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NEW YORK (June 18, 2012) — UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Yoka Brandt today joined the European Union in talks in Brussels to address the nutrition crisis endangering millions of children and their...

KABUL (June 13, 2012) — Children in Afghanistan continue to be killed and injured as a direct result of the ongoing conflict in the country and these incidents are on the increase, according to a...

NEW YORK (June 12, 2012) – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said today that a more transparent and competitive market will lead to savings of more than $20 million over the next 12 months...

NEW YORK (June 11, 2012) — Nearly a quarter of a million children under age five suffering from severe acute malnutrition have received lifesaving treatment in the Sahel region of West and Central...

NEW YORK (June 8, 2012) — A new report from UNICEF focuses on the huge potential to narrow the child survival gap between the richest and the poorest by focusing on pneumonia and diarrhea—the two...

Kia and NBA to donate $25,000 to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on Gasol’s behalf NEW YORK (June 4, 2012) — Los Angeles Lakers forward-center Pau Gasol is the recipient of the first-ever season-long...

CHICAGO (May 31, 2012) — The Cause Marketing Golden Halo Award, the highest honor for companies and causes that collaborate to produce business and social dividends, was bestowed on UNICEF at the 2012...

NEW YORK ( May 29, 2012) — UNICEF is outraged at the latest killing of 32 children—under the age of 10—confirmed by United Nations observers, and the wounding of hundreds more in the village of Houla...

NEW YORK (May 24, 2012) — A new report states that although drowning is a leading killer of children across parts of Asia, highly effective and cost-efficient programs to reduce drowning deaths are...

GENEVA (May 24, 2012) — Despite the dramatic drop in polio cases in the last year, the threat of continued transmission due to funding and immunization gaps has driven the Global Polio Eradication...