CHILDREN

Children in 48 African countries at high risk from climate change

Published on: September 5, 2023
13:08

New York, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Children in 48 African countries are at high risk of suffering the impact of climate change, according to a UNICEF report on the occasion of the regional climate summit in Nairobi.

Ecuador’s President to present results on child malnutrition

Published on: September 5, 2023
08:46

Quito, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso will present on Tuesday the results of the national survey on child malnutrition, one of the unfinished promises of his administration.

Nearly a quarter of Malians are in food insecurity, UN warns

Published on: September 2, 2023
11:19

United Nations, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) Nearly a quarter of the population of Mali suffers moderate or acute food insecurity, according to reports described today as alarming by the United Nations humanitarian agencies.

200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

Published on: September 1, 2023
14:52

Bamako, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition by the end of this year – with at least 200,000 at risk of dying of hunger if life-saving aid fails to reach them, UN agencies said on Friday.

Over 2M children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan – UNICEF

Published on: August 24, 2023
17:48

United Nations, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) At least two million children have been forced from their homes since the conflict in Sudan erupted four months ago, according to figures released Thursday by UNICEF.

Nigeria to protect all children against poliovirus

Published on: August 23, 2023
13:51

Geneva, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Nigeria reduced the number of cases of circulating type 2 (cVDPV2) vaccine-derived polio by 70 percent in 2023, compared to 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.

More than two million Nigerien children in need of humanitarian aid

Published on: August 21, 2023
11:44

Niamey, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Humanitarian organizations warned that more than two million Nigerien children, affected by the political and economic crisis unleashed in this African country, need assistance with material and medical resources.

Law to protect children against sex crimes moves forward in Bolivia

Published on: August 18, 2023
17:38

La Paz, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) A bill establishing the imprescriptibility of sexual crimes against children and teenagers will be submitted on Friday to the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies.

China donates 1 mln USD for Palestinian children’s education

Published on: August 17, 2023
14:20

Beijing, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) China donated one million dollars to a United Nations educational program to benefit 5,300 Palestinian refugee children.

Afghan children are pushed into work since Taliban took power

Published on: August 16, 2023
01:00

Kabul, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) More than one-third of children surveyed in Afghanistan are pushed into work to help their families, two years after the Taliban regained control of the country.

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