UNICEF News, Jan 12, 2012

India records one year without polio cases UNICEF (press release) The key to India's remarkable progress in the fight against polio according toUNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, has been the strong leadership of the Government of India and state governments, which launched a comprehensive polio eradication ... See all stories on this topic »

Op Ed on elimination of cholera transmission in Haiti and the Dominican Republic UNICEF (press release) PubMed 6 World Health Organization/UNICEF. Progress on sanitation and drinking-water: 2010 update. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2010. 7 Inter-American Development Bank. Water and Sanitation Initiative. Drinking water, sanitation, and the ... See all stories on this topic »

Kenya: Five Million Children in Western Get Polio Vaccine AllAfrica.com The effort is supported by Unicef and World Health Organisation. "We are still at risk of polio since some of our neighbouring countries are not vaccinating their children against the disease," Mugo said yesterday. Unicef says most Somalis have never ... See all stories on this topic »

At Bangladesh drop-in centre, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake visits a ... UNICEF (press release) This centre supports girls in particular; girls in Bangladesh face a variety of challenges, including pervasive poverty and one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Twelve-year-old Akhi Akter is one of the many girls at the centre. ... See all stories on this topic » UNICEF (press release)

Voices of the most vulnerable children heard at Rwanda's annual National... UNICEF (press release) VIDEO: 4 January 2012 - UNICEF correspondent Suzanne Beukes reports on the 7th National Children's Summit, an important step forward for child rights in Rwanda. Watch in RealPlayer During the National Children's Summit, youths from all over the country ... See all stories on this topic » UNICEF (press release)

Haiti disaster help lags badly USA TODAY "Funding is not coming in as before and that is becoming a challenge," says Francoise Gruloos-Ackermans, UNICEF Haiti representative. The slow progress comes despite promises by the international community that the chronically poor nation with ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Survey raises alarm over mother, child malnutrition in Sindh Bikya Masr They were speaking at a workshop organized by the Sindh health department's nutrition cell in collaboration with Unicef, Karachi, to launch the National Nutritional Survey (NNS) 2011 report and prepare an integrated nutrition strategy. ... See all stories on this topic » Bikya Masr

Eton Institute Launches Free Language Learning App for the Community SBWire (press release) The unique not-for-profit app developed as part of the Institute's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy will offer daily lessons in six top worldlanguages for users while featuring deserving charitable organisations includingUNICEF. ... See all stories on this topic »

Bottom falls out from under PRSP's polio initiative PakistanToday.com.pk As per UNICEF's reports, Pakistan is one of the worst countries in the world regarding polio as nearly 200 positive cases have been reported across the country. Sources in the Health Department revealed that the PRSP has signed an agreement with the ... See all stories on this topic » PakistanToday.com.pk

'Sing Your Song' Pasadena Weekly Since then, Belafonte has continued being part of history, helping organize the recording of the Grammy Award-winning song “We Are the World,” serving as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEFand protesting against apartheid in South Africa, ... See all stories on this topic » Pasadena Weekly

Donate a used battery, save six lives overseas Brockville Recorder and Times These packets are then sent to UNICEF, which distributes them to Third Worldcountries to be opened and sprinkled onto food for consumption. HELP Club members first heard about the Zinc Teck effort in September while attending a We Day, ... See all stories on this topic »

Call for exploring linkages between health, poverty Pakistan Observer Representatives from Ministry of Finance, Planning Commission, World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, Extended Programme on Immunization Unit at National Institute of Health, National Health Services Academy, Pakistan institute for ... See all stories on this topic »

Hunger Beat Down: 5000 drummers sound the alarm about starvation Twin Cities Planet "We are not collecting money," Stanoch stresses, though urging people to donate through established and reliable organizations such as UNICEF and Feeding America. Says Stanoch: "We are using the drums just as they were used ages ago in Africa: to send... See all stories on this topic » Twin Cities Planet

Emerging 'humanitarian crisis' in Burma, says report Mizzima News The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have established offices throughout Burma's border regions, yet the UN has failed to leverage its comparative advantages to strengthen the humanitarian dialogue with the Burmese government. ... See all stories on this topic » Mizzima News

President of National Association of Attorneys General Accepts Petitions From ... Sacramento Bee Trafficking exists in countries all over the world. It doesn't only exist in the poorest countries(5).(Sources:1-5 UNICEF ) In addition to raising awareness, the Stop Sex Trafficking of Children & Young People campaign also helped raise vital funds for ... See all stories on this topic »

New Year Vaccine Tragedy Devastates India Weekly Blitz These include the DTP, OPV, Measles, BCG, TT, DT which are universally administered under the UIP and are bought in bulk by the government; these vaccinations are supported by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the (WHO) World Health... See all stories on this topic » Weekly Blitz

UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 11 January Newsroom America The Chief of Water Sanitation for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Sanjay Wijesekera, argued that in addition to investing in infrastructure, an effective strategy that takes into account the various forms of transmissions is needed,... See all stories on this topic »

58% of Pakistanis are food insecure: Survey TruthDive The chief of the Nutrition Programme at the Unicef headquarters in New York, Dr Werner Schultink also spoke on the issue. “According to survey data in 2001, Pakistan was among the top 20 countries with chronic under nutrition. ... See all stories on this topic »

Pakistan liberation army News Tribe (blog) I was shocked to read UNICEF report in newspaper that 35% of families in the province of Sindh are facing food shortage. There is no concept of free economy in Pakistan and our economy is being run and controlled by the 2% industrialists, ... See all stories on this topic » News Tribe (blog)

Wine tasting to benefit children Our Colorado News Hosted by Dawn Ignatius, Julie Watson, Jenny Cowan, Teresa Elliot, Chris Rubin and Marisue Vincent, the event highlighted the devastating disease that kills more than 60000 babies in 40 countries every year. Globally, the Kiwanis/UNICEF project expects ... See all stories on this topic »

Premier of Greenland, Mr. Kuupik Kleist Statement at the New Year's Reception ... ISRIA (registration) A Children and Youth conference, sponsored by my government and UNICEFprovided many good recommendations. The Youth had made the enhancement of opportunities and quality in education a priority. As the effort of reforming and improving education is a ... See all stories on this topic »

Korean Figure Skater Yu-Na Kim says Youth Olympic Games are a chance for ... Boxscore News Later on I became UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and now YOG Ambassador. These are good experiences. Now I think the Gold changed my life a little bit." "At the beginning, I found it very hard to focus after Vancouver 2010, because with the Olympic title ... See all stories on this topic » Boxscore News

Spotlight on Morris Goldberg Artslink.co.za News (press release) It was now 1980 and he worked with him off and on until 1988 touring America, Canada, Europe and even Harare for UNICEF, where Hugh Masekela was a guest. In between he worked with Dianne Reeves. It was in Harare that he and Masekela, although they ... See all stories on this topic » Artslink.co.za News (press release)

The year in review - Latest News - Unicef Ireland. | UNICEF Ireland Latest News- Unicef Ireland. ... Contact | Downloads | Log in to My UNICEF ...The world's largest refugee camp sprang up in Dadaab, in north-western Kenya, ... www.unicef.ie/.../-UNICEF-in-2011-The-year-in-review-72-2...

the-igudesman-and-joo-unicef-world-record-of - Cynthia's News ... Igudesman and Joo searched the world and recruited the greatest dancing violinists who travelled at their own expense to create a world record of the ... cynthiayildirim.posterous.com/the-igudesman-and-joo-unicef-...

Youssou N'dour Steps Down As UNICEF Goodwill | Scoop News “UNICEF thanks him for his over 20 years of service in making a real difference in children's lives around the world,” the agency ... www.scoop.co.nz/.../youssou-ndour-steps-down-as-unicef-goo...

Senegalese singer steps down as UNICEF ambassador [newKerala ... According to UNICEF policy, politicians or those seeking public office cannot serve as Goodwill Ambassadors for the ... Read other world-news stories ... www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-140624.html

ECLAC and UNICEF call to meet goal of universal birth registration ... ECLAC and UNICEF call to meet goal of universal birth registration by 2015. www.latindailyfinancialnews.com/.../11699-eclac-and-unicef-c...

Haiti: the hope for children - Children's charity news: UNICEF ... Learn about our children charity work through the up-to-date news articles from the ... Stay up to date on what UNICEF is doing around the world to help children ... www.unicef.org.au/.../News/.../Haiti--the-hope-for-children.as...

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