Press Releases
Increased attacks disrupt children's education as air-raid alarms affect nearly two-thirds of school days in Ukraine
NEW YORK (November 3, 2026) - Children across Ukraine are facing growing disruptions to their education as air-raid alarms continue to interrupt the school day amid ongoing escalating attacks. The...
'A trip to the market should never cost a child their life'
NEW YORK (October 29, 2026) – “At least five children, aged between seven and 14, including three boys and two girls, were reported killed and two other children injured in an armed drone attack on a...
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the ongoing killings of children across the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (October 23, 2026) – “Fourteen-year-old Mohamed was walking home from a UNICEF-supported learning centre on 17 October in Deir al Balah in the Gaza Strip when he was reported hit in the...
Gavi and UNICEF secure lower malaria vaccine price, saving $50 million for childhood immunization programs
COPENHAGEN/GENEVA/NEW YORK (October 22, 2026) – An agreement announced today will cut the price of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine by approximately 40 percent. The deal, executed by UNICEF and...
Water for over 1.6 million children in Taiz at risk as fighting intensifies in Yemen
NEW YORK (October 20, 2026) - “In Taiz, Yemen, escalating fighting and fuel shortages are threatening UNICEF water systems serving an estimated three million people, at least 1.6 million of them...
At least 12 children reportedly killed in separate incidents in West Kordofan and Khartoum, Sudan
NEW YORK (October 20, 2026) – At least 12 children, some as young as two, were reportedly killed in two separate incidents in Sudan's West Kordofan and Khartoum states in recent days. On Saturday, 17...
Childhood defined by struggle for survival in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (October 16, 2026) – “In the last two weeks in Gaza, despite an agreed ceasefire, five boys and two girls have been reported killed and at least 33 children seriously injured in air strikes...
UNICEF statement on the school roof collapse in Peshawar, Pakistan
NEW YORK (October 15, 2026) – “UNICEF is deeply saddened by reports that at least 28 children and one teacher have been killed when the roof of a private school collapsed in Dir Colony, Peshawar. The...
Afghanistan to face sharp rise in acute malnutrition in 2027, with over 4 million children projected to be in need of urgent treatment
NEW YORK (October 15, 2026) – UNICEF and Action Against Hunger, chair and co-chair of the Afghanistan Nutrition Cluster, warned today that acute malnutrition is worsening across Afghanistan, with over...
Over 8,000 children in need of humanitarian assistance following the Panama earthquake
NEW YORK (October 12, 2026) - UNICEF estimates that 38,000 people, including 8,300 children, are in need of humanitarian assistance following the earthquake that struck Panama on October 9. The 7.5...