UN independent human rights experts, on Thursday, called for an impartial and independent investigation into the…
Tag: CHILDREN
A child infected with HIV every 100 seconds: new report
Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of…
Millions of children at risk of polio, measles epidemics
Globally, millions of children are at a heightened risk of polio and measles – dangerous but…
Globally, 1 in 3 children missed out on remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered schools: UNICEF
For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, “there was no such…
G20 countries urged to stop ‘COVID generation’ from being locked out of the classroom
A group of 275 former world leaders, economists and business leaders on Wednesday, urged the G20…
US: 97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 in 16-30 July period
The new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association found that…
A third of world’s children poisoned by lead: UNICEF analysis
Lead poisoning is affecting children on a “massive and previously unknown scale”, according to a ground-breaking…