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Friday, May 04, 2012
UNICEF said today it had received two donations from the European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) to provide treatment for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in the Sahel nutrition crisis in West and Central Africa.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has issued an urgent appeal on behalf of a million children in the Sahel whose lives are threatened by severe acute malnutrition.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
The first-ever World Immunization Week takes place from 21-28 April 2012. UNICEF offices around the world are engaging in immunisation campaigns and raising awareness about the importance of vaccines to child survival.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
The verdict against former Liberian President Charles Taylor by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone is a victory for children recruited and used in war and will serve as a warning to other war-time leaders and warlords, UNICEF said today.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Malaria kills a child under the age of five somewhere in the world every 40 seconds, which is equal to approximately 1,400 child deaths per day. Over one million people die from malaria each year, mostly children with the majority of malaria cases occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa alone.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
UNICEF reports on the delivery of 46,000 kg of life-saving UNICEF supplies to crisis-affected communities in Mauritania, through a collaboration between UPS and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF
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Friday, April 20, 2012
UNICEF says its deeply concerned over the continued suffering of children caught up in the crisis in Syria, and is calling for additional funds to address the needs of Syrian children now sheltering in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Chad has one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in the world. The region experiences a yearly ‘lean’ or ‘hunger’ season, and according to UNICEF data from 2012, 15.7 per cent of children under age 5 were already suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
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Monday, April 09, 2012
Three million people in Mali lack the resources to feed themselves. An estimated 175,000 children face death from severe acute malnutrition
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Thursday, April 05, 2012
As malnutrition reaches emergency levels across the Sahel with at least one million children at risk, UNICEF’s Executive Director Anthony Lake on a visit to the region today called for an urgent escalation of humanitarian efforts to stop the crisis and the cycle of disasters.
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