LONDON/NEW YORK/BARCELONA, November 12, 2019 —Pneumonia claimed the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five last year, or one child every 39 seconds, according to a new analysis. Most deaths occurred among children under the age of two, and almost 153,000 within the first month of life. [1] Sounding the alarm about this…

Intro, THANK YOU to each and every one of you who participated in World Children’s Day! From Auckland to Amman, from Nairobi to New York, there were kids takeovers and famous landmarks turning blue in support of child rights and marking 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child . Throughout the day, children and young people spoke out and…, #WorldChildrensDay around the world, Powered by Curator.io, Kids are speaking up. Kids are demanding their rights., Data visualization, Why it's important, Over the past 30 years, children’s lives have been transformed… More than 50% reduction in deaths of children under 5 since 1990 More than 50% reduction in deaths of children under 5 since 1989 Almost halved the proportion of undernourished children since 1990 Almost halved the proportion of undernourished children since 1990 2.6 billion more…

ROME, Italy, 8 November 2019 – The estimated 60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy as unaccompanied children between 2014 and 2018, and who have since turned 18, require ongoing support to ensure their successful transition into adulthood, said UNICEF, UNHCR and IOM in a new report published today. The report, At the crossroad:…

GENEVA, 8 November 2019 - "With just eight weeks left to go in the year, UNICEF’s emergency operations in Syria are just over half – 53 per cent – funded. Of the $295 million required in 2019, we have received just $138 million. "Despite the massive security, access and capacity challenges we face, this funding shortfall now represents the most…

ITALY, 08 November, 2019 "Good morning, and welcome everyone to the first day of the Leading Minds 2019 Conference. "Thirty years ago, UNICEF and the Government of Italy joined forces to establish the Innocenti Research Centre. The world’s first-ever place of research dedicated to children’s issues. The challenges they face. The deprivations many…

NEW YORK, 6 November 2019 – “I was just in South Asia where I saw first-hand how children continue to suffer from the dire consequences of air pollution. “The air quality was at a crisis level. You could smell the toxic fog even from behind an air filtration mask. From every neighborhood, you could see the pollution obscuring buildings, trees and…

MOGADISHU, 5 November 2019 – An estimated 200,000 children have been affected by heavy flooding in Belet Weyne, Berdale, Baidoa, Jowhar and Mahadaiin, Somalia. Thousands of families have been forced to leave their homes and locate to higher ground. Living in makeshift camps or worse in the open, many of the displaced are in dire need of clean…

JUBA, South Sudan, 5 November 2019 — While water levels are continuing to rise, UNICEF in South Sudan launched a flash appeal asking for US$10 million to respond to the most immediate needs of children affected by the floods. Over 900,000 people in South Sudan, including 490,000 children, are in need of urgent assistance. Almost one-fifth of the…

DAKAR/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 5 November 2019 - Three years of violence and instability in the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon have left more than 855,000 children out of school, UNICEF warned today. Without urgent action, and without a commitment from all parties to the conflict to protect education in all its forms, the future of these…

NEW YORK/GENEVA/FLORENCE, 5 November 2019 – With the alarmingly high rates of self-harm, suicide and anxiety among children and young people around the world, UNICEF and the World Health Organization are teaming up with some of the world’s leading minds to tackle this growing threat. “Too many children and young people, rich and poor alike, in all…