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Global Complacency Threatens the Lives of Children and ...
12/01/2017
NEW YORK (December 1, 2017) – In 2016, 120,000 children under the age of 14 died of AIDS related causes, and 18 children were infected with HIV every single hour. If current trends persist, there will...
Statement by Mohamed Malick Fall, UNICEF Representative...
11/30/2017
NEW YORK (November 30, 2017) – "Today’s attack on a primary school in the town of Kuaya Kusar, Borno State, in which two children were brutally killed and two others injured, is a despicable act....
Global Agreements on Migration and Refugees Should Incl...
11/30/2017
NEW YORK (November 30, 2017) – The rights, protection and well-being of uprooted children should be central commitments of global migration policies, UNICEF said today ahead of a meeting in Puerto...
UNICEF Snowflake Ball Raises $3.7 Million to Put Childr...
11/29/2017
NEW YORK (November 29, 2017) – On November 28, UNICEF USA hosted the 13th annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani Wall Street, celebrating UNICEF’s lifesaving work for children around the world and...
Child Malnutrition Levels Increase Sharply in Besieged ...
11/29/2017
NEW YORK (November 29, 2017) – Violence, lack of humanitarian access and sky-rocketing food prices have worsened malnutrition among young children in besieged East Ghouta. Nearly 400,000 people – half...
UNICEF Plane Landed in Sana’a Airport Today with Lifesa...
11/25/2017
NEW YORK (November 25, 2017) – A UNICEF-chartered aircraft carrying lifesaving vaccines has landed in Sana’a airport earlier today. The aircraft carried 1.9 million doses of vaccines. The vaccines...
Statement Attributable to Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional ...
11/21/2017
NEW YORK (November 21, 2017) – “The recent reported suicide* of an 11 year-old Afghan boy in a refugee facility in Austria is a tragic reminder that European authorities need to pay greater attention...
Bullying, Violence and Terrorism, Top of Mind for Child...
11/20/2017
NEW YORK (November 20, 2017) – Children in the United States are concerned about bullying, violence and terrorism affecting their peers across the world, reveals a new survey released by UNICEF on...
Global 'Take-overs', Star-Studded Events and World Lead...
11/14/2017
NEW YORK (November 14, 2017) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham, President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, singer, songwriter and actress P!nk, actress Millie Bobby Brown, singers, songwriters and...
Bangladesh Steps Up Vaccination for New Rohingya Arriva...
11/10/2017
NEW YORK (November 10, 2017) – An increase in the number of suspected measles cases among the newly arrived Rohingya and their host communities in southern Bangladesh has prompted the Government and...