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Assault on key Yemeni port would endanger 300,000 children and ‘choke off’ aid for millions more: UNICEF chief

New York: Any attack on the key Yemeni port of Hodeida would deepen one of the world’s worst malnutrition crises and put the lives of an estimated 300,000 children at risk, said the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday. more

Children bear the brunt as violence escalates in Gaza - UNICEF

New York: Highlighting the devastating impact of the humanitarian crisis and increasing violence on Gaza's children, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on al ...

UNICEF scales up psychosocial support for Papua New Guinea’s children after devastating quakes

New York: Children are suffering significant trauma and stress one month after a series of major earthquakes hit Papua New Guinea, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said o ...

Children's education latest victim of Yemen conflict – UNICEF

New York: Yemen’s education system has been devastated by the country’s brutal conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, reporting that at l ...

Lifesaving UNICEF supplies reach Papua New Guinea to help children and families hardest hit by earthquakes

Sydney: UNICEF has this week delivered 23 metric tons of relief supplies to Papua New Guinea, including tents and tarpaulins, water purification tablets, hygiene kits, blankets and learni ...

25 million child marriages prevented in last decade due to accelerated progress, according to new UNICEF estimates

New York/New Delhi: The prevalence of child marriage is decreasing globally with several countries seeing significant reductions in recent years, UNICEF said on Tuesday.

Syrian refugee children in Jordan deprived of the most basic needs – UNICEF

New York, Feb 27 (JEN): Eighty five per cent of Syrian refugee children in Jordan are living below the poverty line and a staggering 94 per cent of those under five in “multidimensi ...

Fresh threats loom over 720,000 Rohingya children ‘cast adrift, trapped in limbo’ – UNICEF

New York, Feb 24 (JEN): Rohingya children are facing threats either from severe weather approaching Bangladesh where hundreds of thousands are sheltered in squalid, overcrowded refugee ca ...

World is failing newborns; UNICEF says global mortality rates remain ‘alarmingly high’

New York, Feb 21 (JEN): Newborns are dying at “alarmingly high” rates in countries that are poor, conflict-ridden or have weak institutions, the United Nations Children’ ...

Syria: Life 'living nightmare' for children in East Ghouta, UNICEF chief warns

New York, Feb 10 (JEN): Following reports that dozens of children have been killed in violence this week alone in Syria, a senior United Nations official on Friday stressed the need for u ...