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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas Meets Children Suffering from Severe Malnutrition in Kenya
10/19/2022
NEW YORK/ NAIROBI (October 19, 2022) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas travelled to northern Kenya this week to meet children suffering from severe acute malnutrition as a result of...
Geneva Palais Briefing Note: UNICEF Warns Of Unprecedented Numbers Of Child Deaths In Somalia
10/18/2022
NEW YORK (October 18, 2022) “Today in Somalia, every single minute of every single day, a child is admitted to a health facility for treatment of severe acute malnutrition. The latest admission rates...
Staggering Backsliding Across Women’s, Children’s And Adolescents’ Health Revealed In New Un Analysis
10/18/2022
NEW YORK (October 18, 2022) – A new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge with...
Cholera Threat ‘Close To A Death Sentence' For Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition In Haiti As Food Insecurity Worsens
10/14/2022
NEW YORK (October 14, 2022) – Nearly 100,000 children under the age of five who are already suffering from severe acute malnutrition -also known as severe wasting - are especially vulnerable to the...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Opens Up About Mental Health Following Teenage Accident
10/10/2022
NEW YORK (October 10, 2022) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has reflected on how a near-fatal accident when he was a teenager impacted his mental health in a moving video issued on World...
UNICEF Calls For The Protection Of Children And Adolescents Amid Public Unrest In Iran
10/10/2022
NEW YORK (October 10, 2022) – “We are extremely concerned by continuing reports of children and adolescents being killed, injured and detained amid the ongoing public unrest in Iran. Our thoughts are...
UNICEF USA Statement on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Ruling
10/07/2022
NEW YORK (October 7, 2022) – The livelihoods and well-being of nearly 600,000 immigrants and their families currently protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy continue...
UNICEF Warns That More Children Will Die Without Immediate International Support, And Revises Funding Appeal To $173.5 Million
10/07/2022
NEW YORK (October 7, 2022) – “ Pakistan’s catastrophic floods have already claimed the lives of 615 children. Right now, almost 10 million children are now in need of immediate, lifesaving support. It...
UNICEF Is Deeply Saddened By Tragic Shooting At Early Childhood Development Center In Thailand
10/06/2022
NEW YORK (October 6, 2022) – UNICEF is saddened and shocked by the tragic shooting incident at an early childhood development center in Thailand’s northern province of Nong Bua Lamphu, where dozens of...
Demand For Life-Saving Supplies For Children At An All-Time High As UNICEF Commemorates 60 Years Of Operations In Copenhagen
10/05/2022
NEW YORK (October 5, 2022) – UNICEF is commemorating 60 years of delivering emergency supplies to the world's most vulnerable children from its Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen. The...