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Rising Health Risks For Children Across Afghanistan As Disruption To Health And Nutrition Services Continues And Winter Sets In – UNICEF
12/22/2021
NEW YORK (December 22, 2021) – Children across Afghanistan are increasingly vulnerable to disease and illness due to the deadly combination of rising malnutrition, an unprecedented food crisis...
UNICEF Sends Supplies To Areas Impacted By Typhoon Odette; Advocates Needs Of Children
12/21/2021
NEW YORK (December 21, 2021) – After Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) brought widespread destruction to the Philippines on December 16, the needs of children and families in affected areas are...
Even as Omicron Variant Takes Hold, School Closures Must Be a Measure of Last Resort
12/17/2021
NEW YORK (December 17, 2021) – “COVID-19 cases are again spiking all over the world, fuelled, increasingly, by Omicron, a new variant of concern that public health experts and scientists are working...
UNICEF Concerned For Children In The Philippines As Typhoon Rai/Odette Strike
12/16/2021
NEW YORK (December 16, 2021) – Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) is expected to make landfall today in Surigao Provinces or the southern portion of Eastern Visasyas. Almost 16 million Filipinos...
Xylem Partners with UNICEF to Create a Brighter Future for 3.4 Million Children in India’s Most Vulnerable Communities
12/14/2021
RYE BROOK, NY, (December 14, 2021) – Xylem Watermark, the corporate social responsibility program of global water technology company Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), aims to reach over 3.4 million children by...
UNICEF Welcomes Announcement of Next Executive Director
12/10/2021
NEW YORK (December 10, 2021) – UNICEF welcomes United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ announcement today that Catherine M. Russell will succeed Henrietta H. Fore as UNICEF Executive...
COVID-19 ‘Biggest Global Crisis For Children In Our 75-Year History’ – UNICEF
12/09/2021
NEW YORK (December 9, 2021) – COVID-19 has affected children at an unprecedented scale, making it the worst crisis for children UNICEF has seen in its 75-year history, the United Nations Children’s...
Up To 75,000 People Living In A Remote Camp In Eastern DRC Facing ‘Hellish Conditions’
12/08/2021
NEW YORK (December 8, 2021) – Up to 75,000 displaced people – including 35,000 children - living in a remote and inaccessible hilltop camp for displaced people in the province of Ituri in the...
UNICEF Issues Historic Humanitarian Appeal To Save The Lives Of Millions Of Children In Afghanistan
12/07/2021
NEW YORK (December 7, 2021) – UNICEF launched its largest ever single-country appeal today to urgently respond to the humanitarian needs of over 24 million people in Afghanistan, half of whom are...
Latin America and the Caribbean: About 3.5 million children may be affected by migration next year – UNICEF
12/07/2021
NEW YORK (December 7, 2021) – The number of children affected by migration in Latin America and the Caribbean is due to hit the 3.5-million-mark next year, UNICEF said today at the launch of its...