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Burkina Faso: Insecurity pushes more than 1 in 10 children into acute malnutrition in heavily affected areas
NEW YORK (November 28, 2023) – Insecurity is pushing more than 1 in 10 children under the age of five into acute malnutrition in 22 out of 25 heavily affected areas surveyed in Burkina Faso, according...
K.I.N.D. Fund Marks Nearly $40 Million Raised Since its Launch, Returns for 13th Fundraising Season Nov. 28
NEW YORK (November 28, 2023) – Now in its 13th year, the K.I.N.D. (Kids in Need of Desks) Fund – a longstanding partnership between UNICEF USA and MSNBC dedicated to bringing quality education to...
The Baxter International Foundation and UNICEF Partner to Expand Access to Safe Water and Sanitation in Egypt
NEW YORK / DEERFIELD, Ill. (November 28, 2023) - The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), and UNICEF, today announced a partnership to...
UNICEF and SADC call for improved legislation, policies, and budgets to address gender-based violence
NEW YORK (November 23, 2023) – The prevalence of sexual, physical and emotional violence in several Southern African countries is among the highest in the world, according to a new report by UNICEF...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on the protection of children in Gaza
NEW YORK (November 22, 2023) – “Excellencies, “Thank you to Ambassador Nusseibeh, Ambassador Zhang Jun, and Ambassador Frazier for bringing us together to speak about the worsening situation for...
Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria
NEW YORK (November 22, 2023) – Shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first...
Gaza’s children running out of time: Water shortages spark disease alarm
NEW YORK (November 21, 2023) – “If children’s access to water and sanitation in Gaza continues to be restricted and insufficient, we will see a tragic – yet entirely avoidable – surge in the number of...
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children
NEW YORK (November 21, 2023) –Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for Action released today by...
At least 5 million children at the brink in Darfur as unchecked conflict worsens
NEW YORK (November 20, 2023) – The escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan over the last seven months has reached a grim milestone in Darfur, where at least 5 million children are facing extreme...
Children live in a world that is increasingly hostile to their rights
NEW YORK (November 20, 2023) – “Each year on November 20, we mark World Children’s Day to commemorate the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most...