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…

COVID-19 is making a global childcare crisis even worse: UNICEF

Following the release of a UN study that shows at least 40 million children have missed…

COVID-19: WHO, UNICEF warn of a decline in children’s life-saving vaccinations

The World Health Organization and UNICEF warned today of an alarming decline in the number of…

Children Suicides: Is Kerala stifling children’s cry for help?

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his press meet on 10 July 2020 informed that from…

COVID related issues; Over 9 lakh children could die in 12 months; India among most hit countries: UNICEF

The COVID-19 pandemic is unravelling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South…

80 million children at risk of measles, polio as vaccines disrupted, warn WHO, UNICEF and Gavi

According to data collected by the WHO, UNICEF, Gavi and the Sabin Vaccine Institute, provision of…

19 million children at risk as Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in India and Bangladesh: UNICEF

At least 19 million children in parts of Bangladesh and India are at imminent risk from…

Corona: 706 million students, out of school do not have internet at home

Half of the total number of learners – some 826 million students – kept out of…