Press Releases

NEW YORK (June 25, 2020) – In the United States, with 55.1 million students ending their school year remotely and entering a summer of social distancing, UNICEF USA and S’More Ideas have teamed up to...

NEW YORK (June 23, 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic is unravelling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia, and governments must take urgent action to prevent...

NEW YORK (June 18, 2020) – Half of the world’s children, or approximately 1 billion children each year are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence, suffering injuries, disabilities and...

NEW YORK (June 18, 2020) – A first batch of 10,000 COVID-19 tests arrived in Sana’a on a UNICEF-chartered plane today, to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity amid the rapid increase of cases in...

NEW YORK (June 15, 2020) – “The COVID-19 pandemic is putting health systems under unprecedented stress in the region. Primary health care services have either decreased or been interrupted in several...

NEW YORK (June 12, 2020) – “In Yemen, humanitarian needs have never been more acute, or funding more constrained. “ As of today, UNICEF’s $479 million appeal to sustain essential basic services for...

NEW YORK (June 12, 2020) – Millions more children risk being pushed into child labor as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labor after 20 years of progress...

NEW YORK (June 2, 2020) – Heavy rain, floods and landslides have left tropical storm Amanda in its path through El Salvador, causing death of at least 14 people, including 1 child and putting...

NEW YORK (June 1, 2020) – “I am appalled by the abduction and execution of seven health workers at a health center in southern Somalia. "Targeting health care workers is an egregious violation of...

NEW YORK (May 28, 2020) – The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic could push up to 86 million more children into household poverty by the end of 2020, an increase of 15 percent, according to a...