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Global partners announce a new effort – “The Big Catch-up” – to vaccinate millions of children and restore immunization progress lost during the pandemic
NEW YORK (April 24, 2023)- The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with Immunization Agenda 2030 and many other global...
Escalating Violence in Sudan Puts Millions of Children at Risk
NEW YORK (April 20, 2023) – “Five days of intense hostilities in Sudan, and four failed ceasefires, have already taken a devastating toll on the country’s children. If the violence does not stop, this...
New data indicates declining confidence in childhood vaccines of up to 44 percentage points in some countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
NEW YORK (April 19, 2023) – The public perception of the importance of vaccines for children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in 52 out of 55 countries studied, UNICEF warned today in a new...
Ahead of Earth Day Aria Mia Loberti Visits with Children and Youth to Discuss Child Rights and Climate Action in Kosovo
NEW YORK (April 19, 2022) – Aria Mia Loberti, actor, Fulbright recipient and UNICEF Supporter, traveled to Kosovo to learn from UNICEF experts, children, families and partners about UNICEF’s mission...
"Devastating Reality": 9 years after Chibok abductions, children in Northeast Nigeria continue to suffer the brutal consequences of conflict
NEW YORK (April 14, 2023) – Nine years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in the middle of the night from their dormitory in Chibok, Nigeria, 96 girls remain in captivity, and thousands more children...
800,000 children to be vaccinated against measles and polio across earthquake-stricken northwest Syria
NEW YORK (April 7, 2023) – A measles and polio vaccination campaign will be launched tomorrow across northwest Syria to protect some 800,000 children under five years from the two potentially deadly...
Two months on from Türkiye earthquakes, enormous challenges remain for 2.5 million children in need of humanitarian support
NEW YORK (April 6, 2023) – Two months after two devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and northern Syria, 2.5 million children in Türkiye remain in need of humanitarian support and are at risk of...
Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations will cost children’s lives
NEW YORK (April 5, 2023) – “Afghanistan is home to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. More than 28 million people, including over 15 million children, need humanitarian and protection...
Seven-Fold Increase in the Number of Children Walking through the Panamanian Jungle towards North America this year
NEW YORK CITY (March 30, 2023) - The number of children crossing the dangerous Darien jungle between Colombia and Panama by foot has increased seven-fold in the first two months of 2023 compared to...
The fight of our lives for their futures: climate action needed now, for every child
NEW YORK (March 30, 2023) – “As the IPCC report makes clear, our world is already being ravaged by the consequences of climate change. Just last year, we saw a series of deadly climate-linked...