Babies from the best places to be born up to 50 times less likely to die in the first month of life Ireland places 164 of 184 countries (184th being the best), with a neonatal mortality rate equivalent to 1 in 455 live births Japan tops the lists of countries to be born in, with … Continued
Cholera and malnutrition among main dangers as refugee camps swell UNICEF urges donors to support humanitarian appeals ahead of international pledging conference DUBLIN/DHAKA, BANGLADESH/GENEVA, 20 October 2017 – Desperate living conditions and waterborne diseases are threatening more than 320,000 Rohingya refugee children who have fled to southern Bangladesh since late August, including some 10,000 who … Continued
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH / DUBLIN, 10 October 2017 – A massive cholera immunisation campaign started today near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. 900,000 doses of the vaccine have been mobilised and are being delivered by more than 200 mobile vaccination teams, making it the … Continued
Saolta Group, HSE and NUI Galway launch 2017/2018 flu vaccine campaign and partner with UNICEF to help eradicate polio “Get a vaccine, give a vaccine” 1 Flu Vaccine = 10 Polio Vaccines The Saolta University Health Care Group and HSE Community Healthcare Organisation CHO2 (Galway, Mayo and Roscommon,) together with the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences … Continued
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen ADEN/SANA’A, 26 July 2017 – “As the heads of three United Nations agencies – UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) – we have travelled together … Continued
Joint WHO and UNICEF News Release / 06 WHO, UNICEF release first global estimates for water, sanitation and hygiene for the Sustainable Development Goals 13 JULY 2017| GENEVA | NEW YORK – Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or … Continued
NEW ORLEANS, 30 June 2017 – Global entertainer and humanitarian Beyoncé has teamed up with UNICEF through her BeyGOOD philanthropic arm to announce the launch of BEYGOOD4BURUNDI, a multi-year partnership to provide safe water to the most vulnerable children in Burundi. The partnership will support programmes to improve water, sanitation and basic hygiene practices in … Continued
DUBLIN / SANA’A, 28 June 2017 – Three UNICEF charter planes have delivered 36 tonnes of lifesaving medical and water purification supplies to Yemen as part of efforts to scale up the childrens’ agency’s response to the world’s worst cholera outbreak. The supplies included, 750,000 sachets of Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS) – enough to treat … Continued
Somali children face triple threat of drought, disease and displacement For photos and b-roll, visit: http://uni.cf/2p0TPgv GENEVA/NAIROBI, 2 May 2017 – The projected number of children who are or will be acutely malnourished has shot up by 50 per cent since the beginning of the year to 1.4 million, including over 275,000 who have or will … Continued
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 30 March 2017 – As the spectre of famine hangs once again over Somalia, early numbers show an increasing number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and cholera or acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) — a combination that killed many children in the famine of 2011. More than 35,400 children suffering from … Continued
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