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UNICEF warns of looming children’s crisis in the Sahel
NEW YORK (December 9, 2011) — An estimated 1,025,000 children in the Sahel region of Africa face severe and life threatening malnutrition during the coming year, according to UNICEF. The organization...
Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment is vital
GENEVA (November 30, 2011) — Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. The latest report by the World...
The seventh annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball honors Prudential and the Japan Committee for UNICEF
NEW YORK (November 30, 2011) — The 2011 UNICEF Snowflake Ball, held on Tuesday, November 29 at Cipriani 42nd Street honored Prudential and the Japan Committee for UNICEF for their commitment to saving...
UNICEF study provides new insight into how poverty affects children
NEW YORK (November 22, 2011) — A new UNICEF study analyzing child poverty in East Asia and the Pacific emphasizes that poverty affects children in vastly different ways than adults. As a result...
UNICEF’s digital drum chosen as a Time Magazine Best Invention of 2011
KAMPALA, Uganda (November 21, 2011) — UNICEF's innovative Digital Drum has been chosen as one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2011 . The rugged solar-powered kiosk being tested and developed...
UNICEF concerned about the impact of the escalating conflict in Somalia
NEW YORK (Nov 15, 2011) — UNICEF is extremely concerned about the impact of the escalating conflict in Somalia on children. "Increasing numbers of children and civilians are being caught in attacks...
UNICEF provides emergency items for flood victims in Thailand
NEW YORK (November 10, 2011) – UNICEF is providing more than 300,000 water, hygiene and sanitation items, including bars of soap, chlorine drops for water purification, alcohol hand-wash gel and...
UNICEF opens humanitarian warehouse in Dubai for supplies for southern Somalia
NEW YORK (November 7, 2011) —UNICEF announced the opening of its first humanitarian transit hub for nutrition supplies destined for Somalia. Situated in the port of Dubai, the new warehouse will help...
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit UNICEF’s emergency supply center in Copenhagen
NEW YORK (November 2, 2011)—This afternoon the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made a special visit to the UNICEF global Supply Center in Copenhagen to help maintain the world's attention on the...
UNICEF and partners race to prevent second wave of death in the Horn of Africa
NEW YORK (October 28, 2011) — One hundred days since famine was declared in parts of southern Somalia, UNICEF and its partners are doing their utmost to prevent a second and potentially more...