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UNICEF hails Canada expanding access to AIDS drugs
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 9:09 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK, 29 September 2003 - UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy praised Canada's push to quickly enact legislation allowing Canadian generic medicine companies to export cheaper versions of patented medicines to poor countries hard hit by the AIDS ... More >>
UNICEF Urges GA to Focus on Children and the Young
Monday, 22 September 2003, 9:46 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF chief urges United Nations General Assembly to focus on children and young people in deliberations on HIV/AIDS More >>
‘Child Survival Crisis’ in Caucasus & Central Asia
Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 10:02 am | UNICEF
ROME, 22 July 2003 – Infant mortality rates in nine countries of Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States are much higher than official figures have long claimed, according to a new report by UNICEF released today. UNICEF found that ... More >>
In Iraq Unexploded Munitions Become Child’s Play
Friday, 18 July 2003, 6:51 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF says cluster bombs, left over munitions and hundreds of surface-to-air missiles* are a deadly threat to the children of Iraq More >>
Iraq: Routine child immunization re-established
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 8:32 am | UNICEF
BAGHDAD – With support from UNICEF, the Iraqi Ministry of Health has begun the process of immunizing the country’s 4.2 million children under the age of five against preventable diseases such as polio, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, measles and tuberculosis. ... More >>
UNICEF takes Bob Geldof back to Ethiopia
Monday, 26 May 2003, 1:47 pm | UNICEF
GENEVA / NEW YORK, 26 May 2003 -- Musician and activist Bob Geldof will return to Ethiopia with UNICEF next week for the first time since his landmark visit to the drought-stricken country 20 years ago. More >>
Anti-Polio Drive By Unicef in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 21 May 2003, 9:57 am | UNICEF
Anti-Polio Drive By Unicef Highlights Afghanistan's Day Of Unity For Children Afghanistan's successful polio eradication campaign, with the help of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), as well as a host of other vital efforts to improve the lives of young ... More >>
Bellamy to Baghdad to see Iraqi children
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 8:52 am | UNICEF
GENEVA / NEW YORK, 16 May 2003 – UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy will visit Iraq this weekend to draw attention to the difficult situation of children. Her three-day stay will encompass activities in Baghdad and the north of the country. More >>
UNICEF: Iraq survey finds child health sliding
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 7:52 am | UNICEF
BAGHDAD / GENEVA / NEW YORK, 14 May 2003 – Two months after the start of the Iraq war, UNICEF has called for urgent action to halt what it believes is the plummeting nutritional status of Iraqi children. More >>
Battle to protect Iraq’s children is far from won
Monday, 5 May 2003, 7:58 am | UNICEF
Iraqi children still face grave threats to their survival, health and general well-being, despite the end of the war and the rapid process of change underway in the country, UNICEF warned today. More >>
Iraqi Children Face Water-Borne Diseases
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:18 am | UNICEF
BASRA / GENEVA, UNICEF warned today that rapidly dwindling supplies of chlorine gas in southern Iraq will leave drinking water untreated within weeks, with potentially calamitous effects on the lives of Iraqis. More >>
UNICEF Lauds White House Leadership on AIDS Bill
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:17 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK, 29 April 2003 ? UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy commended the White House for its leadership in endorsing a $15 billion emergency bill to tackle AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean today. The bill promotes an "ABC" prevention ... More >>
Malaria is Alive and Well and Killing 3000 A Day
Monday, 28 April 2003, 10:38 am | UNICEF
The Africa Malaria Report, released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), says the death toll from malaria remains outrageously high - with more than 3000 African children dying daily. More >>
UNICEF Wants Iraqi Kids to Return to School
Monday, 28 April 2003, 10:37 am | UNICEF
In a social vacuum, a school desk is a child's anchor to daily routine. Iraqi children must be allowed to resume their schooling without delay, the Executive Director of UNICEF, Carol Bellamy, said today. More >>
UNICEF: worsening situation for Iraqi children
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 8:05 am | UNICEF
AMMAN/ NEW YORK - UNICEF issued a warning today that despite significant progress in humanitarian cross-border trucking operations, early attempts by UNICEF to reach Iraqi children and women were being significantly hampered by what it called "a residue ... More >>
What UNICEF said at today’s UN briefing
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 4:23 pm | UNICEF
"... in Basra there is the very real possibility now of child deaths, from the conflict, but also from diarrhoea and dehydration. We estimate that at least 100,000 children under the age of five are at risk. " More >>
Dance For Life 2002
Monday, 18 November 2002, 4:08 pm | UNICEF
Once again this year, the Wellington Hospitality industry and its crew are coming together to party - to offer the public both an awesome night out and the chance to contribute to the AIDs crisis in Malawai. More >>
Unicef Launches Immunisation Campaign
Tuesday, 1 August 2000, 8:57 am | UNICEF
A major New Zealand campaign to raise funds to immunise the world's children was launched at Parliament today by the President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance, Mr Xanana Gusmão. More >>
