Press Releases
Gavi and UNICEF announce equitable pricing deal for malaria vaccine to protect 7 million more children by end of decade
NEW YORK (November 24, 2025) – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF today announced a new agreement that will make the R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccines significantly more accessible and affordable...
Note to correspondents - Reported abduction of children and teachers from a secondary school in Niger State, Nigeria
NEW YORK (November 22, 2025) – Scores of children and teachers were reportedly abducted from a secondary school in Niger State, Nigeria, in the early hours of Friday, just days after a separate attack...
UNICEF USA Recognizes Four Members of Congress for Protecting and Advancing Children’s Rights
NEW YORK (November 20, 2025) – To commemorate World Children’s Day, UNICEF USA recognized Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Representative Lois Frankel (D-FL), and...
More than 400 million children globally live in poverty, missing out on at least two daily needs such as nutrition and sanitation – UNICEF
NEW YORK (November 20, 2025) – More than 1 in 5 children in low- and middle-income countries – or 417 million – are severely deprived in at least two vital areas critical for their health, development...
UNICEF Calls for Stronger Protection of Children Following Tragic School Attack in Kebbi, Northwest Nigeria
NEW YORK (November 17, 2025) - UNICEF strongly condemns the reported attack on a Government Girls School in the Maga community of Kebbi State, in Northwest Nigeria, which resulted in the death of the...
Hurricane Melissa disrupts schooling for nearly 477,000 children across the Caribbean
NEW YORK (November 17, 2025) – Three weeks after Hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean, nearly 477,000 children are experiencing significant disruptions to their schooling due to damaged or temporarily...
Over 1.7 million children live in areas affected by strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year
NEW YORK (November 13, 2025) – More than 1.7 million children are impacted by Super Typhoon Fung-wong, which made landfall in the Philippines on 9 th November. The severe storm has wreaked havoc to...
Kirk Humanitarian Commits an Additional $50 Million to Expand UNICEF’s Global Maternal Nutrition Efforts
NEW YORK (NOVEMBER 12, 2025) – In a bold step to combat maternal undernutrition and protect the health of future generations, Kirk Humanitarian announced a new commitment today of US$50 million in...
City of El Paso Joins UNICEF USA’s Child Friendly Cities Initiative
NEW YORK, NY / EL PASO, TX (November 12, 2025) ― The City of El Paso, in partnership with the El Paso Community Foundation (EPCF) and UNICEF USA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where funding cuts are putting half a million children’s futures at risk
NEW YORK (November 6, 2025) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Bangladesh this week to see the impact of severe cuts to official development assistance (ODA) on the half a million...