United Nations Children's Fund (New York)
Website: http://www.unicef.org/
May 18
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Africa: Funding Nutrition - a Moral Imperative, an Effective Investment
An international conference to fight child malnutrition called by UNICEF ended today in Paris with a call to hasten world progress on child nutrition and the funding for it. Read more »
May 10
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Central African Republic: Unicef Condemns the Re-Recruitment of Child Soldiers and Killing of a Child in Central African Republic [press release]
UNICEF condemns in the strongest possible terms the re-recruitment and the killing of a 17-year-old boy. Read more »
May 7
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Africa: Lenny Kravitz Teams Up With Unicef to End Preventable Child Deaths
Lenny Kravitz - Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer and actor - is urging people to join UNICEF to bring about an end to preventable child deaths. As many as... Read more »
April 25
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Somalia: Somali Children to Receive Vaccinations Against Deadly Diseases
The Somali authorities have launched today a new five-in-one-vaccine against several potentially fatal childhood diseases which could save thousands of young lives. Read more »
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Africa: Nets Are Key to Cutting Malaria Deaths and Illness [press release]
Malaria still kills 660,000 people every year, most of them African children. Universal coverage of insecticide-treated bed nets is key in making gains against malaria - one of the... Read more »
April 19
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Africa: Better Supply Systems Key to Reach All Children With Life-Saving Vaccines
In advance of World Immunization Week, global experts are highlighting strategies to further advance progress on the Global Vaccine Action Plan that was endorsed by the World... Read more »
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Africa: Unicef Staffers Make Time 100 List 'World's Most Influential People'
Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi recognized for "changing the world" through innovation Read more »
April 18
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Central African Republic: More Children Killed Amid Escalating Violence
In the face of intensifying violence in the Central African Republic, including on a playing field and at a church, more and more children are being killed and injured, says... Read more »
April 12
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Africa: UNICEF/WHO: New Plan to Address Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Could Save 2 Million Children a Year
A new Global Action Plan launched today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) has the potential to save up to 2 million children every year from deaths caused by... Read more »
April 8
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Madagascar: Katy Perry Teams Up With Unicef and Visits Children in Madagascar
Internationally acclaimed American singer and songwriter Katy Perry has visited Madagascar to bring attention to the situation of children in the tropical island country, one of... Read more »
April 4
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Africa: Unicef Welcomes Adoption of Arms Trade Treaty As Crucial Step Toward Protecting Children
UNICEF today welcomed the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty by the United Nations General Assembly as a crucial step towards protecting children by regulating the transfer of... Read more »
March 5
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Africa: Speech by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, to the High Level Dialogue on Health in the Post-2015 Agenda [document]
"Who said that: 'Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have'? Read more »
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Africa: UNAIDS and UNICEF Welcome News of a Baby Born with HIV Who Now as a Toddler Appears ?Functionally Cured? Through Treatment [press release]
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and UNICEF welcomes a new case study, which found that a baby treated with antiretroviral drugs in the first 30 hours of... Read more »
January 31
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Central African Republic: Unicef Scales Up Operations in Central African Republic to Reach Children in Need of Assistance Because of Conflict
UNICEF is working with partners to bring emergency assistance to people in need after weeks of conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) that affected 1.79 million people and... Read more »
January 17
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Africa: Leaders Invest in Africa's Future Through Renewed Focus On Child Survival
Today, the Government of Ethiopia convened a meeting of African Ministers of Health and global experts aimed at accelerating reductions in preventable child deaths through sharper... Read more »
January 10
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Africa: Ethiopia Hosts African Ministers of Health and World Experts to Spur Gains in Child Survival [press release]
African Leadership for Child Survival: A Promise Renewed Read more »
January 9
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Africa: UNICEF Welcomes New Save the Children Report
UNICEF today warmly welcomed the launch by Save the Children of a new Report, Ending Poverty in Our Generation - Save the Children's vision for a post-2015 framework. Read more »
January 8
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Africa: Assessment of Unicef Finds Strategic Improvements Over Last Three Years
A network of 17 donor countries that rate the effectiveness of multilateral organizations today published its most recent assessment of UNICEF, finding that UNICEF had shown it was... Read more »
January 6
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Central African Republic: UN Agency Calls for End to Child Soldiers
UNICEF said today that it had received credible reports that rebel groups and pro-government militias are increasingly recruiting and involving children in armed conflict in the... Read more »
January 4
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Africa: Unicef Tender Supports Middle Income Country Access to Affordable New Vaccines
To help improve global access to new vaccines that protect children against the leading killers of pneumonia and diarrhoea, UNICEF is inviting manufacturers to participate in a... Read more »
December 23, 2012
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Congo-Kinshasa: Aid Pours in to East
With heavy rains underway in eastern DR Congo, more than 23,800 displaced families today began receiving essential items including plastic sheeting, blankets and clothing in the... Read more »
December 12, 2012
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West Africa: 850,000 Children Treated in Sahel for Severe Acute Malnutrition in 2012 - Unicef
A UNICEF progress report says that more than 850,000 children are expected to have received life-saving treatment for severe acute malnutrition across nine countries in the Sahel... Read more »
December 4, 2012
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South Africa: Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Spends a Day With South African Children
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom met with children and young people near Cape Town today to learn more about their lives and to spread the word about what they have to say. Read more »
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Africa: 100 millionth Person Receives Meningitis Vaccine
A revolutionary meningitis vaccine will reach the 100 millionth person this week in a region of Africa that has been plagued by deadly epidemics for more than a century. The... Read more »
November 29, 2012
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Africa: On World Aids Day - More Pregnant Women and Children Must Get Treatment, Says Unicef
New HIV infections in children are down, but reaching the goal of an AIDS-free generation requires treating more pregnant women and children living with HIV, UNICEF said today. Read more »
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