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Child mortality rates plunge by more than half since 1990, UN report

New York, Sep 10 (JEN): Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, but it is not enough to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of a two-thirds reduction over the past 15 years, according to a new report released on Wednesday by a number of United Nations agencies. more

South Sudan: UN agencies boost effort to avoid loss of young children’s lives

New York, Sep 10 (JEN): Two United Nations agencies are intensifying their efforts to reverse “dire” malnutrition in South Sudan, where every two minutes another child becomes severely m ...

Celebrities join UNICEF to launch ‘World’s Largest Lesson’ on sustainable development

New York, Sep 5 (JEN): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Global Goals campaign on Friday launched the World’s Largest Lesson, an initiative to teach children in more th ...

Millions of children out of school in Middle East and North Africa: UNICEF report

New York, Sep 4 (JEN): More than 13 million – that is the number of children who are prevented from attending school by surging conflict and political upheaval across the Middle East and N ...

UNICEF chief urges to take action, as Europe’s refugee and migrant crisis deepens

New York, Sep 4 (JEN): As the “heart-breaking” image of a drowned refugee boy who washed up on a beach in Turkey ricocheted around the world on social media, Anthony Lake, Executive Dire ...

Asylum-seekers pass through former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia daily: UNICEF

New York, Sep 2 (JEN): The number of “exhausted and desperate” women and children making their way from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq through the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia seek ...

UNICEF announces release of 163 more children by armed group in Central Africa

New York, Aug 29 (JEN): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Friday that 163 children have been released by an armed group in the Central African Republic, where thousa ...

USAID, Tata Trusts to enhance reading skills of 93,000 children in India

Mumbai, Aug 28 (JEN) The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator Alfonso E. Lenhardt on Wednesday announced that USAID will soon launch a $5.2 million partners ...

UN sets up ‘child-friendly’ space at migrant rest area near former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border

New York, Aug 27 (JEN) Near Gevgelija, a southeast town bordering Greece, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has established a child-friendly space with a mobile team to support w ...

Killing an average of eight children a day, ‘brutal’ Yemen conflict must end: UNICEF

New York, Aug 20 (JEN): An average of eight children are killed or maimed every day in Yemen as a direct result of the conflict that has gripping the country since April, according to a new ...