Monthly Archives: January 2018

A bloody start to 2018 in Syria; Over 30 children killed in two weeks – UNICEF
Only in the first 14 days of the year, more than 30 children have been killed in escalating violence in Syria&#39s East Ghouta, where an estimated 200,000 children have been trapped under siege since 2013, the top United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) official in the Middle Eastern country.
A bloody start to 2018 in Syria; Over 30 children killed in two weeks – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN agency's mobile reproductive health teams reach women in besieged area of Aleppo
The United Nations reproductive rights agency has reached the Sheikh Maqsoud area of Aleppo, where thousands of women have been cut off from medical care for years.
UN agency's mobile reproductive health teams reach women in besieged area of Aleppo
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

On New Year's Day, UNICEF challenges nations to join fight to help more newborns survive first days of life
Nearly 386,000 babies will be born on New Year&#39s Day &#8211 some 90 per cent in less developed regions &#8211 and the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) is challenging nations around the world to make sure more newborns survive their first days of life.
On New Year's Day, UNICEF challenges nations to join fight to help more newborns survive first days of life
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population