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UN warns of rise in vaccine-preventable diseases
Global vaccine preventable disease outbreaks rise, threatening progress and millions of children's lives.
More than 200 children killed in Lebanon in past two months, UNICEF says
More than 200 children have been killed and 1,100 injured in Lebanon in the past two months, the U.N. children's agency (UNICEF)…
Gaza faces ‘perfect storm’ of deadly diseases
Disease outbreak threatens Gaza residents amid war-induced collapse of health system.
Child poverty levels in the UK worst among world’s richest nations, UNICEF report finds
LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Child income poverty rates in the United Kingdom were the highest among the world's richest countries, a…
People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says
By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of…
Bloom, a UNICEF ambassador and actor, visits children’s centre in Kyiv
By Nick Starkov KYIV, March 27 (Reuters) - Orlando Bloom, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations children's organization UNICEF and a…
One child a minute being admitted for malnutrition treatment in Somalia: UNICEF
LONDON (Reuters) - One child is being admitted for medical treatment for malnutrition every minute in Somalia as severe drought threatens to…
Pandemic behind ‘largest backslide in childhood vaccination in a generation’ – U.N
LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations that protect against life-threatening diseases…
Lebanon maternal deaths triple, children’s health at risk amid crisis, UNICEF says
The number of women in Lebanon dying from pregnancy-related complications has nearly tripled amid a crushing three-year economic crisis that has seen…
Covid closures still affecting 400 million pupils – UNICEF
Schools in 23 countries, with 405 million pupils, are still partially or fully closed because of Covid, the United Nations Children's Fund…