DR Congo: 400,000 children in Greater Kasai at risk of severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF warns
May 25, 2017, at 04:46 am
New York, May 24(Just Earth News): Deteriorating security conditions have severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent months, putting an estimated 400,000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said.
Despite progress, life for children in Myanmar's remote areas remains a struggle, UNICEF warns
May 24, 2017, at 04:58 am
New York, May 23(Just Earth News): The benefits of Myanmar's economic growth, reform and reconciliation efforts have not yet reached children in the country's remote, conflict-affected areas, leaving an estimated 2.2 million children in need of better humanitarian assistance, a United Nations report has revealed.
Number of unaccompanied refugee and migrant children hits ‘record high’ – UNICEF
May 19, 2017, at 03:59 am
New York, May 18(Just Earth News): The number of children traveling alone has increased fivefold since 2010, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, warning that many young refugees and migrants are taking highly dangerous routes, often at the mercy of traffickers, to reach their destinations.
One in four children in North Africa, Middle East live in poverty – UNICEF study
May 17, 2017, at 01:45 pm
New York, May 17(Just Earth News): Poverty continues to impact the lives of Middle Eastern and Northern African children, according to new analysis from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which highlights that millions of the region’s young people live without quality health care or decent housing.
May 09, 2017, at 10:37 am
New York, May 9(Just Earth News): Drawing attention to the harrowing traumas of child victims of sexual violence, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for greater recognition of the fact that it is “not OK†for children to be touched inappropriately as well as for raising awareness among youngsters that under-age sex can lead to pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases.
Nigeria: UNICEF welcomes release of 80 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram
May 08, 2017, at 01:08 pm
New York, May 6(Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today welcomed yesterday's release of more than 80 of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents over three years ago.
Inequalities between rich and poor temper broad success of immunization – UNICEF
Apr 27, 2017, at 06:02 am
New York, Apr 27(Just Earth News): Even though billions of doses of vaccines for children across 100 countries around the world were supplied in 2016, millions of children – especially those in conflict zones – still miss out on life-saving inoculations, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
Girls worst affected as conflict keeps more than 25 million children out of school – UNICEF
Apr 25, 2017, at 05:02 am
New York, Apr 24 (Just Earth News): To help raise awareness on challenges that children affected and uprooted by conflict face in accessing school, UNICEF has been working with Muzoon Almellehan, a 19-year-old Syrian refugee and education activist.
'Alarming' rise in use of children in 'suicide' attacks by Boko Haram in Lake Chad region – UNICEF
Apr 13, 2017, at 04:34 am
New York, Apr 12(Just Earth News): The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an “alarming†surge in 2017, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
Children in east Ukraine need urgent care to overcome trauma of conflict – UNICEF
Apr 08, 2017, at 05:19 am
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): More than 200,000 children, or one in four, in the two regions most severely affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine require urgent and sustained psychosocial support to address their traumatic experiences, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among Somali children – UNICEF
Mar 31, 2017, at 04:55 am
New York, Mar 30 (Just Earth News): As the spectre of famine hangs once again over Somalia, early numbers show an increasing number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition and cholera or acute watery diarrhoea – a combination that killed many children in the famine of 2011, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Around 22 million children could soon starve without urgent aid, UNICEF warns
Mar 29, 2017, at 01:51 pm
New York, Mar 29 (Just Earth News): Millions of children are on the brink of starvation in the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday warned, urgently calling for nearly $255 million to respond to immediate needs in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.
Child rights must be at the centre of Syria peace talks – UNICEF
Mar 25, 2017, at 04:56 am
New York, Mar 24 (Just Earth News): Those participating the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva must put the rights of children at the centre of all their deliberations as children throughout the Middle Eastern country continue to come under attack, a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official has said.
Iraq a country of hope amid debris of war, says UNICEF chief wrapping up visit
Mar 24, 2017, at 08:01 am
New York, Mar 24 (Just Earth News): Children have the power to bring Iraq out of conflicts and into a peaceful future, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.
'Nothing can grow without water,' warns UNICEF, as 600 million children could face extreme shortage
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:24 pm
New York, Mar 23 (Just Earth News): Warning that as many as 600 million children – one in four worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely scare water by 2040, the United Nations children's agency has called on governments to take immediate measures to curb the impact on the lives of children.
Toll on refugee and migrant children continues to mount one year after EU-Turkey deal – UNICEF
Mar 18, 2017, at 01:59 pm
New York, Mar 18 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday that one year after the Balkan border closures and the European Union-Turkey Statement, which were aimed at stopping mass migration flows, refugee and migrant children face greater risks of deportation, detention, exploitation and deprivation.
'Unprecedented suffering' for Syrian children in 2016 – UNICEF
Mar 14, 2017, at 05:21 am
New York, Mar 13 (Just Earth News): The suffering of children in war-torn Syria “hit rock bottom†in 2016 with the highest number of grave violations against them since verification began in 2014, underscored the United Nations children's agency urging all parties to the conflict, those who have influence over them, and anyone who cared about children to find an immediate political solution to end the conflict.
Iraq: 15,000 children flee west Mosul over past week as battle intensifies, says UNICEF
Mar 04, 2017, at 01:30 pm
New York, Mar 4 (Just Earth News): Some 15,000 children have over the previous week fled the western section of Iraq’s Mosul city where fighting between the Government forces and terrorists is intensifying by the day, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
Haiti: New grant to help UNICEF strengthen efforts to tackle cholera
Feb 23, 2017, at 02:05 pm
New York, Feb 23 (Just Earth News): A new grant from the Government of Japan will allow the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help reduce cholera-related morbidity and mortality in Haiti in 2017 and 2018, the UN agency said in a news release.
'Time running out' for 1.4 million children in 'man-made' crises in Africa, Yemen – UNICEF
Feb 22, 2017, at 07:46 am
New York, Feb 22 (Just Earth News): Almost 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death due to severe acute malnutrition this year, as famine threatens in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, warned the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), urging prompt action to save them.
'We cannot give up the fight' to end child recruitment, says UNICEF chief
Feb 22, 2017, at 07:35 am
New York, Feb 22 (Just Earth News): Even though over the past 10 years, more than 65,000 children have been released from armed forces and armed groups, tens of thousands of boys and girls under the age of 18 continue to be used in conflicts around the world, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
One million Ukrainian children now need aid as number doubles over past year – UNICEF
Feb 18, 2017, at 05:29 pm
New York, Feb 18 (Just Earth News): As the volatile conflict in eastern Ukraine enters its fourth year, one million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance – nearly double the number this time last year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Friday.
Thousands of children out of school as classrooms shelled in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF
Feb 08, 2017, at 05:50 am
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): With thousands of children forced out of school in eastern Ukraine due to last week's surge in fighting, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners have strongly condemned the indiscriminate shelling of schools, and called for all sides to immediately recommit to the ceasefire signed in Minsk in August 2015.
Adhere to safeguards, avoid pushing back refugees, UNICEF, UN rights experts urge Europe
Feb 04, 2017, at 01:25 pm
New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News): As Europe Union leaders gather on Friday in Malta to discuss new measures on migration, including increased cooperation with Libya, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN rights experts underlined the need to ensure that children are protected and that migrants should not be pushed back to places where their safety is at risk.
Dangerous conditions in Ukraine after heavy fighting be repaired.
Feb 03, 2017, at 04:32 am
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News): More than 2,500 children in the Donetsk region of Ukraine are without heat, electricity or water, prompting the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to call for an end to fighting in the area so that the infrastructure can be repaired.
Syria: UNICEF calls for unimpeded aid access to children in besieged Deir Ez Zor
Jan 24, 2017, at 05:26 am
New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday called for unimpeded and unconditional access to children in the besieged city of Deir Ez Zor, noting that they have not received regular humanitarian aid for more than two years.
Backlogs and brutal weather put refugee and migrant children at risk in Europe – UNICEF
Jan 21, 2017, at 01:36 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): As the extreme cold weather and storms continue to sweep Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, refugee and migrant children are threatened by respiratory and other serious illnesses, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Turkey: UNICEF cites risk of 'lost generation' of Syrian children despite enrolment increase
Jan 20, 2017, at 04:41 am
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News): More than 40 per cent of Syrian refugee children in Turkey are missing out on education, despite a sharp increase in enrolment rates, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
UNICEF #EarlyMomentsMatter campaign promotes investments in early childhood development
Jan 11, 2017, at 05:01 am
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): On Tuesday marks the launch of a new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) campaign, #EarlyMomentsMatter, aimed at raising awareness about the critical impact that early experiences have on children’s brain development during their first 1,000 days of life.
Safe water now available for hundreds of thousands affected by Hurricane Matthew – UNICEF
Jan 06, 2017, at 05:45 am
New York, Jan 6 (Just Earth News): Responding to the humanitarian needs in Haiti, which witnessed massive destruction by Hurricane Matthew in early October last year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) continues to deliver aid and provide relief to those most affected by the storm.