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Government of Yemen and UNICEF discuss situation of children

Published on: December 6, 2022
08:39

Aden, Yemen, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik spoke with the Executive Director for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russel about the situation of children in the country, affected by eight years of war, the Saba news agency reported.

UNICEF appeals for emergency funding to aid 110 million children

Published on: December 5, 2022
17:26

Geneva, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) UNICEF on Monday launched a US.3 billion emergency funding appeal to reach over 173 million people – including 110 children – affected by humanitarian crises, enduring effects of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide and the growing threat of climate-impacted severe weather events.

More than eight million Pakistanis suffer from food insecurity

Published on: December 5, 2022
10:04

Islamabad, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The catastrophic floods that occurred this year in Pakistan raised the number of people facing food insecurity in the country to 8.62 million, the NGO "Save the Children" warned.

UNICEF expresses hope of eliminating polio in Pakistan

Published on: December 5, 2022
09:00

Islamabad, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) UNICEF declared that the program against poliomyelitis in Pakistan is back on track and predicted that the disease will be wiped out from the country by the end of 2023.

UNICEF warns of rising HIV/AIDS death toll in children aged under 19

Published on: November 28, 2022
16:27

United Nations, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Some 110,000 children aged under 19 have passed away of AIDS in 2021, and the recent infection toll has reached 2.7 million children.

UNICEF expands Lebanon’s response to access drinking water

Published on: October 26, 2022
09:10

Beirut, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is expanding Lebanon's response to access drinking water in order to contain a new cholera outbreak in the country since 1993.

UNICEF warns on educational abandonment in Lebanon

Published on: September 29, 2022
12:12

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.

UNICEF increases mobile clinics in Afghan flood-hit areas

Published on: September 11, 2022
08:10

Islamabad, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) The UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has decided to increase the number of mobile clinics in flood-hit areas of Pakistan.

UNESCO, ECLAC, UNICEF to acknowledge Cuba’s educational breakthroughs

Published on: September 8, 2022
19:04

Paris, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) A joint report released on Thursday by UNESCO, UNICEF and ECLAC on education in Latin America and the Caribbean acknowledged Cuba's educational breakthroughs, including early childhood education.

UNICEF reinforces commitment to vaccination of children in Lebanon

Published on: September 8, 2022
08:19

Beirut, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reinforced its commitment to close the gap that prevents children in Lebanon from accessing basic vaccines.

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