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UNICEF delivers fuel to 3 Haitian hospitals, more supplies expected Sunday
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has delivered 6,000 gallons of fuel to three hospitals in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, on Friday and Saturday and more support is expected on Sunday, UNICEF Haiti's Chief of Communications Ndiaga Seck
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Almost 40,000 people vaccinated daily against COVID-19 in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 30 (ANI): Almost 40,000 people are vaccinated daily in Afghanistan after a vaccination campaign against coronavirus started mid-October in 14 of the country's 32 provinces and the remaining provinces will begin administering the shots in the next 2 -3 days, UNICEF's
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Afghanistan experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises: UN
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 30 (ANI): Afghanistan is currently experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with the health system and social services at a breaking point, said United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Afghanistan Salam Al-Janabi.
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High schools for girls in most Afghan provinces remain closed
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 30 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Afghanistan Salam Al-Janabi has said that the agency is waiting to see whether the Taliban will allow girls' access to education in the country as high schools for girls in most provinces in Afghan
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US announces USD 144 million humanitarian assistance for people of Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced nearly USD 144 million in humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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200 mn children live in countries unprepared to deploy remote learning in
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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Fuel shortages in Haiti put lives of children, women at risk, UNICEF warns
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Hundreds of women and children in Haiti are at risk of dying if the fuel shortage crisis in the country is not resolved, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned.
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At Least 10,000 children killed or maimed in Yemen since 2015: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 10,000 children have been killed or injured since the onset of the conflict in Yemen in 2015, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder said in a press briefing on Tuesday.
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UNICEF delivers 40 tonnes of medical supplies to Kabul to treat diarrheal
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 19 (ANI): UNICEF has just delivered nearly 40 tonnes of medical supplies, including kits and medicines for acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), to Kabul to treat the rising number of cases of diarrhoeal diseases in the country, the fund announced on Tuesday.
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WHO, UNICEF welcome Taliban's decision to allow polio vaccination of all A
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 18 (ANI): The WHO and UNICEF have welcomed the decision of the Taliban to allow polio vaccination of all children in Afghanistan, reported local media.
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UNICEF concerned over 'grave child rights violations' in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 18 (ANI): United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over a rise in what it termed "grave child rights violations" in Afghanistan and said children must not pay for this conflict with their childhood.
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Taliban allow girls to attend secondary, high schools: UN
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 16 (ANI): During a press conference here, Deputy head of the UNICEF Omar Abdi cited the Taliban officials that Afghan girls will soon be allowed to attend secondary and high schools, a media report said.
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