Statement
Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 21 October 2023, –, , “A first, but limited, shipment of life-saving humanitarian supplies from the United Nations and the Egyptian Red Crescent entered Gaza today on 20 trucks, passing through the Rafah Crossing. “It will provide an urgently needed lifeline to some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians, mostly women and children, who have been cut off from water,…
Press release
A triple threat of water-related crises is endangering the lives of 190 million children - UNICEF
NEW YORK, 20 March 2023, – 190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); related diseases; and climate hazards – according to a new UNICEF analysis. The triple threat was found to be most ac...
Press release
Africa to drastically accelerate progress on water, sanitation and hygiene – report
DAKAR, 22 March 2022 –, Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa will require a dramatic acceleration in the current rates of progress, according to a UNICEF/WHO special report focused on Africa, launched today at the World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal. ...
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Article
Reimagining Disaster Response in a Post-Pandemic World
This World Humanitarian Day, UNICEF is highlighting the need to prevent, respond to, and protect children from crisis. Long before the emergence of COVID-19, children in many countries were suffering from violence, natural disasters, hunger, and other crises. The pandemic and climate change are exposing how vulner...
Press release
UNICEF begins shipping syringes for the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX
NEW YORK, 23 February 2021, , –, UNICEF has sent 100,000 syringes and 1,000 safety boxes for COVID-19 vaccinations to the Maldives by air freight from UNICEF’s humanitarian warehouse in Dubai—part of the first wave of COVID-19-related syringe shipments to begin rolling out in the coming days. Others in the first ...