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UNICEF warns about increasing child marriage in Afghanistan

Published on: November 13, 2021
00:10

United Nations, Nov 13 (Prensa Latina) The Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Henrietta Fore expressed deep concern about reports that child marriage in Afghanistan is on the rise.

More than 460 children killed in 2021 due to conflict in Afghanistan

Published on: November 6, 2021
00:15

Kabul, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) More than 460 children were killed as a result of the war in Afghanistan during the first six months of this year, it was disclosed in Kabul on Friday.

Cuba receives donation from Japan, UNICEF to fight Covid-19

Published on: October 27, 2021
18:11

Havana, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's national health system will benefit from a nearly million project to strengthen health capacity to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Shameful milestone of children killed or maimed in Yemen

Published on: October 19, 2021
18:47

United Nations, Oct 19 (Prensa Latina) The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday regretted a shameful milestone in Yemen, where 10,000 children have been killed or maimed since fighting started in March 2015. That´s the equivalent of four children every day.

UNICEF supports DROC to control Ebola

Published on: October 14, 2021
17:40

Kinshasa, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday announced it will send medical supplies to the province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC), to control and reduce the spread of Ebola epidemic.

UNICEF and OXFAM support Cuba for risk reduction

Published on: October 13, 2021
16:23

Havana, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) The Community Manual on Inclusive Management for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cuba was presented today as an educational tool with the support of UNICEF and OXFAM.

UN: 2 million Afghan children at risk of malnutrition

Published on: October 4, 2021
07:58

Kabul, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday said that nearly two million Afghan children are at risk of malnutrition as the population struggles with severe poverty amid an unprecedented spike in the price of food materials, the TOLO news channel reported.

Cuba thanks UNICEF for donation of oxygen generation plant (+ Photos)

Published on: September 25, 2021
11:02

Havana, Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban authorities thanked UNICEF for the donation of an oxygen generation plant that can produce 50 cubic meters per hour, the only one of its kind in the country.

UNICEF calls for schools to reopen in pandemic-hit nations

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:10

United Nations, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Schools in nearly 77 million students in six countries from different regions of the world remain partially closed following a year and a half since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, UNICEF reported on Thursday.

Cuban Foreign Minister thanks UNICEF for contribution against Covid

Published on: September 7, 2021
11:58

Havana, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday thanked the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for its valuable contribution to the fight against Covid-19.

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