Tag: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Global progress in tackling maternal and newborn deaths stalls since 2015
Global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women, mothers, and babies has flatlined for eight years due to decreasing...
Malaria vaccine plays critical role in turning the tide on the disease in Ghana
While Ghanaian mother Charity Kesewaa Damoah has nursed her eight-year-old son through several debilitating bouts of malaria, his 14-month-old...
Our lifetime opportunity to enable water, sanitation and hygiene for all
As the historic United Nations Water Conference commenced – the first in nearly 50 years – the World Health...
Malnutrition in mothers soars by 25 per cent in crisis-hit countries, putting women and newborn babies at risk
The number of pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and women suffering from acute malnutrition has soared from 5.5 million...
Nearly 25 million Nigerians at high risk of food insecurity in 2023
Nearly 25 million Nigerians are at risk of facing hunger between June and August 2023 (lean season) if urgent...
Children from poorest households benefit least from national public education funding, new UNICEF report says
Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said...
Ethiopia’s nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targets over 15.5 million children
Ethiopia's Federal Ministry of Health (MoH) officially launched a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign on December 22, 2022, in...
Horn of Africa faces the most severe drought in more than two generations, UNICEF says
Around 20.2 million children are under threat of severe hunger, thirst and disease – compared to 10 million in...
UNICEF calls for investment in world’s first child-focused climate risk financing solution
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new climate financing initiative to enhance countries’ climate resilience and...
More than 27 million children are at risk from devastating record-setting floods
Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number of children affected...
Malawi receives 2.9 million doses of cholera vaccine as disease’s outbreak spreads across the country
A consignment of 2.9 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) has arrived in Malawi at a critical time...
Uganda targets over 8.7 million children with new oral polio vaccine as it builds its health systems’ resilience
The Ugandan Ministry of Health is set to administer the new oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) to 8.7 million children...