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Africa: Climate Disruption Threatens Health and Future of All Children, Commission Warns
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 18 February 2020
Children face multiple risks - from global warming to hunger to exploitative marketing - and no country is adequately dealing with these, says a U.N.-backed report Read more »
Not a Single Country Does Enough for Children - Global Index
A UN-backed report assessing the capacity of 180 countries to ensure that their youngsters can survive and thrive highlights numerous "immediate" threats to children's health, environment and opportunities. Of the top 25 countries with the best score on emissions, all but two were African but on the "flourishing" part of the index, many African nations did badly on children's health, education, nutrition and protection from violence. The report - A Future For The World's Children - was commissioned by the WHO, UN Children's Fund and The Lancet medical journal.
No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, according to a landmark report.
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South Africa: Drastic Action Is Needed to Ensure a Better Future for Children
The Conversation Africa, 3 March 2020
Remarkable progress has been made in the health and well-being of children and young people since 1990. But profound inequality means that little has changed for many in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Ranks Among Bottom 10 Globally in Child Devt - Report
This Day, 20 February 2020
Nigeria has ranked 174th out of the 180 countries that were compared on indices of child health and overall well-being. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Ranks Bottom Six Globally in Child Welfare - UNICEF Report
Premium Times, 19 February 2020
Nigeria currently ranks in the bottom 10 globally in measurements of children's survival, health, education and nutrition, a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)… Read more »
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Africa: 'Not a Single Country' Does Enough to Help Children Flourish - Health Experts
UN News, 19 February 2020
The world’s survival depends on children being able to flourish, but no country is doing enough to give them a… Read more »
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Unicef, 19 February 2020
As climate and commercial threats intensify, WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission presses for radical rethink on child health Read more »
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Africa: Remarks By Unicef Executive Director, Henrietta Fore At the Launch of the Lancet Commission
Unicef, 19 February 2020
On behalf of everyone at UNICEF, across more than 190 countries, thank you to our partners at WHO and the Lancet. Read more »
Documents
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18 February 2020
A Future for the World's Children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission
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No single country is adequately protecting children's health, their environment and their futures, finds a landmark report released by a Commission of ... see more »
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Hundreds of children in the Sahel were killed, wounded or forcibly separated from their parents in 2019, a UNICEF report says. Conflict continues to be rife in the semi-arid Read more »
