UNICEF screens and treats children for malnutrition and distributes urgently needed supplemental food to nourish babies and young children during the critical early months and years of development.
As Britain’s deputy UN ambassador, James Kariuki, recently told the Security Council, “Gaza has become the deadliest place in the world to be a child.” “The children of Gaza did not choose this war,” ...
April saw the highest global climate-related school disruptions, with heatwaves affecting at least 118 million children in India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Thailand, UNICEF said.
WASHINGTON -Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries in 2024 – roughly one in seven students, the UN children’s agency reported on Jan 23 ...