Tag: UNICEF
More than 115,600 children to suffer wasting in 2023 – UNICEF
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says more than 115,600 children are expected to suffer from severe wasting in 2023, compared to 87,500 last year.
Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage – UNICEF
Despite a steady decline in child marriage in the last decade, multiple crises including conflict, climate shocks, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19 are threatening to reverse hard-earned gains, according to a new analysis issued by UNICEF.
11 countries in eastern, southern Africa are experiencing cholera outbreak
Eleven countries in eastern and southern Africa are experiencing an extremely worrying cholera outbreak, with 67,822 cases and 1,788 estimated deaths.
UNICEF expresses concern for children in danger over cyclones
Days after twin cyclones tore through the country, the situation for an estimated 58,000 children in Vanuatu remains extremely precarious.
UNICEF Calls For Immediate, Unconditional Release Of Abducted Children In DRC
UNICEF has called for the immediate and unconditional release of at least 13 children reported to have been abducted during the by a non-state armed group during an attack near the city of Butembo, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1.5m Children At Risk As Devastating Floods Hit Nigeria
More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria are in need of humanitarian assistance - 60 per cent of which are children.