1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity: UNICEF
The report shows that those most affected live in low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Southern Asia, and Eastern and South-Eastern Asia.
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Pakistan urges UNICEF to boost efforts to meet needs of world’s children in crisis situations
Pakistan has urged United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to step up its efforts to address the needs of children in humanitarian crises, including natural disasters, conflicts and situations of foreign occupation. Speaking in the UNICEF’s Executive Board meeting, Pakistani delegate Hadiqa Qureshi also urged international donors to provide sustainable and adequate funding to UNICEF to…
Effective measures likely to eradicate polio from Pakistan by 2023: UNICEF
A senior UNICEF official said the polio program in Pakistan was back on track and hoped that the crippling disease will be eradicated from the country by end of 2023 following effective measures to check its spread. Regional Director for South Asia George Laryea-Adjei said the current data suggested that virus was now under control…
UNICEF launches world’s first child-focused climate risk financing initiative
The United Nations’ Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on Wednesday launched a new child-focused initiative designed to increase countries’ disaster preparedness and better cope with future climate calamities. “We know more climate disasters are in the making. We just do not know where or when they will hit”, Karin Hulshof, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships, said….
27,000 schools remain inaccessible due to devastating floods: UNICEF
Schools for more than 2 million children in Pakistan remain completely inaccessible after the most severe flooding in the country’s history destroyed or damaged nearly 27,000 schools in the country. “Almost overnight, millions of Pakistan’s children lost family members, homes, safety, and their education, under the most traumatic circumstances,” said UNICEF’s Global Director of Education…
UNICEF delivers life-saving supplies to help children affected by floods in Pakistan
UNICEF on Monday delivered 32 metric tons of life-saving medical and other emergency supplies to support children and women affected by devastating floods across Pakistan. The shipment arrived in Karachi from UNICEF’s Supply Division in Copenhagen. The shipment includes medicines, medical supplies, water purifying tablets, safe delivery kits, therapeutic nutritional supplements. UNICEF handed over the…