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No Time to Lose as Famine Stalks Millions in Sudan Amid Intense Fighting and Access Denials
NEW YORK (May 31, 2024) – "Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk of famine, displaced from their lands, living under bombardments, and cut off from humanitarian...
Sudan’s Children Trapped in Critical Malnutrition Crisis, Warn UN Agencies
NEW YORK (May 30, 2024) –Three United Nations agencies today issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant deterioration of the nutrition situation for children and mothers in war...
UNICEF Regional Director Condemns Growing Violence in the Central Sahel, Grave Violations Against Children up by 70 percent
NEW YORK (May 29, 2024) – “The distressing rise in violent incidents in the central Sahel region of West Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger), including the killing of children, must stop if children...
Lilly, UNICEF Expand Support to Help Millions of Young People at Risk of Noncommunicable Diseases
NEW YORK (May 29, 2024) —During the World Health Assembly today, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced it will donate $6.5 million to the United States Fund for UNICEF to expand UNICEF’s work to...
Violence Drives Haiti’s Children into Armed Groups; up to Half of all Members are now Children – UNICEF
NEW YORK (May 28, 2024) – As armed violence continues to drive the deteriorating conditions across Haiti, the UN has estimated that 30 to 50 percent of armed group members are children who are subject...
UNICEF Scaling up Papua New Guinea Landslide Response
NEW YORK (May 28, 2024) – UNICEF is intensifying its emergency response in the wake of last Friday’s catastrophic landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG), which killed hundreds of people...
Measles Cases Across Europe Continue to Surge, Putting Millions of Children at Risk
NEW YORK (May 28, 2024) – Measles cases across Europe continue to surge, with the number of measles cases recorded for this year soon to exceed the total number of cases reported throughout 2023...
3.2 Million Children are at Risk as Cyclone Remal Hits Hard in the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh
NEW YORK (May 27, 2024) – “As Cyclone Remal hits the coastal areas of Bangladesh, over 8.4 million people, including 3.2 million children, are at high health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety risks...
Shipment of Newest Malaria Vaccine, R21, to Central African Republic Marks Latest Milestone for Child Survival
NEW YORK (May 24, 2024) – UNICEF delivered over 43,000 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine by air to Bangui, Central African Republic, today, with more than 120,000 doses to follow in the next...