Massive anti-polio campaign to reach 20 million children across Middle East 8 November 2013 – Aiming to stop a polio outbreak in Syria from spreading across the region, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is spearheading the largest-ever immunization campaign in the Middle East today, with plans to vaccinate some 20 million children in […]

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India on track to become polio-free, says UN health agency Children with polio at the Amar Jyoti Research Centre, Delhi, India. Photo: WHO/P. Virot … UN agencies hail key role of national efforts as India reaches a milestone United Nations, New York, January 2012 – With no registered polio cases over the past year, India […]

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Haiti: UN urges investing in water and sanitation services to combat cholera Women carry jerry cans of chlorinated water which is being used to contain cholera in eastern DRC. Photo: IRIN/Tiggy Ridley Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are needed to eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, health experts who took part […]

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Call to Action: A Cholera-Free Hispaniola Moving from cholera control to cholera elimination through essential investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure In a press briefing, the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, together with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), UNICEF, and […]

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On eve of quake’s anniversary, Haitian children see some progress – UNICEF Two years after the devastating earthquake, Haiti’s children remain the most vulnerable Two years after an earthquake flattened Haiti, the country’s children are slowly experiencing improvements in their living standards despite continuing challenges, a United Nations report announced today. “There is evidence of […]

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Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour steps down as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Youssou N’Dour. Photo: Thesupermat Renowned Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour has temporarily stepped down from his role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as he embarks on campaigning as a candidate in his country’s presidential elections, the agency has reported. According […]

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More than a million children set to return to school in Libya – UNICEF Children enter a UNICEF-supported tent school at the Shousha transit camp on the Libyan border At least 1.2 million Libyan pupils are set to return to school tomorrow, almost a year after they evacuated their classrooms during the country’s popular uprising […]

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Pakistan: UNICEF hands over 35 new schools in flood-affected Punjab Children cook their daily meal in one of the 5,900 camps that sprung up across Pakistan in 2010 when the country was hit by the worst floods in its history. Thirty-five new schools constructed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with donor funding in […]

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Residents of South Sudan flashpoint town in need of aid after attack – UN official A burning tukul (hut) in Pibor, South Sudan While the showdown between the South Sudanese military and thousands of armed tribesmen over the flashpoint town of Pibor has subsided, the humanitarian situation in the area remains grim, a top United […]

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Cholera outbreak in DR Congo near end in one area but ongoing in two others Cholera beds The cholera outbreak that has infected thousands of people across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is almost over in the worst-affected province, but fresh cases are being recorded in two other areas, the United Nations humanitarian […]

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