Aid
How effective is the UN’s development support?
Max-Otto Baumann This blog post presents insights from my ongoing research on the UN’s development work at the country level. It is based on […]
Tag: UNICEF
Aid
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
The new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 was announced by leading figures at the International AIDS Conference taking place in […]
COVID-19
COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings
70 per cent of 10-year-olds in ‘learning poverty’, unable to read and understand a simple text As a result of the worst shock to […]
Aid
Sanitation and Water shame: billions still left out in the 21st century
The numbers don’t change much year after year; billions of people are still left behind and the half-hearted efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development […]
Aid
Emergency action required to avert measles and polio epidemics
As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from deadly and debilitating diseases, with WHO and UNICEF estimating that US$655 […]
Aid
UN agencies warn of acute food insecurity surging in the Central Sahel
Three UN agencies are calling for greater stabilization efforts and assistance to the most vulnerable in Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger by bridging […]
COVID-19
One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever UN estimates
Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, […]
Data & Reports
Sanitation shock: Half of global population lack access to safe sanitation
Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by […]
Gender
New guidances to promote breastfeeding in health facilities issues by WHO and UNICEF
WHO and UNICEF issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities globally that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all […]
Disasters
Shocking scale of attack on children around the world: UNICEF
No safe places left for children as they are targeted in their homes, schools and playgrounds, and 2017 was a bad one Children in […]
Disasters
UNICEF and WHO vaccinates children in crumbling IS territory
More than 355,000 children under five years-old vaccinated against polio in hard to reach areas of Syria UNICEF, the World Health Organisation and partners […]
Data & Reports
Breastfeeding: No country meets recommended standards
In five of the world’s largest emerging economies—China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Nigeria—the lack of investment in breastfeeding results in an estimated 236,000 child […]
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