UNICEF News, May 17, 2012

A Sustainable World Fit for Children? National Geographic By Maritza Ascencios Last week UNICEF commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of 'A World Fit for Children' – the agenda that the leaders of some 180 nations adopted in 2002 at the close of the United Nations Special Session on Children. See all stories on this topic »

Half as many women dying in pregnancy, childbirth as 20 years ago Los Angeles Times The declining numbers of maternal deaths -- from 543000 in 1990 to 287000 worldwide as of two years ago -- were cheered by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF and the WorldBank, which jointly issued the report. See all stories on this topic »

UNICEF Ambassador Maxim Vengerov to Participate in MSC Divina Christening Exec Digital (press release) Vengerov, one of the world's most sought-after performers in classical music, will then delight guests with a special performance. The high-profile christening ceremony is the perfect occasion to highlight the meaningful partnership between UNICEF and ... See all stories on this topic »

Interview with Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF USAID (press release) Anthony Lake converses with a family outside a health center in Ethiopia in June 2009, before taking up his post with UNICEF, as part of a trip with ONE. Before his appointment as UNICEF'sexecutive director in 2010, Anthony Lake served in various ... See all stories on this topic » USAID (press release)

Flood of refugees hits camp near Sudan border Fox News The latest arrivals say that in the Nuba Mountains — on Sudan's side of theworld's newest border — people are eating leaves and roots. Food long ago ran out, and many have now eaten even all of their seeds meant for planting. See all stories on this topic »

JOIN THE GIANT SLEEPOVER for UNICEF ResponseSource (press release) A UNICEF spokesperson said, “UNICEF are delighted to be working in partnership with The Giant Sleepover, as the sun never sets on our life saving work The Giant Sleepover is the perfect platform for us to engage in unifying children around the world to ... See all stories on this topic »

Behind the TIME Cover: Most Human Societies Don't Get Our Breastfeeding Hang-up Discover Magazine (blog) According to data compiled by UNICEF, half of the world'spopulation continues breastfeeding until at least the age of two. Furthermore, weaning in these cases doesn't mean the total cessation of breastfeeding. It simply means the introduction of solid ... See all stories on this topic » Discover Magazine (blog)

Donna Summer dead at 63 San Francisco Chronicle (blog) (Globe Photos / McClatchy-Tribune News Service) Donna Summer performing during UNICEF benefit in New York City on January 9, 1979. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Singer Donna Summer poses with three awards she won at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Five facts that cast America in a shameful light Opelousas Daily World 1. We're near the bottom of the developed world in children's health and safety. According to a 2007 UNICEF report, the US ranked last among 21 OECD nations in an assessment of child health and safety. The assessment measured infant mortality, ... See all stories on this topic »

Donors, Beneficiaries Discuss Free Healthcare Success AllAfrica.com The FHCI was launched in 2010 by President Ernest Bai Koroma and funded by international partners such as the Department for International Development (DfID), World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), ... See all stories on this topic »

Health: New UN estimates suggest maternal deaths reduced by half 1990-2010 Afrique en Ligue UN agencies -- WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank -- on Wednesday released new estimates which suggest that the number of women dying of pregnancy- and childbirth-related complications has reduced by half in the last 20 years. See all stories on this topic »

Food Security Means Water Too Huffington Post As G-8 leaders hold their lengthy discussions about the challenges facing theworld, they can reach out to the glass in front of them for a refreshing sip of water. What a luxury! In most places in the world, a sip of water could cause diarrhea or ... See all stories on this topic »

Maternal Deaths On Decline but More Progress Needed - UN Report AllAfrica.com ... and childbirth continues to decline," said Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which released the report along with the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank. See all stories on this topic »

IBM Working to Make HIV Disappear From Bangkok HealthTechZone In 2009, it was estimated that a little over a half million people were living with HIV in Thailand, but that was down from 640000 in 2001, according to Evidence to Action, an organization sponsored by UNAIDS, Unicef and the World Health Organization. See all stories on this topic »

Maternal death rates drop significantly in last two decades Radio Australia That's according to new estimates released by the World Health Organization,UNICEF, the UN Population Fund and World Bank. And while that may sound like good news, a woman dies of pregnancy-related complications every two minutes somewhere in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Your Voice Unfinished Business USAID (press release) Effective interventions that can dramatically prevent fatalities from childhood diarrhea are articulated in the seven-point plan published by UNICEF and the World Health Organization in 2009. All of these interventions, with the exception of vitamin A ... See all stories on this topic » USAID (press release)

Driving over Despair: Mobile Medical Teams Serve Yemenis on the Fringes online ... USAID (press release) In Yemen, crushing poverty, insecurity, and dwindling resources are contributing to what UNICEF and other agencies describe as a growing humanitarian disaster on par with that of Somalia. The UN World Food Program (WFP) estimates that more than 7 ... See all stories on this topic »

Lewis Hamilton and the lost children Telegraph.co.uk I'd agreed to make a film about Manila's street children for Soccer Aid, a fund-raiser for the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). When I landed it was hot and humid. I collected my bags and met up with Jesus Far, a Unicef child protection officer... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Mozambique: Strength in Community Care under 5 extra USAID (press release) According to UNICEF, chronic illness and poor diet result in stunting for 44 percent of Mozambican children under age 5. Community health worker Rosalina Casimiro meets with children in Nampula province, Mozambique, to demonstrate how to purify water ... See all stories on this topic »

Family planning, the most preventive option against maternal mortality Afrique en Ligue Reacting to a report titled “Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010”, released on Wednesday by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank, Dr Osotimehin said: “We know exactly what to do to prevent maternal deaths.” “These interventions have proved to ... See all stories on this topic »

Infant Circumcision: A Tipping Point for HIV Prevention USAID (press release) The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, recommend voluntary adult circumcision in high HIV-prevalence countries like Swaziland to lessen the chance for HIV's spread. They, along with UNICEF, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ogilvy & Mather Cleans Up at Clios - Named Network of the Year Sacramento Bee Award winning executions for TedX from Buenos Aires, IBM "Think Exhibit Posters" from New York, UNICEF "Costume" from Santiago, Chile and the Irish Society for the Prevention of Childhood Cruelty from Ireland contributed to the Network of the Year ... See all stories on this topic »

The Nancy Ferrari Show, KNOC 1680 AM Radio Features Jean Houston, Ph.D. PR.com (press release) Nancy Ferrari of The Nancy Ferrari Show, on KNOC 1680 AM Radio features Jean Houston, Ph.D., author of 26 books, philosopher, consultant to the United Nations, and teacher to leaders, social activists and organizations around theworld join to explore ... See all stories on this topic »

Country Facing BCG Vaccine Shortage AllAfrica.com She however revealed that the country was expecting a consignment later in the week from the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, to last the next three months. "The shortage is global and is caused by production delays," she told Capital FM News. See all stories on this topic »

Indie Royale All-Charity Lightning Pack GamersDailyNews The bundle's generous developers have each hand-picked a charity for their game, including UNICEF's Haiti aid, vital human rights work from Amnesty International, free speech and privacy advocacy from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ... See all stories on this topic » GamersDailyNews

Marcel Theroux: life with Ukraine's street children The Guardian Unicef puts the number at around 100000, but it's a contentious estimate: it includes children who have a home, but spend a significant portion of each day on the street. The head of Kiev's Centre for Children's Services is a charming former social ... See all stories on this topic »

Indie Royale Announces All-Charity Pack Gaming Bus 100% of the proceeds are going to four charities: UNICEF's Haiti aid, Amnesty International, the EFF, and ActionAid. Osmos is available for Windows and Mac on Steam, Windows, and Linux on Desura, and will be DRM-free on Windows, Mac, and Linux. See all stories on this topic » Gaming Bus

Charities and online donations The Guardian Laila Takeh, head of digital engagement at Unicef, said: "For me, it's not the technology, it's the people and their behaviour. Technology is not necessarily going to help to fundraise. It's going to remove the barriers to fundraising. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Too many women dying from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications TrustLaw (blog) The report was released May 16 by the United Nations Population Fund, which jointly sponsored the study with UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the World Bank. The report found that about 287000 women died from pregnancy-related complications in ... See all stories on this topic »

GBCHealth Conference introduces MDG Health Alliance in US pharmabiz.com Formerly known as the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, GBCHealth is a nonprofit coalition of more than 200 companies working to improve the health of their workforces and communities around theworld. See all stories on this topic »

India: Greeting Daughters With Fruit Trees Asia Sentinel (blog) According to a recent report by Unicef, as many as 50 million girls and women are missing from India's population because of systematic gender discrimination. There are fewer than 93 women in India for every 100 men in the population, ... See all stories on this topic »

Misha Collins' Random Angelic Acts Look To The Stars By Catrina K. Sally on May 17, 2012 Supernatural star Misha Collins plays an angel on TV and performs random angelic acts in the real world. The actor (known to the CW's Supernatural fans as Castiel) uses his mega fan base to help support worthy causes ... See all stories on this topic »

Child Marriage Still Prevalent Among Adolescents In South Asia: Report International Business Times In the developing world, a full one-third of women between the ages of 20 and 24 were married off as children, according to a 2010 UNICEF study. Child marriage is most common in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and it has damaging effects on families ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

CHELSEA FC: Charity kit Xperedon Charity News The European Champions League final is the most watched sporting club event in the world, viewed by more than 100 million television viewers, second only to the FIFA World Cup final and bigger than the US Superbowl... Right To Play, an international ... See all stories on this topic »

Sudans: Approaching rains could dampen their path to war Vancouver Sun The United States and other nations are trying to stop all-out war from breaking out between Sudan and the world's newest country, but the weather might do more to dampen hostilities. The sky is a low-hanging grey, portending seasonal rains which will ... See all stories on this topic »

Pratham USA to Honor Wendy Kopp, Founder and CEO of Teach for America PR Web (press release) Teach For All is working to accelerate the impact of 24 organizations in virtually every region of the world, including Teach For India. “It is a tremendous honor to receive this award from Pratham, an organization I admire so much for its ability to ... See all stories on this topic »

Dan smashes a world record and Soccer Aid - UNICEF UK An epic journey comes to an end at Old Trafford and the UK government pledges to match your Soccer Aid donations. www.unicef.org.uk/.../dan-smashes-a-world-record-and-donati...

World Maritime News - France: UNICEF Ambassador to Participate ... France - UNICEF Ambassador to Participate in MSC Divina Christening. As a symbol of collaboration between MSC Cruises' and UNICEF, major UNICEF ... worldmaritimenews.com/archives/54487

UNICEF - Policy advocacy and partnerships for children's rights ... NEW YORK, USA, 7 May 2012 – This week, UNICEF commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of 'A World Fit for Children', a United Nations... www.unicef.org/policyanalysis/index_62398.html

A Sustainable World Fit for Children? Last week UNICEF commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of 'A ... When world leaders meet again in Brazil for the Rio+20 Conference in just ... newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/.../a-sustainable-world-fit-...

Sleep over with friends for UNICEF and World Malaria Day | World of ... Back to News. Charities - 07/05/2012. The 16th June marks the start of WorldMalaria Day, and UNICEF is raising awareness of the campaign by organising the ... worldofdifference.vodafone.co.uk/news/archives/11367

UNICEF | Meridian - ITV News Get the latest UNICEF news in the Meridian region on ITV News. ... Soccer Aid is back and the whole world will be watching as England take on the Rest of The ... www.itv.com/news/meridian/topic/unicef/

Joel Madden lends his Voice to UNICEF - Children's charity news ... Stay up to date on what UNICEF is doing around the world to help children survive to ... UNICEF News > May 2012 > Joel Madden lends his Voice toUNICEF ... www.unicef.org.au/.../Joel-Madden-lends-his-Voice-to-UNICE...

Watch UNICEF Executive Director announces new global ... UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake delivers a statement on the importance ... World News Regional Business Politics Special Interest NewChannels On ... www.livestation.com/.../UNICEF-Executive-Director-announc...

BBC News - In pictures: How to net mosquitoes in DR Congo ... harvests wheat at her field in Kathmandu. 24 hours of news photos: 14 May 2012 ... a trail on a butte in front of the super. News photos from around theworld ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17998845

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