08 April 2025

“What’s Good to Eat?” Choose wisely for a healthier future

What’s Good to Eat? , The daily question we all face…​, In a world full of tempting food choices, it’s easy to forget how some options can quietly affect our health over time.​ Ready-to-eat meals like cup noodles and fast food, or grab-and-go options like salty snacks and sugary drinks — they’re quick, affordable,...
06 June 2024

1 in 10 children in Thailand live in severe child food poverty – UNICEF

BANGKOK/NEW YORK, 6 June 2024 – Around 1 in 10 children under five years old in Thailand experience severe food poverty which threatens their health and overall development, a new UNICEF report reveals today. The Child Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early Childhood report is the first of its kind, analyz...
01 February 2024

Prospects for Children in 2024: Cooperation in a Fragmented World

A tale of two futures, As we enter 2024, the world stands at a pivotal juncture. We can choose a path marked by increased global collaboration – a path that embraces innovation, knowledge sharing, policy transfer, and equitable growth. Or, there's a different course that could be taken, one which might entail less...
14 February 2023

Harnessing the power of data

When teacher Chiratip Kaewphaisan heard about the imminent visit by a team of enumerators collecting data in the Northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom for a national survey on children and women, she had just one question: “Will [relevant government agencies] send an expert or a tutor to offer a special class for...
31 March 2021

Children in far south of Thailand lag behind in nutrition, immunization and learning, NSO and UNICEF survey finds

YALA, 31 March 2021, – There are positive developments in children’s well-being in the southernmost provinces, but children living in the region remain more disadvantaged in key areas such as nutrition, immunization, availability of books at home, basic learning skills and secondary school attendance, according to...
20 October 2020

Thailand’s national survey shows drop in adolescent birth rate, but worrying trend in child nutrition and secondary school drop-out

BANGKOK, 20 October 2020, – The largest national survey on the situation of children and women in Thailand, released today by the National Statistical Office (NSO) and UNICEF, shows progress in many key areas, including a significant drop in adolescent birth rates and violent discipline at home. Yet, it also under...
13 January 2020

”The Blue Carpet Show for UNICEF”

BANGKOK, 13 January, 2020, –, UNICEF Thailand has raised more than 32 million baht through “the Blue Carpet Show for UNICEF” project – anchored around a variety TV show to help disadvantaged children in Thailand and across the world. Organized for the second year, the 100-minute Blue Carpet Show for UNICEF was b...
11 December 2019

Celebrities rally to join ‘the Blue Carpet Show for UNICEF’

BANGKOK, 11 December 2019 –, More than 40 celebrities in Thailand are joining UNICEF in its second “Blue Carpet Show for UNICEF’ – a variety television show that aims to raise awareness on challenges facing children in Thailand and across the world, and to mobilize public support for children in need. The show,...
31 July 2018

Breastfeeding from the first hour of birth: What works and what hurts

Whether delivery takes place in a hut in a rural village or a hospital in a major city, putting newborns to the breast within the first hour after birth gives them the best chance to survive, thrive and develop to their full potential. UNICEF and WHO recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of li...