Monthly Archives: December 2017

Thousands of children need assistance three months after Caribbean hurricanes – UNICEF
Three months after two category-5 hurricanes tore through the Caribbean, thousands of children across the region still need support, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
Thousands of children need assistance three months after Caribbean hurricanes – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

New Year could bring more misery to children in DR Congo’s restive Kasai region, warns UNICEF
In the coming year, severe acute malnutrition could claim the lives of more than 400,000 children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile Kasai region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned Tuesday.
New Year could bring more misery to children in DR Congo’s restive Kasai region, warns UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Intense violence in Syria's East Ghouta shutters schools, deprives children of medical care – UNICEF
Five of the more than 130 children who require immediate medical evacuation have died as they could not access treatment they needed due to the continuing violence across Syria&#39s eastern Ghouta, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) has reported, adding that most schools are closed there.
Intense violence in Syria's East Ghouta shutters schools, deprives children of medical care – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Make digital world safer for children, increase online access to benefit most disadvantaged – UNICEF
Governments and the private sector have not kept up with the game-changing pace of digital technologies, exposing children to new risks and harms &#8211 both on and offline &#8211 and leaving millions of the most disadvantaged behind, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) said Monday in a new report
Make digital world safer for children, increase online access to benefit most disadvantaged – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Millions of babies, mostly in South Asia, risk brain damage from breathing toxic air, UNICEF warns
Almost 17 million babies live in areas where air pollution is at least six times higher than international limits, causing them to breathe toxic air and potentially risking their brain development, according to a new paper released on Tuesday by the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF).
Millions of babies, mostly in South Asia, risk brain damage from breathing toxic air, UNICEF warns
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population