Unprecedented level of child malnutrition in parts of Sudan
Comprehensive nutrition survey in Um Baru locality found more than 50 per cent of children under five acutely malnourished.
Death of children in Gaza due to severe winter
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the preventable tragic death of Ata Mai, a seven-year-old boy, who drowned on 27 December during severe flooding.
maternal malnutrition in Gaza
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Communication Manager Tess Ingram – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
More than 400 million children live in poverty
More than 1 in 5 children in low- and middle-income countries – or 417 million – are severely deprived in at least two vital critical areas.
Over 1.7 million children at risk after Philippines typhoon
More than 1.7 million children are impacted by Super Typhoon Fung-wong, which made landfall in the Philippines on 9th November.
Orlando Bloom visits Rohingya refugee camps
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Bangladesh this week to see the impact of severe cuts to official development assistance (ODA) on the half a million children living in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.
UNICEF Ireland Urges Action as Fragile Gaza Truce Falters
As renewed Israeli airstrikes continue to violate the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, UNICEF Ireland is urgently calling for the immediate opening of all border crossings and unrestricted humanitarian access to protect children caught in the escalating crisis.
Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli
FAO, WFP and UNICEF warn of the highest levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in Al Fasher and Kadugli; improvements seen where fighting has receded and services have resumed