New York, December 18 (IANS) Girls continue to be more than twice as likely to contract HIV than boys, according to the Unicef’s latest report.The report said girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epide
New Delhi/Mumbai, November 3 (IANS) UNICEF South Asia Regional Ambassador and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar led a day for children and called for gender equality with Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricket
Dimapur, September 1 (MExN): A three-day District Level Training DAKSHATA for Medical Officers and Nurses for the Second Batch under Dimapur district was held at Conference Hall, District Hospital Dimapur from
Geneva, August 25 (IANS) The ongoing brutal conflict in Sudan has led to more than 2 million children forced out of their homes -- an average of over 700 kids newly displaced every hour, according to the Unicef
United Nations, August 7 (IANS): The Unicef has raised an alarm over the impact of current global heat waves on children, saying that South Asia has the highest percentage of kids exposed to extreme high temper
Colombo, August 8 (IANS) Cricket legend and the Unicef South Asia Regional Goodwill Ambassador, Sachin Tendulkar joined the world’s children’s charity organisation to help 3.9 million Sri Lankan peo
Ajarbari in Assam an example of how communities are coping with frequent floods
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“People who are most affected during flooding are the women, childre
New York, September 15 (IANS) Girls worldwide are lagging behind boys in mathematics, with sexism and gender stereotypes among the root causes, according to a new report published by the Unicef.
The report t
United Nations, October 16 (IANS) Globally, around three in 10 people, or 2.3 billion, do not have handwashing facilities with water and soap available at home, the Unicef said.
The situation is worst in the
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 5 (IANS): The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has created serious concerns about the mental health of children and their families, says UNICEF report on mental health 'The States of the World
United Nations, November 26 (IANS): Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wedne
LONDON, October 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Making sure all girls are finishing secondary education by 2030 could boost the gross domestic product (GDP) of developing countries by 10% on average over
DAKAR, October 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Democratic Republic of Congo will investigate accusations of sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers that were uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundatio
London, October 2 (IANS): As many as 800 million children have dangerously high lead values in their blood. The neurotoxin can cause permanent brain damage, warn researchers.
The huge international numbers c
New Delhi, September 7 (PTI): In what could possibly be the world's largest and fastest ever operation of its kind, the United Nations Children's Fund has announced that it will be leading the procureme
NEW DELHI, July 30 (Reuters): Nearly one in three children around the world have high levels of lead in their bloodstream, according to a new study, as widespread lead pollution puts millions of young peop
DHAKA, July 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Five years ago, Sadeka Begum was working 12-hour shifts in a garment factory as the main earner for her family in Bangladesh.
Today the 23-year-old is one of
UNITED NATIONS, JULY 22 (IANS): The COVID-19 pandemic is making a global childcare crisis even worse, head of the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore has warned.
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