 UNICEF (press release) NEW YORK, 25 April 2012 – Despite great progress in the fight against malaria, the disease remains the third largest killer of children globally,UNICEF said today on World Malaria Day. Malaria, which takes the lives of nearly 700000 people every year, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World failing to stem deaths of teenagers, says medical journal Calgary Herald Although the health of the world's infants and children has improved significantly in the past 50 years, that same success has not been achieved for adolescents and young adults, say reports out today. According to aUNICEF report, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 1/5th of women aged 20-24 yrs become mothers before adulthood Business Standard PTI / New Delhi April 26, 2012 18:25 IST The report titled "The State of theWorld Children 2012" by UNICEF based on a survey conducted in the period 2000-2010, says as many as 30 per cent female adolescents aged 15-19 years were married compared to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gov't, UNICEF sign $1.2-b action plan to help children Jamaica Observer It was designed by UNICEF to support the achievement of the goals of the Medium Term Socio-economic Framework Vision 2030, the Millennium Development Goals, the Millennium Declaration and outcomes of a World Fit for Children and to meet the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| helping Chernobyl's children CNN The radiation effects of the April 26, 1986, reactor explosion were about 400 times more potent than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, and nearly 14 times greater than the disaster last year at the Fukushima plant in Japan. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Charles Taylor verdict serves as warning to war-time leaders, says UNICEF UNICEF (press release) UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Underage sex and drinking a problem among British teens TODAYonline LONDON - Britain has the third highest proportion of sexually active teenagers in the world as well as some of the worst levels of harmful underage drinking, according to a series of studies published in the Lancet medical journal on Tuesday. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ING publishes 2011 Sustainability Report Reuters ... the 2011 DJSI World Index Sustainability function now directly reports to ING's CEO ING operated 100% climate neutral ING IM introduced an new fund, the 'ING Sustainable Credit Fund' Partnership with UNICEF prolonged for three years 118101 children ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why I Am Thinking About the Nobel Peace Prize on World Malaria Day Huffington Post (blog) A Nobel Prize for UNITAID would put momentum behind the idea that at least a portion of funds levied by an FTT should support the world's most vulnerable people. The UN, the IAEA, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, UN Peacekeeping, have all won Nobel Peace ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UNICEF: 50 per cent of female in developing countries accept wife-beating The Sun Daily The report entitled "Progress for Children: A Report Card on Adolescents" is based on data collected from 74 countries and covers 69 per cent of the female population in the 15–49 age group in the developing world, excluding China. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Angelique Kidjo Supports World Immunization Week Look To The Stars By Delinda Lombardo on April 26, 2012 UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo is supporting the first-ever WorldImmunization Week (April 21-28), an international effort to highlight the importance of immunization. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UNICEF report shows teens in the Americas face their share of challenges Latina Lista: The Smart News Source LatinaLista — It's not surprising that the global profile of today's 1.2 billion adolescents (10-19-years-old) is an uneven one as outlined in the latest report issued by UNICEF titled “Progress for Children: A report card on adolescents. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why Isn't the Teen Mortality Rate Dropping? Jezebel The UNICEF report found that the 1.2 billion adolescents on the planet make up nearly one-fifth of the world's population. That's a lot of teens running around, and it would behoove us all to keep them out of trouble. What's even scarier is that the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Global Vaccination Campaign Targets Measles, Rubella AllAfrica.com "Recent measles outbreaks have affected children in the world unevenly, with the poorest and youngest children the most at risk of death of disability," said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake. "This new strategic plan stresses that measles and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Celebrating vaccines: World Immunization Week 2012 FierceVaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared April 21-28 to be WorldImmunization Week, as a celebration and an opportunity to promote immunization, advance universal access to vaccination services, and enable cooperation on cross-border ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UNICEF-Sponsored Motorcycle Adventure Starts ERR News Two Estonians, Sven Mansberg ja Juhan Peedimaa, are undertaking the three-stage, year-long tour under the auspices of the Estonian UNICEF, the United Nations Children´s Fund. The first part of the tour will be east by southeast. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Country Rolls Out Vaccines Against Top Two Killers of Children AllAfrica.com Accra — Ghana has become the first African country to introduce pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines at the same time, simultaneously tackling the leading causes of the world's two biggest childhood killers - pneumonia and diarrhoea. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UK's Royal Society Finds No 'Silver Bullet' for Population Issues Science AAAS In order to meet previously agreed goals for universal education, policy makers in countries with low school attendance need to work with international funders and organisations, such as UNESCO, UNFPA,UNICEF, IMF, World Bank and Education for All. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| On World Malaria Day, UNICEF distributes mosquito nets in DR Congo Tolerance All information reproduced on the Web pages of www.tolerance.ca (including articles, images, photographs, and logos) is protected by intellectual property rights owned by Tolerance.ca® Inc. or, in certain cases, by its author. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Country Fights Malaria With Mass Distribution of Treated Mosquito Nets AllAfrica.com "This World Malaria Day, the message from the global Roll Back Malaria Partnership is 'Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria,'" said Ritva Reinikka, director of Human Development, in the World Bank's Africa Region, "This is highly relevant in ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Angelique Kidjo Supports World Immunization Week UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo is supporting the first-ever World Immunization Week (April 21-28), an international effort to highlight the importance of immunization. Look To The Stars News: Latest |
| BBC News - Unicef chief: Sahel needs help Unicef director Anthony Lake says the Sahel region has never been in more danger of mass starvation as his organisation tries to fight "donor fatigue" after years ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17765214 | ||
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| World Malaria Day - UNICEF Australia World Malaria Day. 23/04/12 Print this article | Email this article to a friend. By Jade Bae, UNICEF Australia Communications Intern We all love the summertime. www.unicef.org.au/Discover/.../World-Malaria-Day.aspx | ||
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| UNICEF CEE/CIS - Media centre - Turkmenistan marks World ... Press releases and news notes - 2012 ... UNICEF in the news ... Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 23 April 2012 – Turkmenistan has joined the world in marking the ... www.unicef.org/ceecis/media_19782.html | ||
| Latest News - Unicef Ireland. | UNICEF Ireland The first-ever World Immunisation Week takes place from 21-28 April 2012.UNICEF offices around the world are engaging in immunisation campaigns and ... www.unicef.ie/.../UNICEF-Executive-Director-announces-new... | ||
| Unicef report reveals Indian men, women think wife beating justified ... A report by Unicef says that 57 percent of young Indian men in the 15-19 age bracket think that wife beating is justified, according to a report in The Times of ... moroccoworldnews.com/.../unicef-report-reveals-indian-men-... | ||
| Child Mortality Rates Under 5years Reduce by 65%-UNICEF ... News In Uganda, Uganda News. ... In February 2012, UNICEF released a report titled 'The State of the World's Children 2012' in which it revealed that most of ... www.ugandapicks.com/.../child-mortality-rates-under-5years-r... | ||
| UNICEF Report: Millions of adolescents falling behind, especially in ... Progress for Children, a new UNICEF report on adolescents highlights the alarming consequences of the benefits of ... not being equally shared among the 1.2 billion adolescents now living in all the regions of the world. ... Newsfrom the Field ... www.unicefusa.org/news/.../unicef-report-adolescents.html |
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