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UNICEF Reports One in Five Children Unimmunized and At Risk
NEW YORK (April 19, 2013) – UNICEF is concerned that global efforts to vaccinate every child are plateauing as funding falls and political will stagnates. One and a half million children would not...
Emergency Supplies for Women and Children Reach Aleppo and Homs, Syria
NEW YORK (April 19, 2013) — UNICEF and partners have just completed delivery of lifesaving humanitarian assistance to the embattled northern Syrian city of Aleppo , while a separate mission this week...
More Children Killed in Central African Republic Amid Escalating Violence
NEW YORK (April 17, 2013) – In the face of the intensifying violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), more and more children are being killed and injured, says UNICEF. UNICEF is calling on all...
UNICEF Report Shows Progress in Fight against Stunting in Children
NEW YORK (April 15, 2013) – A new UNICEF report issued today shows that real progress is being made in the fight against stunted growth, which affects165 million children under the age of five...
American Airlines Employees Helped Raise More Than $1 Million for UNICEF in 2012
Group visits Brazil to see lifesaving programs in action New York, NY (April 15, 2013) – After helping to raise nearly $1.2 million for UNICEF in 2012, four American Airlines flight attendants...
UNICEF Condemns Recruitment of Children by Armed Groups in CAR
Agency warns leaders they will be held responsible for breaches of international law NEW YORK (April 12, 2013) – UNICEF has clear evidence of the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed...
UNICEF/WHO: New Plan to Address Pneumonia and Diarrhea Could Save 2 Million Children a Year
NEW YORK (April 12, 2013) – A new Global Action Plan launched today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) has the potential to save up to 2 million children every year from deaths caused...
UNICEF Report Finds Netherlands Best Place to be a Child
United States and Ireland top list of developed countries where kids exercise the most NEW YORK (April 10, 2013) – A study ranking developed countries in terms of child well-being, launched today by...
UNICEF Flies Aid to Conflict-Stricken Central African Republic
NEW YORK (April 9, 2013) - A special UNICEF-chartered flight carrying more than 23 tons of essential medicines, obstetric supplies and water tanks arrived yesterday in the conflict-ravaged Central...
Katy Perry Visits Children in Madagascar with UNICEF
NEW YORK (April 8, 2013) – Internationally acclaimed American singer and songwriter Katy Perry has visited Madagascar to bring attention to the situation of children in the tropical island country...