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G20 event emphasises global action for promoting adolescent mental health
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24: Mental health is a critical concern among today's youth. It profoundly affects their development, impairing growth and hindering their ability to reach their full potential. According to United Nations (UN) data, approximately one in seven teenagers suffers fro
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UAE: MoHAP organises workshop to coordinate early childhood development pr
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has organised a three-day national workshop to enhance and coordinate early childhood development programmes across the country.
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Roundtable conference on Child Health & Development in Pune, jointly o
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 21: With the objective of creating awareness on the topic of child health & development and discussing a way forward, a roundtable conference was jointly organized by the Gravittus Foundation (an initiative by Usha Kakade) and UNICEF in the city on Monday
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4th Education Working Group Meeting begins in Pune
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The meeting was chaired by G-20 India Chair and Secretary, Department of Higher Education K Sanjay Murthy, with the Secretary of, the Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar, and Secretary, of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Atul Kumar Tiwari as Alternate
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Afghanistan: Fifth Polio case of 2023 reported in Nangarhar
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to the chief of the UNICEF Polio Eradication Programme in Afghanistan's communications department, Kamal Shah Sayed, the fifth polio case has been reported in the Nangarhar province's Dur Baba region.
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Two-day national conference on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy begins i
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Over 100 exhibitors, including Google, UNICEF, NSDC, NCERT, National Book Trust, Indian Knowledge Systems Division (IKS), startup initiatives and all State Governments participated in the exhibition.
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Around 16 million Afghan children require humanitarian aid: UNICEF
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"In a country with almost 16 million children in need of protection and humanitarian assistance, in a country in which way too many kids are burdened with responsibilities way beyond their age, in a country where the children's rights are eroded every day, having a space like this offers the
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"Children belong to schools and playgrounds, not to factories": Ayushmann
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On World Day Against Child Labour, actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who has always been vocal about children's rights and is a National Ambassador of UNICEF came forward to raise awareness to eradicate child labour in India.
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Afghanistan: UNICEF concerned over likely halt in operation of NGOs in edu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
UNICEF has raised concerns that if international non-governmental organizations working in the field of education are no longer allowed to operate in Afghanistan, it will affect highly affect the education of the children in the war-torn nation, TOLOnews reported.
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The 'Gujarat Climate Champions Forum' launched at the First Ever Climate A
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8: To commemorate the 50th World Environment Day, UNICEF and Elixir Foundation, in partnership with the Department of Climate Change and Press Information Bureau organized Gujarat's first-ever Climate Action Summit on 4 June 2023 in Ahmedabad. The Summit served as a u
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Lack of funding has seriously affected food aid efforts in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Due to decades of conflict, little rainfall, drought conditions, a donation-based economy, among other things, two-thirds of the population of Afghanistan is in urgent need of humanitarian aid.
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UNICEF warns of critical funding gap for treatment of malnutrition in Afgh
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Thousands of malnourished children in Afghanistan face severe consequences because of a critical funding gap, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Melanie Galvin, UNICEF's Chief of Nutrition, said on the organization's official Twitter account on Thursday that it urgent
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