NEW YORK (August 7, 2023) – The ongoing violence in Haiti continues to threaten the well-being of children and women. The latest reports received by UNICEF reveal an alarming spike in kidnappings...
NEW YORK (August 1, 2023) – In the last 10 years, many countries have made significant progress to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates. Yet even greater progress is possible when breastfeeding is...
Beat the heat: a primer for parents on how to protect kids as periods of extreme heat happen more and more often as a result of climate change.
NEW YORK (July 23, 2023) – Against the odds of displacement, fires burning down learning centres, and Cyclone Mocha’s wrath, classrooms in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are filling up today...
NEW YORK (July 18, 2023) – Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic backsliding in...
NEW YORK (July 18, 2023) – “Last year, UNICEF described the backsliding in childhood immunization coverage as a “red alert for child health. Today, we see a hope that this trend is reversing. “However...
NEW YORK (July 14, 2023) – “The number of children who have lost their lives while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe has doubled in the first half of this year compared to the...
Direct payments in the form of physical currency or e-cash are a highly effective way of providing humanitarian assistance to individuals and households in need — allowing beneficiaries to decide for...
NEW YORK (July 12, 2023) – Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according...
NEW YORK (July 5, 2023) – Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years. The roll out is a critical...