UNICEF says over 9 million children out of school in Ethiopia
More than nine million children are out of school across Ethiopia due to man-made and natural disasters, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed.
More than nine million children are out of school across Ethiopia due to man-made and natural disasters, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed.
UNICEF has paired with the West Bengal Health & Family Welfare Department to take the treatment and care for the children suffering from non-communicable diseases such as juvenile diabetes to the grassroots level.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday issued an urgent appeal for $278.2 million to support children in South Sudan in 2025 amid an escalating humanitarian crisis.
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday appealed for $171 million to support 1.8 million people, including 1.1 million children, in Somalia in 2025.
Children have urged UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) authorities to meet them annually and take their opinion before making schemes for their development.
The 100 million vaccines delivered so far also include over 50 million doses that Unicef has delivered to Bangladesh under the COVAX facility, which is the WHO-led initiative for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world.
According to the 2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition, in this region alone, more than 1.1 billion people did not have access to adequate food in 2020 -- an increase of almost 150 million people in just one year.
Films with children at the helms with a focus on menstrual health hygiene were released at a children’s film festival organized by UNICEF and Aaina.
This endeavour aims at engaging with the community on management, prudent water use, equity in water distribution, women as principal stakeholders in water governance, participatory irrigation management etc.
The survey also shows that 57 per cent of younger people between 15-24 years of age and 45 per cent of people above 40 years of age surveyed in India feel that education is the biggest determinant of success.
