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ACT-Accelerator Calls For Fair Share-Based Financing Of $23 Billion To End Pandemic As Global Emergency In 2022
02/09/2022
NEW YORK (February 9, 2022) – World leaders will today launch a call to end the pandemic as a global emergency in 2022 by funding the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a partnership of...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note On The Crisis In The Horn Of Africa And Tropical Storm Ana & Cyclone Batsirai
02/09/2022
NEW YORK (February 9, 2022) – "The situation of children and families in the Horn of Africa is dire. They are desperate. Millions of lives are hanging in the balance. "The needs are massive and urgent...
UNICEF Raises Appeal For Children Affected By Typhoon Rai To $39 Million
02/03/2022
NEW YORK (February 3, 2022) – UNICEF revises its emergency fundraising appeal for children affected by Typhoon Rai (locally named Odette) from an initial $11.5 million to US$39 million. More than a...
UNICEF and Lilly Collaborate to Help Improve Health Outcomes for 10 Million Children and Adolescents
02/02/2022
NEW YORK / INDIANAPOLIS (February 2, 2022) – Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and UNICEF have today announced a new collaboration to help improve health outcomes for 10 million children and...
Prolonged Drought Pushing Families In Ethiopia To The Brink
02/01/2022
NEW YORK (February 1, 2022) – Three consecutive failed rainy seasons have brought on severe drought in Ethiopia’s lowland regions of Afar, Oromia, the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’...
Catherine Russell Assumes Functions as New UNICEF Executive Director
02/01/2022
NEW YORK (February 1, 2022) – Catherine Russell took office today as UNICEF's new Executive Director, becoming the fourth woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history. "It is an honor and a...
No Excuses. Keep Schools Open. Children Can’t Wait
01/31/2022
NEW YORK (January 31, 2022) – “As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues its spread all over the world, we urge governments to do everything in their power to keep it from further disrupting...
UNICEF Provides Lifesaving Assistance To Displaced Children And Families In Northeast Syria
01/28/2022
NEW YORK (January 28, 2022) – As violence continues in and around the Ghwayran/ Sinai’i detention center, in northeast Syria, children continue to be critically vulnerable and in urgent need of...
Children Caught Up In Al Hasakah Prison Violence Must Be Evacuated To Safety
01/27/2022
NEW YORK (January 27, 2022) – “We have received deeply worrisome reports of fatalities among children in the Ghwayran military detention facility, in al-Hasakah, northeast Syria. We are also deeply...
UNICEF Deploys Staff And Life-Saving Supplies For Children And Families Affected By Tropical Storm Ana In Mozambique
01/27/2022
NEW YORK (January 27, 2022) – UNICEF is deploying staff and preparing medical and nutrition supplies, water, sanitation and hygiene kits, as well as setting up temporary learning spaces to support...