Document
06/04/2020
Caring for the Caregiver
https://www.unicef.org/documents/caring-caregiver
In accordance with evidence from the Lancet and UNICEF recommendations on Early Childhood Development and Nurturing Care, preventive support for caregiver health and emotional well-being is key to optimal child development. Yet there is currently very little support for caregiver emotional well-being in resource-constrained low- and middle-income…
Press release
06/04/2020
HPV vaccine manufacturers commit to provide enough supply to immunize at least 84 million girls in Gavi countries
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/hpv-vaccine-manufacturers-commit-provide-enough-supply-immunize-least-84-million
Geneva, 03 June 2020 – Vaccine manufacturers MSD, GSK, Innovax, Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SII) and Walvax have pledged to ramp up human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine supply availability for Gavi-supported countries, ahead of tomorrow’s Global Vaccine Summit 2020. This commitment is part of an ongoing UNICEF-led tender that aims to enable…
Statement
06/03/2020
Message from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore to staff
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/message-unicef-executive-director-henrietta-fore-staff
NEW YORK, 3 June 2020 – “For over 70 years, in communities around the world, UNICEF has stood up for the right that every child has to equality, health, education, opportunity, safety and dignity. “These rights belong to every child and every person in the world equally, no matter who they are or where they live. “We recognize that when a person…
Link
06/03/2020
How UNICEF is helping families in the Philippines
https://www.unicef.org/philippines/stories/how-unicef-helping-bangsamoro-children-and-their-families-during-covid-19-pandemic
UNICEF is providing guidance and supplies to help prevent the spread of COVID-19
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06/03/2020
In Haiti, a mother protects her daughter from COVID-19
https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/stories/in-haiti-mother-seeks-protect-daughter-from-new-coronavirus
A simple addition to a community is helping keep families safe
Link
06/02/2020
Virtual connections transform child and youth care work
https://www.unicef.org/southafrica/stories/outsmarting-covid-19-virtual-connections-transform-child-and-youth-care-work
In South Africa, child and youth care workers embrace mobile phone technology to stay in touch with those in need
Link
06/02/2020
The onerous journey to deliver vaccinations amid COVID-19
https://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/en/stories/onerous-journey-deliver-vaccinations-amid-coronavirus-crisis
Health workers are continuing to travel to remote areas of Bangladesh to immunize children against vaccine-preventable diseases
Statement
06/02/2020
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/remarks-unicef-executive-director-henrietta-fore-high-level-pledging-event
NEW YORK, 2 June 2020 - "The situation in Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.  "And the burden is falling heavily on children.  "This complex emergency has pushed children to the brink.  "Almost every child in Yemen — 12 million — now needs humanitarian assistance.  "Nearly half a million are suffering from severe acute malnutrition…
Press release
06/01/2020
Ebola resurfaces in Équateur Province, north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/ebola-resurfaces-équateur-province-north-western-democratic-republic-congo
KINSHASA, 1 June 2020 – The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed the death of five people – including one 15-year-old girl - due to Ebola in Mbandaka, the capital of Équateur Province in the north-western part of the country. The deaths occurred between the 18th and 30th of May but they were only confirmed as…
Article
06/01/2020
Bringing the classroom home in Pakistan
https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/bringing-classroom-home-pakistan
GWADAR, Pakistan – Najeeba was disappointed. Like millions of other students around the world she found out she wouldn’t be able to continue studying at school due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But her disappointment wasn’t just about how the temporary closure of schools in Pakistan would affect her own plans. “What bothered me the most was that it…