Press Releases
New Guidelines Provide Roadmap For Safe Reopening Of Schools
04/30/2020
NEW YORK (April 30, 2020) – UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP and World Bank today issued new guidelines on the safe reopening of schools amidst ongoing closures affecting nearly 1.3 billion students worldwide. The...
Futures Of 370 Million Children In Jeopardy As School Closures Deprive Them Of School Meals – UNICEF And WFP
04/29/2020
NEW YORK (April 29, 2020) – As the COVID-19 crisis pushes up levels of hunger among the global poor, the World Food Program and UNICEF are urging national governments to prevent devastating nutrition...
COVID-19 & Immigration Detention: What Can Governments And Other Stakeholders Do?
04/29/2020
NEW YORK (April 29, 2020) – Around the world today, we are witnessing the severe impacts of the use of migration-related detention on migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Over 5 Million Children In Yemen Face The Threat Of Cholera And Acute Watery Diarrhea In The Midst Of Covid-19 & Heavy Rains
04/29/2020
NEW YORK (April 29, 2020) – Over 5 million children under the age of five in Yemen are facing a heightened threat of cholera and Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) as the country continues to experience...
COVID-19: Gavi And UNICEF To Secure Equipment And Diagnostics For Lower-Income Countries
04/28/2020
NEW YORK (April 28, 2020) – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has urgently made US$ 40 million available to UNICEF to secure personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostic tests and other vital supplies on...
Disruption Of Childhood Vaccination In South Asia Poses An Urgent Threat To Children’s Health
04/28/2020
NEW YORK (April 28, 2020) – South Asia could face yet another health emergency if children across the region do not receive their life-saving vaccine shots, UNICEF warned today. Almost a quarter of...
Thousands Of Pacific Island Children At Risk In The Aftermath Of Tropical Cyclone Harold
04/24/2020
NEW YORK (April 24, 2020) – Thousands of children living in the Pacific Islands remain in urgent need in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Harold, a category five cyclone that tore through Solomon...
American Airlines Partners with UNICEF to Provide Relief for COVID-19 Efforts in Latin America
04/22/2020
FORT WORTH, Texas (April 22, 2020) — As part of American’s ongoing relief efforts in support of the coronavirus (COVID-19) response, the airline is allocating $460,000 to support UNICEF’s relief work...
Global Report On Food Crises Reveals Scope Of Food Crises As COVID-19 Poses New Risks To Vulnerable Countries
04/21/2020
NEW YORK (April 21, 2020) – Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and non-governmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their...
UNICEF and Microsoft launch global learning platform to help address COVID-19 education crisis
04/20/2020
NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) – UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. today announced the expansion of a global learning platform to help children and youth affected by COVID-19 continue their education at home. The...