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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 >>
Bellamy - getting girls in school post-tsunami
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 10:19 am | UNICEF
2005 and beyond Girls’ education in South Asia; A technical meeting 7-9 February, 2005 Bangkok, Thailand More >>
South Asia slashes polio cases by nearly half
Monday, 7 February 2005, 12:25 am | UNICEF
GENEVA, 4 February, 2004 — The three countries on the Asian continent that still have polio are on target to end the disease this year, their health authorities said today. Last year, polio cases in Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan were slashed by ... More >>
Female genital mutilation must end
Monday, 7 February 2005, 12:23 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK, 6 February 2005 – UNICEF today reiterated its call on governments to move swiftly to stop the harmful practice of female genital mutilation and cutting. More >>
MTV Asia AID concert to benefit UNICEF
Friday, 4 February 2005, 1:09 pm | UNICEF
BANGKOK/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 3 February 2005 - On her arrival in Bangkok to attend the MTV Asia AID concert, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said she was delighted that MTV had refashioned its annual awards show into a global benefit that enables ... More >>
How to protect children in the tsunami zone
Tuesday, 11 January 2005, 11:22 am | UNICEF
LONDON, 8 January 2005 – Measures to protect children in the Tsunami zone from exploitation, abuse, and criminal trafficking are needed immediately to prevent them from slipping between the cracks, UNICEF said today, outlining the key steps essential to protecting ... More >>
UNICEF identifies key steps to save children
Wednesday, 5 January 2005, 11:09 am | UNICEF
UNICEF Identifies Key Steps to Save Children – Calls on All Players to Prioritize Children in Massive Relief Effort Now Underway More >>
UNICEF Calls For Aid To Tsunami-Struck Countries
Wednesday, 29 December 2004, 10:05 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK, 27 December 2004 – UNICEF is rushing relief assistance to the countries hardest hit by massive ocean flooding following Sunday’s earthquake, working to meet the urgent needs of hundreds of thousands of people who survived the tsunamis but ... More >>
E44million to fund children affected by HIV/AIDS
Friday, 17 December 2004, 9:15 am | UNICEF
Carol Bellamy on the £44 Million DFID assistance to fund children affected by HIV/AIDS More >>
