PRESS RELEASE UNICEF launches massive vaccination programme for 900,000 children and adults in Mozambique, as critical shipment arrives As cholera cases surpass 1,000, UNICEF intensifies efforts to protect children and contain potential outbreak of deadly water-borne diseases UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power visited affected areas near Beira, Mozambique last weekend and is available … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE   “Truly shocking” – scale of the emergency in Mozambique becoming clearer, with one million children still at risk  UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power is visiting affected areas near Beira this weekend, as children remain extremely vulnerable to disease, violence and abuse   UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power is in Mozambique and is available for interview   Photos … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE   Cyclone Idai: More than 1.5 million children urgently need assistance across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe – UNICEF UN children’s agency launches US$122 million humanitarian appeal amidst worst disaster to hit southern Africa in decades UNICEF spokespeople in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe are available for interview Photos and Broll available at: https://uni.cf/2WtSxed  NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 27 March 2019 – … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE First cases of cholera confirmed in Beira, Mozambique, as fears grow of escalating dangers posed to children UNICEF spokespeople on the ground in Beira are available for interview Images and b-roll from Mozambique are available here BEIRA/MAPUTO/GENEVA/DUBLIN, 27 March 2019 – The first cases of cholera have been confirmed in Beira, Mozambican … Continued

  JOINT STATEMENT BY UNICEF & WHO: Two years since world-largest outbreak of acute watery diarrhea and cholera, Yemen witnessing another sharp increase in reported cases with number of deaths continuing to increase  From Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa and Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Spokespeople from UNICEF’s … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE  1 million children affected by Cyclone Idai and subsequent floods in Mozambique, actual numbers feared much higher  UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore wraps up visit to affected area of Beira one week after Cyclone hit  Download broll and photos from the visit.  Additional multimedia assets about the cyclone available here.   UNICEF spokespeople on the ground in Beira are available … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE UNICEF rushes life-saving emergency supplies to victims of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique UNICEF spokespeople in the region and in Denmark are available for interview MULTIMEDIA – Video, images & b-roll available of UNICEF’s emergency response teams shipping supplies from world’s largest humanitarian warehouse in Denmark here 20 March 2019, COPENHAGEN/DUBLIN: UNICEF has … Continued

  Press release  Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence – UNICEF Therese Dooley, UNICEF’s Regional Adviser for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in South Asia, is available for interview on the threats faced by children in Afghanistan and Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh NEW … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE UNICEF Ireland expresses deep concern for children, as fears increase about scale of Cyclone Idai impact Over 700,000 children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in Mozambique and Malawi, amid fears scale of disaster could grow UNICEF spokespeople in the region and in Ireland are available for interview 20 March 2019, DUBLIN: UNICEF … Continued

  STATEMENT Intensification of fighting impeding humanitarian access and displacing thousands in Hajjah, Yemen Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power is available for interview SANA’A/NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 13 March 2019 – “The most recent attack in Hajjah, north of Hudaydah, on 9 March, took yet another devastating toll on … Continued

  STATEMENT  2018 deadliest year yet for children in Syria as war enters 9th year Ahead of high-level pledging conference and in run-up to 8-year-mark of conflict, UNICEF calls for protection of Syrian children and durable solutions to their plight Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore Multimedia materials available here Spokespeople from UNICEF’s Middle … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE  Alarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF  Measles cases grew 244% in Ireland between 2017 and 2018 and globally 98 countries reported more cases of measles in 2018 than the previous year   UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power is available for interview Download photos and … Continued