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Unicef Launches Appeal For $805 Milliion
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 4:53 pm | UNICEF
“Many of the disasters which occurred during this past year have highlighted once again the importance of emergency preparedness for rapid response,” said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman in the foreword to the agency’s annual Humanitarian Action ... More >>
Boost For Child Protection In Islamic World
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 9:24 am | UNICEF
With a disproportionate number of the 600 million children in the Islamic world facing huge challenges, from poverty and disease to lack of education and protection, the United Nations Children’s Fund has teamed up with Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar University ... More >>
One Child Dies Because Of Aids Each Minute
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 6:14 pm | UNICEF
Each minute of every day a child somewhere in the world dies because of AIDS, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today on the eve of launching a major push to address the plight of the disease's youngest victims. More >>
Unicef Kicks Off Soccer Partnership
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 9:48 am | UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has formally kicked off its new partnership with the regional soccer federation for the Americas, with youngsters escorting players onto the field for the finals of a three-week long 10-country tournament highlighting ... More >>
Unicef Kicks Off Soccer Partnership
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 12:26 am | UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has formally kicked off its new partnership with the regional soccer federation for the Americas, with youngsters escorting players onto the field for the finals of a three-week long 10-country tournament highlighting ... More >>
Unicef Urges G8 Leaders To Focus On Needs
Monday, 4 July 2005, 12:48 am | UNICEF
The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today challenged the leaders of the world's richest countries ahead of next week's G8 summit to summon the collective leadership, resources and political will needed to improve the lives of more than ... More >>
New Approach to Child Survival Yields Gains
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 11:06 am | UNICEF
An innovative child care initiative to bring the right care into people’s homes by “bundling” health services in a way that best suits family needs is showing significant progress in several West African countries and could save millions of lives in years ... More >>
Partnership To Stop Malaria
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:03 am | UNICEF
The Roll Back Malaria Partnership, grouping governments, businesses and celebrities from around the world, has made unprecedented strides in reducing the spread of malaria in Africa by promoting the manufacture on the continent of anti-malarial medicines ... More >>
Immediate Aid Needed For Drought-Stricken Children
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 9:56 am | UNICEF
Nearly $3 million are needed at once to ease the impact of drought on children in kenya. More >>
UNICEF Child Poverty On Rise In Wealthy Nations
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 11:05 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK, 1 March 2005 - The proportion of children living in poverty, or on less than $1 per day, has risen in most of the world’s developed countries since the early 1990’s, according to UNICEF’s latest report from the Innocenti Research Centre in ... More >>
Africa: Coast-to-coast polio drive to end epidemic
Friday, 25 February 2005, 2:13 pm | UNICEF
22-nation synchronized immunization campaign to reach 100 million children as virus spreads to Ethiopia More >>
UNICEF Regional Director Kastberg visits Haiti
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 10:59 am | UNICEF
“We have to do our best to achieve free and universal education for all children in Haiti.” More >>
UNICEF sends emergency supplies to Zarand quake
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 10:57 am | UNICEF
UNICEF has dispatched some emergency latrine slabs and plastic sheeting for immediate use in the earthquake stricken villages surrounding the town of Zarand, south west Iran. More >>
Extension of water-distribution network in Rwanda
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 1:03 pm | UNICEF
The following was issued as a press release by the ICRC delegation in Kigali on 22 February 2005. More >>
UNICEF emergency team to scene of Iran earthquake
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 1:02 pm | UNICEF
TEHRAN, 22 February 2005 - An emergency team from UNICEF has arrived in the town of Zarand, south west Iran to make a preliminary assessment and to discuss with the Iranian authorities the need for international assistance after an earthquake measuring ... More >>
Malaria: biting back in Zimbabwe
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 1:00 pm | UNICEF
HARARE, 22 Feb 2005 – Despite impressive advances made against malaria in Zimbabwe during the mid and late 1990s, UNICEF today warned that the country’s children are once more under threat from the disease. More >>
UNICEF Regional Director visits flooded Guyana
Monday, 21 February 2005, 11:45 am | UNICEF
Nils Kastberg, UNICEF Regional Director, travels to Georgetown to visit UNICEF’s programmes supporting children affected by the emergency. More >>
Kazakhstan: Mass measles & rubella immunization
Monday, 21 February 2005, 11:42 am | UNICEF
ASTANA, KASAKHSTAN,18 February 2005 - Almost 1.5 million young people aged 15 – 25 will be immunized against measles and rubella between 21 February and 7 March in Kazakhstan, the Minister of Health announced today. The mass immunization campaign ... More >>
UNICEF calls for action on Congo terror
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 11:18 am | UNICEF
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 15 February 2005 - UNICEF says that the number of civilians uprooted by fighting in Ituri district, Eastern Congo since the beginning of this year has risen dramatically over the past week. More >>
Gaza students receive boost to support education
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 12:24 am | UNICEF
GAZA CITY, 08 February 2005 -- About 10,000 children in impoverished areas in the Gaza Strip today received a boost in the form of educational supplies to support their commitment to education. More >>
