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More than 100 million COVID-19 vaccines rejected by poorer nations in December – UNICEF
BRUSSELS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the global…
Unicef warns 3.2 million children at risk of malnutrition in Afghanistan
Afghan children who were displaced from other parts of the country live in temporary shelters at a camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, 09…
One million Nigerian children to miss school due to mass kidnappings, UNICEF says
At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school…
UNICEF calls for schools to reopen in pandemic-hit nations
The United Nations children's agency UNICEF has urged education authorities to reopen schools as soon as possible in countries where millions of…
UNICEF warns millions of Lebanese face water shortages
More than 4 million people in Lebanon could face a critical shortage of water or be cut off completely in the coming…
100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition – UNICEF
More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump…
Over 71% of Lebanon’s population risks losing access to safe water – UNICEF
The United Nations warned that more than four million people in Lebanon, including one million refugees risked losing access to safe water…
UNICEF warns of the alarming surge in Covid-19 cases in Libya
According to reports from the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Libya has seen a frightening increase in COVID-19 cases in the…
168 million children worldwide have missed school for a year
Worldwide, more than 168 million children have had their schools completely shut for almost a year, according to UNICEF, due to coronavirus…
Cargolux joins UNICEF Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative
Luxembourg's Cargolux announced that it will be part of UNICEF’s Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative to transport essential medical and pharmaceutical supplies where they…
UNICEF appeals to make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that more than 371,500 children would be born on the first day of 2021.…
Half the world’s schoolchildren still unable to attend classrooms
Around 872 million school children – or half of the world’s student population – are still unable to attend schools in person…