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| After Years of Decline, Polio Cases in Afghanistan Triple in a Year New York Times “It has been a huge achievement,” Vidhya Ganesh, Unicef's deputy representative in Afghanistan, said of the worldwide effort. Unicef and the World Health Organization oversee the $32 million eradication campaign in Afghanistan. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UNICEF India Invites Applications For Full-Time Internship Programme :: 23 May ... E-Pao.net Conceived as part of a broader initiative to build a Knowledge Community on Children in India (KCCI),UNICEF India partners with research and academic institutions to encourage young students and scholars from around the world to engage in development ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| He's making an impact Houston Chronicle Seventh-grader Rupert Davis, 11, raised the funds through the organization's Trick-or-Treat forUNICEF campaign. For more than 60 years the campaign has encouraged children in the United States to collect money to help other children around the world. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MoHRSD undersecretary meets with UNICEF rep Bahrain News Agency Kamal praised the efforts of UNICEF in the field of childhood in the Arab world, to comply with international resolutions calling for the development and protection of childhood. Dr. Ebrahim Al Zeeq praised the indicators of interest in childhood in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| DR. PHIL to Air Episode Addressing the Effects of Domestic Violence on Children San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Makers of Memories featured in a segment that will focus on what UNICEF calls "one of the most damaging, unaddressed human rights violations in the world today." An episode of DR.PHIL will air Monday, January 16th [check local listings], ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| India records one year without polio cases UNICEF (press release) The key to India's remarkable progress in the fight against polio according to UNICEF 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 » | ||
| Clinic gets certification StarPhoenix A west-side interdisciplinary health clinic has been accredited by the World Health Organization andUNICEF as baby-friendly. A Tuesday news release from the Saskatoon Health Region says it began work in 2009 to pursue accreditation for the West Winds ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sudan faces potential famine, US envoy warns CNN International Groups like the World Food Programme and UNICEF must be able to work in the border areas of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, he said. The government in Khartoum argues that these areas are too dangerous for NGOs to operate in. Lyman urged South Africa to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The Difference a Package Can Make The Mark According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, approximately 925 million people in the world are underfed. Furthermore, UNICEF reports that 22 per cent of children are underweight. In countries where poverty and food ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Coming Together for Water for the World Huffington Post (blog) According to a new UNICEF and WHO report, in many Sub-Saharan Africa countries, more than a quarter of the population takes longer than 30 minutes round-trip to collect water, and sometimes much longer than that. This is time not spent in school or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| DRC: Rebuilding the lives of children associated with armed groups IRINnews.org At least 33000 children have been demobilized across the DRC with UNICEF's assistance since 2004, Walther added. CTO is managed by the Congolese association, Bureau des Volontaires pour l'Enfance et la Sante (BVES), which has helped to demobilize more ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN: market-oriented democracy vs. national sovereignty? NL-Aid Throughout its history the UN has done a great deal of good for people around the world, especially UNESCO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UN-HABITAT, and World Health Organization to mention some of the noteworthy entities. Although it has tried to live up to its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Untying the knots of Human Trafficking Kashmir Watch According to a report (by US State department, 2007), around 600000 to 800000 people are trafficked across borders around the world. Similarly according to another report by UNICEF(2003) around 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rotary has polio on the ropes in India Daily Pilot Rotary International has been a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative since 1988, along with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and theU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| INTERVIEW-World must ratify rules to stem child abuse -expert Reuters AlertNet Marta Santos Pais called on governments to ratify the two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to help stem what UNICEF, the UN's children's agency, calls a "growing abuse and exploitation of children worldwide. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Health organizations join to help prevent spread of cholera in Haiti The Prospector By Salvador Guerrero Sanjay Wijesekera, left, of UNICEF; Mirta Roses Periago, director of PAHO, and Kevin M. De Cock, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, listen to Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez Reyna, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The country's young global shapers Manila Bulletin Bianca currently hosts five television programs. She was recently appointed as Special Advocate for Children for UNICEF Philippines. Three of the nine Young Global Shapers were invited to attend theWorld Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Charity could be Clarke's greatest stand Herald Sun Passing prime sport real estate to charity is not unprecedented. The prime example is Barcelona FC, one of the world's wealthiest soccer clubs, which put UNICEF on its shirts. Barcelona is aware of its larger role in the world. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Coming & Going: Top destinations for 2012, DC-Canada flights, more travel news Washington Post It culled info from public data and such institutions as the World Bank, UNICEF and Amnesty International. Read the full report at www.ethicaltraveler.org. Canada-bound The sky highway between Washington and Canada is about to get busier as another ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Rotary Clubs Worldwide Meet $200 Million Fundraising Challenge for Polio ... PR Newswire (press release) In 1988, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention joined Rotary as spearheading partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. More recently, the Gates Foundation has become a major supporter. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Women's Literacy Makes Headway in Afghan West GroundReport The courses were set up by the UN children's fund UNICEF, while the World Food Programme has provided foodstuffs to act as an incentive for participants. Sayed Mokaram, a literacy course officer in Karukh, said each student received 25 kilograms of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| More investment needed in early childhood education, experts say gulfnews.com "Early education has significant impact on basic health, behaviour and learning of children," said Dr John Bennet, senior researcher with Unicef, who was the key note speaker. Unfortunately, however, most governments spend much more on higher education ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Children's charity news: UNICEF Australia | UNICEF Australia Learn about our children charity work through the up-to-date news articles from the ... Thanks to huge efforts by UNICEF, Rotary International, the World Health ... www.unicef.org.au/.../India-celebrates-a-year-without-polio.as... |
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