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Fast Facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls
Ahead of International Women’s Day, new UNICEF, Plan International and UN Women report highlights that gains have been made, but efforts remain insufficient.
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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on global foreign aid reductions
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Nearly a quarter of a billion children’s schooling was disrupted by climate crises in 2024 – UNICEF
Education in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Pakistan and the Philippines most severely affected by heatwaves, cyclones, floods and storms
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85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected countries
On World Polio Day, UNICEF warns that polio cases in these settings have more than doubled over the past five years
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Nearly two million severely malnourished children at risk of death globally due to funding shortages for therapeutic food
UNICEF launches urgent appeal for US$165 million to reach children as some countries run critically low on therapeutic food for treatment
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Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023 leaving many without life-saving protection
New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks
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Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic with 98,000 new infections in 2022 - UNICEF
Children and adolescents face significant treatment gaps in testing and access to medication
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“Children live in a world that is increasingly hostile to their rights”
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
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Weather-related disasters led to 43.1 million displacements of children over six years - UNICEF
River floods alone projected to displace almost 96 million children over next 30 years, new analysis shows
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New data indicates declining confidence in childhood vaccines of up to 44 percentage points in some countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
New UNICEF report shows 67 million children missed out on one or more vaccinations over three years due to service disruption caused by strained health systems and diversion of scarce resources, conflict and fragility, and decreased confidence.
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