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UNICEF News, Feb 09, 2012

UNICEF makes headway toward an AIDS-free generation despite the waning of ...
UNICEF (press release)
By Rebecca Zerzan NEW YORK, USA, 8 February 2012 – The world is now closer than ever to the promise of an AIDS-free generation. VIDEO:UNICEF Chief of HIV/AIDS Craig McClure discusses the challenges faced by the organization and the strides it has made ...
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NEW VIDEO: Taj Water making a spash around the world
The Daily Advertiser
Their main goal is to make a change in the world for a better tomorrow. According to UNICEF, 1 in every 8 people, or an equivalent of over one billion people, do not have access to clean drinking water. Dirty water has also killed more people, ...
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30m girls await knife in Sudan
Daily Monitor
UNICEF estimates that about 140 million girls in the world, almost all in Africa and some parts of the Middle East had to undergo the procedure. Female circumcision is when a part of the female genitalia is excised. It is mostly practiced in North and ...
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TVO Makes a splash with the World Premiere of The Water brothers during Water...
PR Newswire (press release)
As a result of the lack of access to safe drinking water approximately half the world's hospital beds are filled by people suffering from water borne diseases (WHO / UNICEF). 1.4 million children die every year as a result of diseases caused by unclean ...
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Women's hospital aims for 'baby friendly' status
WBEZ
... part of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, is planning to follow 10 guidelines set by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a program sponsored by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, also known as UNICEF.
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WBEZ
Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow to travel to Chad and the DRC
UNICEF (press release)
by date by subject by region NEW YORK, 8 February 2012 – UNICEFGoodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow will travel to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a 10-day trip starting Sunday to support a global push to make polio a part of the past.
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PCI Celebrates Progress in India's Goal to Eradicate Polio
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The government of India and the state government of Uttar Pradesh, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Rotary International, USAID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and CORE lead an effort to vaccinate 172 million children ...
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Ombudsman Calls for Action Over Spate of Teen Suicides
RIA Novosti
Russia ranks third in the world in terms of the number of suicides committed by adolescents, with its average suicide rate among the adolescent population being more than three times higher than the world'saverage, according to UNICEF data, ...
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In Photos: Angie Harmon celebrates UNICEF in NYC
On Location Vacations
On of our readers, RL Proctor, was there and said that after the event Angie signed autographs, spoke to fans, and was “super friendly.” UNICEF provides medical assistance and education to kids around the world. To donate, visit unicef.org.
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On Location Vacations
Niger: education suffers when there's not enough to eat
UNICEF UK (press release) (blog)
Chris Tidey, UNICEF's emergency communication specialist, reports from Niamey, Niger on the growing food crisis and its potentially devastating impact on children's education. Zara, 14, and Oumou, 16, are cousins from the village of Bégorou Tondou in ...
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UNICEF UK (press release) (blog)
Lueders mentors former brakeman in bid to become World Cup pilot
Globe and Mail
Less than two years after serving as brakeman for Pierre Lueders at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kripps is now a pilot on the World Cup circuit. Learning to drive a bobsled is a steep learning curve. Kripps says he's been able to navigate it because of ...
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Globe and Mail
Purple Ronnie Brightens Up Valentine's Day With A Splash Of Colour
Flecking Records
A world first, men and women will be able to gift their loved-ones an actual colour for them to own, through Facebook.com/OwnAColour, for a minimum donation of £1 – an initiative in aid of UNICEF, the world'sleading children's organisation.
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Unilever develops global foundation to support sustainable living
Sage Nonprofit Solutions
Oxfam, UNICEF, Save the Children, the World Food Program and PSI will work with Unilever's foundation to create global change through sustainable initiatives. Currently, more than 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, ...
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Volunteers Support Greenspring's Oral Rehydration Project
Virginia Connection Newspapers
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF developed Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT), with the goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds before 2015. "(Oral rehydration) use is the simplest, most effective and cheapest way to keep children ...
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Local Rotary Clubs helping to eradicate polio in India
Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers
Rotary International launched its polio eradication program in 1985 and in 1988 became a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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GMF explains why Spanish clubs dominate the rich list once more
GiveMeFootball.com
By Pete South February 09, 2012 The annual Deloitte money league that charts the world's richest clubs was revealed today, and with it come further evidence that English clubs, most notably Manchester United, are falling further and further behind ...
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Always with us
The Economist
That may have been because there were so many competing disasters elsewhere, or because the world was weary of Pakistan's woes. But it also reflected some donors' exasperation with the government's handling of the crisis. The economic impact of these ...
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Afghanistan's Opium Child Brides
The Atlantic
Child marriage exists throughout the world. Even if the number has decreased globally over the past 30 years, 64 million women ages 20 to 24 still marry or enter a union before they turn 18, according to a UNICEFestimate. In Afghanistan, that's would ...
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Controlling aid
The Nation, Pakistan
In today's world, after the colonial era, aid is used to integrate the developing country into an interdependent world. The United Nations has recommended that the rich industrialised countries allocate at least 0.7 percent of their GDP for development ...
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5 Videos from the Siege of Homs
UN Dispatch
Arguably one of the worst places in the world to be right now is the Syrian city of Homs. The city has been pounded by rocket and mortar fire since February 3. Most estimates put the number of people killed at 500, but no one really knows the true ...
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UNFPA SHOWS SOLIDARITY ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE ON FGM
Foroyaa online
She continued “Under the 'Joint Programme for the accelerated abandonment of FGM/C, UNFPA and UNICEF are working together in supporting government, NGOs, religious leaders, traditional communicators and journalists to conduct training and create ...
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One of our safer sins hurts many, many others
The Barrie Examiner
There's a pain-free boycott. Yet the facts are well documented. Three-quarters of the world's cocoa beans are produced in West Africa. In 2007,UNICEF estimated 200000 children were working in the worst forms of child labour there.
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German measles vaccine for 10m children
Republica
... and six districts of mid-western region will be administered the vaccine. Children under five years will also get polio drops during the campaign. TheUNICEF, World Health Organization and other donor agencies have provided assistance for the campaign.
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HealthEast Maternity Care Lauded for Lactation Services
MarketWatch (press release)
HealthEast has also begun the process for endorsement from the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) and United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF) as baby-friendly hospitals. The designation is part of a global effort to implement practices that protect, ...
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A taste of Hunny
The Economist
One-tenth of the world's primary-age children who are not in school live in Pakistan—7m of them, thanks to a net enrolment rate (after allowing for dropouts) of just 57%. According to UNICEF, the United Nations' children's agency, 30% of Pakistanis ...
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Giant Shark Reeled In Off The Coast Of Pakistan
HULIQ
The giant beast could reset the record on the world's longest shark ever caught. Just a few weeks into 2012 and "Shark Week" already has something new to broadcast when the popular annual event returns later in the year. No doubt Discovery Channel is ...
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India's quest to end Polio
Manila Bulletin
If all pending lab tests for the virus return negative as expected, the WorldHealth Organization will remove India from its list of "polio endemic" countries this month, leaving just Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria in this category.
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Woody Harrelson: When the talent is nothing without a well-targeted smile
Movie News Guide (blog)
In 2010, he joined world stars as Robbie Williams, Bradley Walsh or Gordon Ramsey in a UNICEF charity match, but his performances were the worst of his team. Due to the noble cause he was targeting, his painful play was probably worth the effort and he ...
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Movie News Guide (blog)
Liberia Puts Children First with New Law
SOS Children's Villages Canada (press release)
Its contents are based mainly on the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child, which is the most widely signed international human rights law in the world. The widespread endorsement of the Convention speaks to the level of agreement ...
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Geeks, not all breast exposure is naughty
Walcha News (blog)
Every magazine stand in the Westernised world and rafts of advertising images feature a sea of exposed female upper body flesh. See that Vogue cover with the plunging gown? Is it offensive? Now imagine that a baby's head is covering the nipple, ...
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UNICEF issues appeal to aid starving kids - World - CBC News
The head of UNICEF's Canadian branch is urging his country to do more to help starving children in Africa.
www.cbc.ca/.../children-malnutrition-unicef-appeal.html?cmp...
World News: Malnutrition is silent killer of children, UN report says ...
The UN children's agency UNICEF says malnutrition is “the greatest threat to children in 2012.”
www.thestar.com/.../1122177--malnutrition-is-silent-killer-of-...
UNICEF appeals for $1.28 billion | NTN24 NEWS
UNICEF on Friday launched an appeal for $1.28 billion (947 million euros) this year, with a third of the cash needed to help children in the drought-stricken Horn ...
www.ntn24.com/news/news/unicef-appeals-128-billion-10081
UNICEF says 384 children killed so far in Syria - World news ...
At least 384 children have been killed during Syria's 10-month uprising and virtually the same number have been jailed, the United Nations Children's Fund ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../unicef-says-children-killed-so-far-syr...
Capital News » UNICEF says 400 children killed in Syria unrest
Home » International News, World » UNICEF says 400 children killed in Syria ... been detained,” UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said at a briefing.
www.capitalfm.co.ke/.../unicef-says-400-children-killed-in-syr...
Syria uprising has killed 384 children, UNICEF says
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Unicef appeals for $1.3 bn : Indian News, Political, Financial ...
Indian News, Political, Financial, Business, World Breaking news, terror attack, ... The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) Friday appealed for $1.28 billion to provide ...
www.newsleaks.in/2012/01/unicef-appeals-for-1-3-bn/
As Syrian violence rages on, UNICEF voices ... - Morocco World News
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today sounded the alarm about the plight of children caught up in the bloodshed in Syria, where nearly 11 months ...
moroccoworldnews.com/2012/02/as-syrian.../26285
undpi.org : UNICEF makes global aid appeal for children | World News
The United Nations children's fund UNICEF and Turkey made a joint appeal to the international community yesterday to raise $1.28 billion in humanitarian ...
www.undpi.org/.../UNICEF-makes-global-aid-appeal-for-child...
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns | World News ...
World News, Breaking News Updates, Latest News & Headlines ... akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
www.ibbcnews.com/.../one-million-children-in-sahel-at-risk.ht...
When You Take Water, Give Water and Support the UNICEF Tap ...
Google. Custom Search. Home African News When You Take Water, Give Water and Support the UNICEF Tap Project During World Water Week, March 19-25 ...
africabusiness.com/.../when-you-take-water-give-water-and-su...
UNICEF appeals for $1.28 billion for 2012 humanitarian aid ...
World News | By EarthThreats.com ... NEW YORK/GENEVA (BNONEWS) — The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday appealed for $1.28 billion ...
earththreats.com/.../unicef-appeals-for-1-28-billion-for-2012-...
UNICEF Global Appeal for 2012 Humanitarian Operations | Scoop ...
Scoop - Independent News ... The UNICEF report describes the daily situation of some of the world's most vulnerable children and women caught up in ...
www.scoop.co.nz/.../unicef-global-appeal-for-2012-humanitar...
Unicef rues lack of facility for differently abled in schools
Unicef rues lack of facility for differently abled in schools. The writer ...Read more:UNICEF|lack of facility|Hearing Impairment ... FEATURED TODAY IN NEWS ...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/...rues.../11797394.cms
UNICEF Report: Children in more than 25 countries ... - UNICEF USA
News from the Field ... RSS News Feeds ... The UNICEF report describes the daily situation of some of the world's most vulnerable children and women caught ...
www.unicefusa.org/.../humanitarian-action-report-2012.html
  
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