Search For "unicef"
1 billion children at high risk due to climate change: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 21 (ANI): The UNICEF on Thursday said in a report that nearly one billion children all across the world are at high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis.
Read More
Nearly 1Bln children at 'extremely high risk' globally because of climate
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US] August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): One in two children around the world live in conditions exposing them to the extremely harmful effects of climate change, with those in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau jeopardized the most, the UN Children's Emerge
Read More
37 killed in attack in Niger
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Niamey [Niger], August 19 (ANI): At least 37 people - including thirteen children aged 15 to 17 and four women - were killed in an attack in western Niger's Tillabery region on Monday.
Read More
Over half a million children affected by Haiti earthquake: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], August 18 (ANI): About 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been affected by the powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday, according to United Nations Children's Fund.
Read More
27 children killed, 136 injured in past 72 hours as violence escalates in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), August 9 (ANI): At least 27 children have been killed and 136 injured over the past 72 hours as violence escalated in Afghanistan, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
Read More
Ayushmann Khurrana joins initiative to protect children from cyber bullyin
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana has recently been appointed as UNICEF's Celebrity Advocate for their global campaign EVAC (Ending Violence Against Children).
Read More
'Alarmed by escalating violence against children in Afghanistan': UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 4 (ANI): UNICEF is alarmed by the escalating violence against children in Afghanistan, UNICEF Afghanistan Representative Herve Ludovic De Lys said on Wednesday.
Read More
Need to reinforce messages on COVID Appropriate Behaviour, vaccine uptake,
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): In an online workshop organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in collaboration with UNICEF, the ministry iterated the need to reinforce messaging on COVID Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) and to encourage vaccine uptake in the country. Read More
More than 100,000 children in Ethiopian Tigray are at risk of malnutrition
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] July 30 (ANI/FENA): More than 100,000 children in Ethiopia's Tigray region could suffer from severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Read More
3.3 million Pakistani children threatened by child labour, says UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): About 3.3 million Pakistani children are threatened by child labour that deprives them of their childhood, health and education, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
Read More
MIT-WPU invites applications to its flagship courses under Faculty of Sust
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI/SRV Media): MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), India's 3rd best private university with a four-decade-long legacy in education, is accepting applications to its MSc in Ecology, Society and Sustainable Development, MSc in Sustainable Rural Development, Ma
Read More
1.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses provided by US arrives in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 9 (ANI): More than 1.4 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine arrived today in Afghanistan, the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Read More