NEW YORK (July 25, 2024) – The severe drought that has impacted large swathes of Southern Africa is threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in the six worst-affected countries...
NEW YORK (July 24, 2024) – "With each passing week, families face new horrors in the Gaza Strip. The devastating attacks on schools and internally displaced sites continue, reportedly killing hundreds...
NEW YORK (July 24, 2024) – Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and...
NEW YORK (July 24, 2024) – Rising temperatures across Europe and Central Asia killed an estimated 377 children in 2021 – according to a new analysis of data from 23 countries published today by UNICEF...
The Southeast Asian nation of over 7,100 islands in the western Pacific is one of the most climate disaster-prone countries in the world. Take a look at what UNICEF is doing to meet the needs of...
NEW YORK (July 19, 2024) –“Pacific Island nations are collectively responsible for less than one-tenth of one percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming our planet. Yet these countries...
NEW YORK (July 22, 2024) – A total of 143 Palestinian children have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October last year, a spike of nearly 250 percent compared to the...
NEW YORK (July 15, 2024) – “Following the vote today by the National Assembly of The Gambia, we commend the country’s decision to uphold the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), reaffirming its...
NEW YORK (July 15, 2024) – Global childhood immunization coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un- and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according...
NEW YORK (July 8, 2024) – “I am horrified by the news out of Ukraine today that at least 150 people have reportedly been killed or injured, and a children’s hospital severely damaged in Kyiv, during a...