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150 Million Additional Children Plunged Into Poverty Due To COVID-19, UNICEF, Save The Children Say
NEW YORK (September 17, 2020) – The number of children living in multidimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UNICEF and Save the...
HALLOWEEN IS NOT CANCELED: UNICEF USA LAUNCHES VIRTUAL TRICK-OR-TREAT FOR UNICEF EXPERIENCE, CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF ICONIC CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK, NY (September 17, 2020) – Today, with only 27% of parents expected to take their children trick-or-treating this Halloween, UNICEF USA is proud to announce the launch of a Trick-or-Treat for...
Back to the Books: Literacy Empowers Girls Around the World
A quality education can open doors for girls & break the cycle of poverty. UNICEF is working to keep students learning during the pandemic.
Polio Program Accelerates Efforts To Respond To New Polio Outbreaks In Sudan And Yemen
NEW YORK (September 11, 2020) – The recent vaccine-derived polio outbreaks confirmed in Yemen and Sudan are consequences of increasingly low levels of immunity among children. Each outbreak has...
UNICEF Statement On Children Affected By The Moria Camp Fire On Lesvos Island, Greece
NEW YORK (September 11, 2020) – The safe transfer of 406 unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children from Lesvos Island to the Greek mainland, following this week’s fire at the Moria...
More Than Half A Million Children Under Five In Burkina Faso Are Acutely Malnourished – UNICEF
NEW YORK (September 10, 2020) – Over 535,500 children under 5 years of age in Burkina Faso are acutely malnourished, including 156,500 suffering from severe acute malnutrition who are at imminent risk...
Putting Lives Together Again in Lebanon
After a deadly explosion shattered Beirut, UNICEF & partners leapt into action to action to help children & families get back on their feet.
UNICEF Statement On Fire At Moria Camp In Lesvos, Greece
NEW YORK (September 9, 2020) – UNICEF expresses its deepest sympathy for the refugees and migrants affected by the fire in Moria camp on the Island of Lesvos, Greece, and stands ready to help address...
COVID-19 Could Reverse Decades Of Progress Toward Eliminating Preventable Child Deaths, Agencies Warn
NEW YORK (September 9, 2020) – The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 – down to 5.2 million from 12.5 million in 1990, according to new mortality...