The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday said urgent actions are needed to protect the children suffering from the impacts of the conflicts in North-east Nigeria. In a statement, UNICEF gave 96 as the number of Chibok girls still in captivity nine years after the abduction.Speaking on the impact of …
Read More »WHO, UNICEF Call for Emergency Action to Avert Major Measles, Polio Epidemics
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for urgent actions to protect most vulnerable children from deadly measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 disrupts immunisations. The UN agencies made the call in a statement posted on WHO website. According to the statement, the agencies have issued …
Read More »Children in Richest Countries Face Obesity, Lack of Skills – UN
The report ranks 41 European Union and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries on children’s health, skills, and happiness. Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway top the league table, while Bulgaria, Chile, and the U.S. are ranked the worst places to be a child among high-income countries. According to …
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