CHILDREN

Costa Rica begins Covid-19 vaccination for children under five

Published on: October 4, 2022
15:56

By: Pavel López Lazo

San Jose, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) The Covid-19 vaccination for children aged six months to five will officially start on Tuesday at all Costa Rica´s Social Security Fund (CCSS) centers.

India warns on incidence of congenital heart diseases

Published on: October 1, 2022
16:55

By: Pavel López Lazo

New Delhi, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, U.S., acknowledges to be the most common congenital disorder, is responsible for 28% of all congenital birth defects, and accounts for 6%-10 % of all the infant deaths in India.

Uruguayan children are most hit by poverty, says INE

Published on: October 1, 2022
13:04

By: Pavel López Lazo

Montevideo, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Abject poverty most affects Uruguayan children whose families are currently facing up such a situation, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).

Singapore authorizes Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children

Published on: September 29, 2022
13:59

By: Pavel López Lazo

Singapore, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Singapore has passed the use of Pfizer's Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine in children aged six months through four years, the Health Sciences Authority (HAS) announced on Thursday.

UNICEF warns on educational abandonment in Lebanon

Published on: September 29, 2022
12:12

By: Pavel López Lazo

Beirut, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) The representative of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Edward Beigbeder on Thursday warned about the educational abandonment in Lebanon in the context of the successive crises in this sector.

Children’s event celebrates 62 years of Cuba-China relations

Published on: September 25, 2022
11:18

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Beijing, Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) Children and adolescents from Cuba and China got together here on Sunday in the presentation of elements of their cultures to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

Yemen: More than half a million children suffer from undernourishment

Published on: September 15, 2022
09:02

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Aden, Yemen, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) More than 500,000 children in Yemen suffer from acute undernourishment, including 60,000 affected by medical complications who are at risk of dying, the UN warned.

Millions of children out of school in Sudan

Published on: September 14, 2022
00:15

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Khartoum, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children charged that some 6.9 million children of school age in Sudan are out of school, thus affecting their lives.

UNICEF warns about children’s drama in irregular migration

Published on: September 6, 2022
10:43

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Panama City, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Reports from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Panama warned of the increase in the passage of migrant children alone through the Darien jungle.

UNICEF denounces high number of children killed or injured in Yemen

Published on: August 29, 2022
08:36

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Aden, Yemen, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Almost 11,000 children have died or been wounded as a result of the conflict in Yemen since 2015, denounced Adele Khodr, UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

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