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New Report Outlines Best Practices For A Broader, More Effective, And Strategic Approach To Protecting Children Affected By Conflict
11/02/2021
NEW YORK (November 2, 2021) – The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) and UNICEF released a new report , as part of the United Nations’...
New ACT-Accelerator Strategy Calls For $ 23.4 Billion International Investment To Solve Inequities In Global Access To COVID-19 Vaccines, Tests & Treatments
11/02/2021
NEW YORK (November 2, 2021) New ACT-Accelerator strategic plan sets out urgent actions to address crucial gaps in access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, vaccines and personal protective equipment in...
Wonderama and Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Successfully Celebrated the Biggest Halloween Parade in History
10/31/2021
NEW YORK (October 31, 2021) – Wonderama “added meaning to Halloween-ing” during the “Biggest Halloween Parade in History” that took place in New York City’s Times Square on October 30 th , 2021 to...
At Least 200 Million Schoolchildren Live In Countries That Remain Unprepared To Deploy Remote Learning In Future Emergency School Closures – UNICEF
10/28/2021
NEW YORK (October 28, 2021) – At least 200 million schoolchildren live in 31 low- and middle-income countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures...
Urgent Action Needed Now To Ensure Sufficient COVID Vaccine Syringe Supply To Meet 2022 Vaccination Targets
10/28/2021
NEW YORK (October 28, 2021) – “Without action now, the world could face a serious shortage of COVID vaccine syringes by the end of 2022, with potentially dire consequences for the global effort to...
G20 Members Have Received 15 Times More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Per Capita Than Sub-Saharan African Countries
10/27/2021
NEW YORK (October 27, 2021) – G20 countries have received 15 times more COVID-19 vaccine doses per capita than countries in sub-Saharan Africa*, according to a new analysis. The analysis, conducted by...
Haiti: Insecurity-Triggered Fuel Shortage Threatens Newborns’ Lives In Hospitals
10/25/2021
NEW YORK (October 25, 2021) – Hundreds of women and children who seek emergency care in health facilities are at risk of dying if solutions are not found to the fuel shortage prevailing in Haiti for...
Alarming Spike In Abductions Of Women And Children In Haiti - UNICEF
10/25/2021
NEW YORK (October 25, 2021) – In violence-stricken Haiti, the number of children and women abducted for ransom in the first eight months of 2021 has already surpassed last year’s total, UNICEF warned...
‘Shameful Milestone’ In Yemen As 10,000 Children Killed Or Maimed Since Fighting Began
10/19/2021
NEW YORK (October 19, 2021) – “The Yemen conflict has just hit another shameful milestone: 10,000 children have been killed or maimed since fighting started in March 2015. That’s the equivalent of...
UNICEF Medical Supplies Arrive In Kabul To Treat Rising Cases Of Acute Watery Diarrhea In Afghanistan
10/19/2021
NEW YORK (October 19, 2021) – UNICEF has just delivered nearly 40 tons of medical supplies, including kits and medicines for acute watery diarrhea (AWD), to Kabul to treat the rising number of cases...