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Over 5,000 unaccompanied Afghan children return from Iran: UNICEF
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
UNICEF reported that over 5,000 unaccompanied Afghan children have returned from Iran via the Islam Qala border. Many face risks of exploitation and abuse. According to TOLO News, 150,000 people returned in June alone, just days before Iran's deadline for Afghan migrants to leave its territo
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Pollution and heatwave impacting children's health and education in India:
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The children in India are facing significant challenges due to environmental stressors such as heatwave and air pollution, which are adversely affecting their health, school attendance, and overall learning outcomes, says a report by UNICEF.
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Media reports of India having high number of 'zero dose children' depict i
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
There have been some media reports stating that, in comparison to other countries, India has a high number of 'zero dose children' - children who did not receive any vaccine, according to a recent UNICEF report. These reports depict an incomplete picture of the country's immunization data, a
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Immunization coverage in India for DPT1 and DPT 2 vaccines better than lis
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reported on Monday that India had 16 lakh unvaccinated children in 2023, which is the second-highest number worldwide. Nigeria has the highest number.
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UNICEF report warns of declining confidence in childhood vaccines, with 44
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The public perception of the importance of vaccines for children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in 52 out of 55 countries studied, UNICEF warned on Thursday.
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India is one of the countries with highest vaccine confidence: UNICEF repo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Based on new data collected by The Vaccine Confidence Project (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and published by UNICEF, the report reveals that popular perception of the importance of vaccines for children held firm or improved only in China, India and Mexico out of 55 cou
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Nearly 1,000 children killed or injured in Ukraine: UNICEF
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 23 (ANI): Nearly 1,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said adding that the actual number could be much higher.
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Over 36 million children displaced worldwide, highest since World War II:
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 17 (ANI): An unprecedented 36.5 million children were displaced by conflict, violence and other crises by the end of 2021, the highest number since World War II, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported Friday.
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200 mn children live in countries unprepared to deploy remote learning in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 28 (ANI): At least 200 million schoolchildren live in 31 low- and middle-income countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures, a new UNICEF report revealed on Wednesday.
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10 million Afghan children need humanitarian assistance to survive: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): The United Nations Child Fund (UNICEF) reported that ten million Afghan children need immediate help as they lack access to sufficient food, medicine and drinking water.
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Over 4 million Lebanese to run out of water in coming days over power shor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 4 million people in Lebanon are at risk of losing access to safe water supply in "the coming days" due to electricity shortages that hinder water and sanitation services, UNICEF reported on Saturday.
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GiveIndia raises Rs. 75 lakh for care of abandoned babies during COVID cri
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): GiveIndia, a Bengaluru-based nonprofit organisation, has raised over Rs 75 lakh from more than 2,515 donors across the country for the welfare of abandoned babies at an adoption centre in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
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