As Child Labour Declines Globally, Nigeria’s Numbers Remain Stagnant
The world has pulled 100 million children out of labour since 2000. Yet in Nigeria, a rising birthrate and stalling ...
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The world’s biggest humanitarian crisis for children continues to be underreported
On Saturday morning a local boy’s football team was playing at a UNICEF Child-Friendly Space in Khartoum State when a ...
New global campaign to inspire support for vaccines
UNICEF is launching a new global campaign on 24 April to emphasize the power and safety of vaccines among parents and wider ...
Nigeria is on its last lap to end polio – Minister
Prof Isaac Adewole, Nigeria's health minister, has declared that the country is on its last lap to end poliomyelitis in ...
On World Health Day, malnutrition rates remain high
In 2018, there were 149 million stunted children, 49 million wasted children and 40 million overweight children according to the ...
WHO, UNICEF and World Bank commit to new ways of working together
Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations today signed a landmark commitment to find new ways of ...
Cholera-hit Algeria leads Africa in sanitation and hygiene
Even though it is struggling to control a cholera outbreak, a new UNICEF/WHO report showed Algeria leads Africa in drinking ...
Teenage girls bear brunt of a far-from-over HIV/AIDS epidemic – UNICEF
30 teenagers aged 15 to 19 were newly infected with HIV per hour in 2017. Of these, two-thirds were girls. This ...
Breastfeeding improves IQ, school readiness and attendance – WHO
WHO and UNICEF unveil practical steps countries should take to protect, promote and support breastfeeding According to the World Health ...
Around the world, momentum to eliminate female genital mutilation is building
UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta H. Fore and UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem write on International Day of Zero Tolerance ...
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