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Measles Cases Across Europe Continue to Surge, Putting Millions of Children at Risk
NEW YORK (May 28, 2024) – Measles cases across Europe continue to surge, with the number of measles cases recorded for this year soon to exceed the total number of cases reported throughout 2023...
3.2 Million Children are at Risk as Cyclone Remal Hits Hard in the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh
NEW YORK (May 27, 2024) – “As Cyclone Remal hits the coastal areas of Bangladesh, over 8.4 million people, including 3.2 million children, are at high health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety risks...
Shipment of Newest Malaria Vaccine, R21, to Central African Republic Marks Latest Milestone for Child Survival
NEW YORK (May 24, 2024) – UNICEF delivered over 43,000 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine by air to Bangui, Central African Republic, today, with more than 120,000 doses to follow in the next...
Soaring Temperatures in South Asia can put Children’s Health in Danger, UNICEF Warns
NEW YORK (May 23, 2024) – “UNICEF is deeply concerned about the health and safety of babies and young children as debilitating heatwave conditions take hold in several countries. “Across many northern...
Violence Sending Shocks Around Haiti’s Collapsing Health System
NEW YORK (May 22, 2024) – An alarming six out of ten hospitals in Haiti are barely operational as recent escalating violence in Port-Au-Prince has continued to deprive children of critical health...
Child Migration Through the Darien Gap up 40 Percent so far This Year
NEW YORK (May 15, 2024) – An increase in the number of children migrating through the dangerous Darien Gap so far this year puts the route on track for a fifth consecutive year of record levels of...
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Adele Khodr, on Intensifying Hostilities in Rafah and North Gaza
NEW YORK (May 14, 2024) – "The escalation of hostilities in Rafah and throughout the Gaza Strip has deepened the suffering of hundreds of thousands of children, who have endured an unrelenting...
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban Concludes Visit to Eastern DR Congo, Emphasizes Humanitarian Situation now at a Tipping Point, the Urgent Need for Peace and a Central Role of the New Government
NEW YORK (May 13, 2024) – UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, Ted Chaiban, concluded a five-day visit to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
Nearly 2,000 Children Killed or Injured Since the Escalation of War in Ukraine
NEW YORK (May 13, 2024) – “At least 1,993 children in Ukraine have been killed or injured since the escalation of war more than two years ago, an average of two child casualties each day. These are...