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Since the onset of the cholera outbreak in Haiti, children below 14 years make up nearly half of the 1,700 suspected cases. Gang violence, fuel shortages and street blockades are hindering humanitarian access to safe water...

In the aftermath of the devastating floods in Pakistan, health facilities are reporting alarming levels of severe acute malnutrition among children in affected areas, UNICEF warned today. More than 1 in 9 children under five admitted...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF welcomed funding agreements from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) valued at US$ 10 million to further bolster polio and measles programmes in eight countries. The...

On October 18th, global leaders confirmed US$ 2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end polio at a pledging moment co-hosted by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and...

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas travelled to northern Kenya this week to meet children suffering from severe acute malnutrition as a result of prolonged drought across the Horn of Africa. During the two-day visit, Chopra...

The war in Ukraine and rising inflation have driven an additional four million children across eastern Europe and Central Asia into poverty, a 19 per cent increase since 2021, according to a new UNICEF study published....

The UN children’s agency said Monday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting economic fallout have thrown four million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia. “Children are bearing the heaviest burden of...

At the start of a new academic year in Haiti, social unrest, gang violence, and a resurgence of cholera may keep over 2.4 million children out of classrooms, UNICEF warned today. Despite the academic year starting...

The resurgence of cholera in violence-stricken Haiti after three years without a single reported case threatens the well-being and health of 1.2 million children living in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, UNICEF warned. As the country grapples with...

According to the UN Children’s Agency, at least 11 pupils were killed in an airstrike and subsequent shooting on a village in Myanmar. The country’s junta claimed that the attack was directed at rebels who were...