2020) – Across Central America and the Caribbean, more than 70 million children are directly or indirectly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those children living in...
A Third Of The World’s Children Poisoned By Lead, New Groundbreaking Analysis Says
07/29/2020
NEW YORK (July 29, 2019) – Lead poisoning is affecting children on a massive and previously unknown scale, according to a new report launched today by UNICEF and Pure Earth. The report, the first of...
Pure Earth, Clarios Foundation and UNICEF announce global partnership to protect children from lead exposure
07/29/2020
NEW YORK (July 29, 2020) – Pure Earth, Clarios Foundation and UNICEF today announced a new global partnership to protect children from lead exposure. Around 1 in 3 children – up to 800 million...
Millions Of Children Affected By Devastating Flooding In South Asia, With Many More At Risk As COVID-19 Brings Further Challenges
07/23/2020
NEW YORK (July 23, 2020) – Weeks of torrential monsoon rains, widespread flooding and deadly landslides in Bangladesh, India and Nepal have affected millions of children and families, UNICEF said...
UNICEF And Partners Respond To The Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts And COVID-19
07/23/2020
NEW YORK (July 23, 2020) – An estimated 5.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, including over 3 million children, due to the combined devastating impact of floods, the locust...
Yemen Sees Return To Alarming Levels Of Food Insecurity
07/22/2020
NEW YORK (July 22, 2020) – Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now COVID-19 are creating a perfect storm that could reverse hard-earned food security gains in Yemen, warns the latest...
WHO And UNICEF Warn Of A Decline In Vaccinations During COVID-19
07/15/2020
NEW YORK (July 15, 2020) – The World Health Organization and UNICEF warned today of an alarming decline in the number of children receiving life-saving vaccines around the world. This is due to...
COVID-19: EU Humanitarian Air Bridge Helps Deliver Over 50 Tons Of UNICEF Supplies For Vulnerable Children And Families
07/02/2020
NEW YORK (July 2, 2020) – Over the 4 past weeks, UNICEF has been able to send more than 50 tons of vital supplies to Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan on...
Not Just Numbers: Syrian Families Identify Their Needs And Concerns As War Enters Tenth Year
06/30/2020
NEW YORK (June 30, 2020) – The war on children in Syria has been one of the most brutal in recent history. Nearly 6 million Syrian children were born since the crisis began. They know nothing but war...
Yemeni Children Face Deadly Hunger And Aid Shortages As COVID-19 Pandemic Spreads - UNICEF
06/26/2020
NEW YORK (June 26, 2020) – Millions of children in Yemen could be pushed to ‘the brink of starvation’ due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic – according to a new...