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Afghanistan recorded highest number of child casualties since 2005: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has the highest number of verified child casualties since 2005, said the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), stressing children are dying and suffering because of the "callousness" and every effort should be made to keep these children safe
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Afghanistan accounts for 27 pc of child casualties globally since 2005: UN
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 2 (ANI): Over 28,500 children have been killed in conflicts since 2005 in Afghanistan, which accounts for 27 per cent of all verified child casualties around the world.
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Omicron: School closures must be 'avoided whenever possible', says UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI): Despite the rise in the cases of COVID-19 due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible, said Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Girls in Afghanistan at increased risk of child marriage: UNICEF chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI): UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore on Friday expressed concern regarding reports of the increasing number of child marriages in Afghanistan following the country's takeover by the Taliban.
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UNESCO, UNICEF say closed Afghan girls' schools violates fundamental right
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said that closing Afghan girls' schools violates the fundamental right to education.
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UN registers 300 unaccompanied Afghan children, some flown to Germany, Qat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 7 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) dispatched teams to Germany and Qatar to aid efforts by authorities to locate families from some of the 300 unaccompanied children from Afghanistan who were placed on evacuation flights without their parents, Executive Directo
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Emergency humanitarian access needed in Gaza to provide aid to Children: U
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 19 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in a statement that the agency needs immediate access into Gaza to provide humanitarian access to children affected by the recent escalation in violence between Isr
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Amid looming shortfall of doses, UNICEF calls for global, equitable distri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 18 (ANI): Warning of a COVID-19 vaccine shortfall of nearly 190 million doses by next month, the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Monday called for a global, equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics to curb the spread of the viru
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Share excess COVID-19 vaccines now, says UNICEF chief ahead of G7 summit
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 17 (ANI): The sudden increase in COVID-19 cases in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries do not have equitable access to vaccines, UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore warned on Monday with the aim to get richer nations to share their excess doses.
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham leads global vaccination drive du
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 26 (ANI): Former Manchester United legend and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham is fronting a global initiative to inspire confidence in vaccines and encourage parents around the world to vaccinate their children against deadly diseases.
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India to supply 1.1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to UNICEF
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 3 (ANI): India's Serum Institute will be supplying 1.1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax to around 100 countries for approximately USD 3 per dose for the low and lower-middle-income countries, said Henrietta Fore, United Nation
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UNICEF urges world leaders to invest in health workers to ensure proper ca
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan 2 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged world leaders to invest in health workers to ensure that the mother and newborn are properly looked after to prevent and treat complications during pregnancy, delivery and birth.
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