Birth registration increases, but 150 million children still ‘invisible’, shows new UN study
Dec 11, 2024, at 10:52 am
A new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals significant progress in ending the problem of the “invisible” millions of babies each year who go unregistered. Nearly eight in 10 children under five were successfully registered at birth in the last five years.
UNICEF report warns children could face eight times more heatwaves in 2050 than in 2000
Nov 20, 2024, at 07:52 pm
UNICEF has alerted in its latest report that children could face eight times more heatwaves in 2050 than what was faced in 2000.
Over 90 percent of children vaccinated for measles, says Sri Lankan health ministry
Jan 23, 2024, at 05:30 am
Colombo/IBNS: Ninety-one percent of Sri Lankan children have received measles vaccines, a crucial step in combating a recent resurgence of the disease after eradication, Health Minister Ramesh Pathirana said on Monday.
Decline in vaccine coverage prompts measles surge in Europe, Central Asia, says UNICEF
Dec 15, 2023, at 08:20 pm
Measles, a vaccine-preventable disease which weakens children’s immune systems and can be fatal, is up by a staggering 3,200 per cent this year compared to last in Europe and Central Asia, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said on Thursday (December 14, 2023).
Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years, UNICEF reports
Oct 07, 2023, at 01:00 am
Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Heatwaves, high temperatures threatening young lives in South Asia, warns UNICEF
Aug 08, 2023, at 09:22 pm
Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to extreme high temperature compared to only one in three globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, urging authorities to do more to help them beat the heat.
UNICEF sounds alarm over fast-spreading cholera outbreaks in Africa
Mar 29, 2023, at 10:00 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for emergency funding to broaden efforts to reach millions living across 11 eastern and southern African countries which have been hit hard by fast-spreading cholera outbreaks.
Young people reconsidering parenthood due to climate change, UNICEF poll reveals
Nov 12, 2022, at 03:03 am
New York: Climate change is forcing nearly half of young Africans to rethink their plans to have children someday, a global poll conducted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed, underlining their uncertainty about the future of a planet in crisis.
UNICEF India welcomes one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in India
Oct 22, 2021, at 11:08 pm
Guwahati: UNICEF India has congratulated the Government of India on reaching the milestone of 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered so far.
UNICEF report focuses on mental health of children around the globe and how to cope with the problem
Oct 07, 2021, at 04:37 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: Children around the globe are faced with myriad issues, compounded with challenges owing to the pandemic situation.
UN chief underlines need to step up COVID-19 vaccine production, equitable distribution
May 29, 2021, at 05:27 pm
New York: The world is far from achieving equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a tragedy that must be avoided at all costs, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday during an online conversation on fair access to these lifesaving treatments.
Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF report
May 25, 2021, at 06:20 pm
New York: Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children around the world in danger, and are a much greater threat than violence itself, warns the UN Children’s agency, UNICEF, in a report released on Tuesday.
Share excess COVID-19 vaccines now, UNICEF chief says ahead of G7 summit
May 17, 2021, at 03:18 pm
New York: The deadly increase in COVID-19 cases in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries do not have access to vaccines, the head of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Monday in a bid to get richer nations to share their excess doses.
UNICEF head for simplifying COVID vaccine intellectual property rights for universal availability
Apr 07, 2021, at 09:26 pm
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has called for simplifying intellectual property rights governing COVID-19 vaccines in order to make them universally available but expressed reservations about completely suspending the patents during the pandemic as demanded by India and South Africa.
‘Make peace with nature’, UN chief urges at Ocean Decade launch
Feb 05, 2021, at 02:13 am
New York: January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday, launching a major initiative to protect the world’s oceans through the next ten years.
UNICEF: Time is of the essence, as water shortages compound desperate situation in Beirut
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:34 pm
New York: Risk of water-borne diseases is rising in Beirut, in the aftermath of the devastating explosion in early August, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned, calling for urgent action to ensure families and responders have access to safe water and sanitation.
Child rights observatory and its partner commit to support State to say no to stigma on COVID19
Jul 31, 2020, at 07:48 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: A total of 65 members from 25 districts of Madhya Pradesh participated in a webinar hosted recently by Child Rights Observatory, Madhya Pradesh.
Child rights observatory and its partner commit to support State to say no to stigma on COVID19
Jul 28, 2020, at 08:54 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: A total of 65 members from 25 districts of Madhya Pradesh participated in a webinar hosted recently by Child Rights Observatory, Madhya Pradesh.
Global partners require $31 billion to speed up COVID-19 medicines for all
Jun 27, 2020, at 04:51 pm
New York/IBNS: More than $31 billion is needed over the next 12 months to develop medicines that will be effective against COVID-19, and make them available to all people, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners said on Friday.
WHO and UNICEF in campaign to protect 1.6 million in Sudan from cholera
Oct 02, 2019, at 09:52 am
New York: UN agencies are working with the authorities in Sudan to protect more than one million people from cholera, an infectious disease which can kill within hours if left untreated.
Jul 17, 2019, at 09:26 am
New York, July 17 (IBNS): The UN programme leading the global effort to end AIDS is calling for greater urgency and more funding in the fight against the disease, with data showing that the pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections is slowing, and some countries experiencing a rising number of cases.
Ebola emergency meeting to go ahead as UNICEF warns of higher risk to very youngest children
Jul 17, 2019, at 09:18 am
New York, July 17 (IBNS): Ahead of a key expert meeting convened by the United Nations to decide whether to declare the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) an international health emergency, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF warned that the epidemic “is infecting more children” than earlier outbreaks.
Vaccinations create ‘umbrella of immunity’ against global measles outbreaks, says UNICEF
Apr 25, 2019, at 08:52 am
New York, Apr 25 (IBNS): Between 2010 and 2017, an average of 21.1 million children missed their first dose of the measles vaccine, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Wednesday, stressing its importance to creating “an umbrella of immunity for everyone.”
'Vaccines are safe' and save lives, UNICEF declares, launching new #VaccinesWork campaign
Apr 19, 2019, at 08:58 am
New York, Apr 19 (IBNS): Amid a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Thursday a new social media campaign, emphasizing that “vaccines are safe, and they save lives”.
DR Congo: new cases of deadly Ebola virus, as UN steps up response
Sep 15, 2018, at 08:44 am
New York, Sept 15 (IBNS): In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN has stepped up community-based efforts to tackle Ebola disease, following confirmation that the virus has reached the city of Butembo, near the Ugandan border, where it has claimed three lives.
Sep 14, 2018, at 05:00 pm
Kolkata, Sept 14 (IBNS): A Kolkata doctor has urged mothers to breast feed their newborns exclusively for six months, while sounding alert against unscrupulous and misleading advertisement.
As children in Ebola-affected areas of DR Congo head back to school, UNICEF ramps up support
Aug 29, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): As the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gears up for the upcoming academic year – with some 250 schools in Ebola-affected health zones – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is scaling up education; health and water; sanitation; and hygiene programmes to assist children and their teachers.
Child victims of DRC Ebola outbreak need ‘special attention and care’: UNICEF
Aug 18, 2018, at 08:22 am
New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): An ongoing deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has particularly affected children, the UN’s children agency, UNICEF, said on Friday.
UN targets half a million Yemenis in battle-scarred Hudaydah with cholera vaccine - UNICEF
Aug 07, 2018, at 09:06 am
New York, Aug 7 (IBNS): Over a year after cholera broke out in Yemen, killing more than 2,000 people, the disease is back and spreading fast in the Houthi-held port city of Hudaydah; a target of continued air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition to regain control of the city.
Ending marginalization of persons with disabilities ‘a matter of justice’, UN-backed summit told
Jul 25, 2018, at 09:12 am
New York, July 25 (IBNS): Inclusive education, economic empowerment and technological innovations were the focus of discussion on Tuesday as world leaders gathered in London for the first-ever United Nations-backed Global Disability Summit.