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12 November 2019

One child dies of pneumonia every 39 seconds, agencies warn

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] ...

20 million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 15 July 2019 – 20 million children worldwide – more than 1 in 10 – missed out on lifesaving vaccines such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus in 2018, according to new data from WHO and UNICEF. Globally, since 2010, vaccination coverage with three doses of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP3) a...

Over 140 million children at greater risk of illness as they miss life-saving vitamin A supplements

  NEW YORK, 2 May 2018  – Over 140 million children are at greater risk of illness, hearing loss, blindness and even death if urgent action is not taken to provide them with life-saving vitamin A supplements, warns  UNICEF in a new report  released today. Two doses of vitamin A every year can s...

20 February 2018

World is failing newborn babies, says UNICEF

  NEW YORK, 20 February 2018– Global deaths of newborn babies remain alarmingly high, particularly among the world’s poorest countries, UNICEF said today in a new report on newborn mortality. Babies born in Japan, Iceland and Singapore have the best chance at survival, while newborns in Pakistan, the Central ...

01 January 2018

Nearly 386,000 children will be born worldwide on New Year's Day, says UNICEF

  NEW YORK, 1 January 2018 –  Approximately 386,000 babies will be born on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. Of these, over 90 per cent will be born in less developed regions.   Kiribati’s Christmas Island in the Pacific will most likely welcome 2018’s first baby; the United States, its last. ...

12 December 2017

The State of the World's Children 2017 (SOWC)

The State of the World’s Children 2017 examines the ways in which digital technology has already changed children’s lives and life chances – and explores what the future may hold

19 October 2017

7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says

  NEW YORK/GENEVA/WASHINGTON DC, 19 October 2017 – Every day in 2016,15,000 children died before their fifth birthday, 46 per cent of them – or 7,000 babies – died in the first 28 days of life, according to a new UN  report.      Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2017, re...

15 November 2016

UNICEF makes venture capital investments in emerging market tech start-ups

  NEW YORK, 15 November 2016 – UNICEF today announces its first portfolio of investments in open source technology solutions including tools that improve connectivity, real time data collection, identity technology and learning.  The UNICEF Innovation Fund applies a venture capital approach to sourc...

03 October 2016

Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty, says joint World Bank Group-UNICEF study

  NEW YORK 03 October 2016 – Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF.   Ending Extreme Poverty: A Focus on Children   finds that in 2013 19.5 per cent of children in developing countries w...

Two-thirds of young people in more than 14 countries say they have been victims of bullying

NEW YORK, 12 August 2016: More than nine out of 10 young people believe bullying is a pervasive problem in their communities, and two-thirds say they have experienced bullying first hand - a new poll conducted by UNICEF and their partners shows.   The poll was conducted through U-Report, a rapidly growin...

19 November 2015

UNICEF: Without toilets, childhood is even riskier due to malnutrition

NEW YORK, 19 November 2015 – Lack of access to toilets is endangering millions of the world’s poorest children, UNICEF said today, pointing to emerging evidence of links between inadequate sanitation and malnutrition. Some 2.4 billion people globally do not have toilets and 946 million – roughly 1 in 8 of the world’s population – defecate in…

16 December 2014

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on killing of children in Peshawar, Pakistan

NEW YORK, 16 December 2014. The horrific, callous killing of more than one hundred children today in Peshawar, Pakistan must do more than shock the conscience of the world – as it will. It must also summon us, all the more, to support the parents of Pakistan who wish for their children the best possible education – and all those who are working…