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UNICEF Executive Director calls for accelerated efforts to make polio history
NEW YORK (June 21, 2012) — "The Independent Monitoring Board on progress with global polio eradication reports the significant finding that 2.7 million children in six countries have never been...
UNICEF joins EU talks to scale up aid for nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of Africa
NEW YORK (June 18, 2012) — UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Yoka Brandt today joined the European Union in talks in Brussels to address the nutrition crisis endangering millions of children and their...
Deaths and injuries to children increase as a result of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan
KABUL (June 13, 2012) — Children in Afghanistan continue to be killed and injured as a direct result of the ongoing conflict in the country and these incidents are on the increase, according to a...
UNICEF to save $22 million through transparency in buying bed nets
NEW YORK (June 12, 2012) – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said today that a more transparent and competitive market will lead to savings of more than $20 million over the next 12 months...
More funding needed as children’s emergency grows in West and Central Africa
NEW YORK (June 11, 2012) — Nearly a quarter of a million children under age five suffering from severe acute malnutrition have received lifesaving treatment in the Sahel region of West and Central...
Tackling deadliest diseases for world’s poorest children can yield huge gains
NEW YORK (June 8, 2012) — A new report from UNICEF focuses on the huge potential to narrow the child survival gap between the richest and the poorest by focusing on pneumonia and diarrhea—the two...
Los Angeles Lakers forward-center Pau Gasol receives 2011-12 Kia Community Assist Award
Kia and NBA to donate $25,000 to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on Gasol’s behalf NEW YORK (June 4, 2012) — Los Angeles Lakers forward-center Pau Gasol is the recipient of the first-ever season-long...
UNICEF Receives Highest Honor at 2012 Cause Marketing Forum Conference
CHICAGO (May 31, 2012) — The Cause Marketing Golden Halo Award, the highest honor for companies and causes that collaborate to produce business and social dividends, was bestowed on UNICEF at the 2012...
UNICEF outraged by child massacre in Syria
NEW YORK ( May 29, 2012) — UNICEF is outraged at the latest killing of 32 children—under the age of 10—confirmed by United Nations observers, and the wounding of hundreds more in the village of Houla...
UNICEF Report: Drowning causes one in four child deaths in parts of Asia
NEW YORK (May 24, 2012) — A new report states that although drowning is a leading killer of children across parts of Asia, highly effective and cost-efficient programs to reduce drowning deaths are...