UNICEF Says Nigeria Has Most Malnourished Children In Africa, Second Highest Globally

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that the food and nutrition crisis might deepen in Nigeria, as the country has already been flagged as having the highest number of malnourished children in Africa and the second highest in the …

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UNICEF: Nigeria has highest number of malnourished children in Africa

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria has the highest number of malnourished children in Africa and the second in the world. Nemat Hajeebhoy, chief, nutrition, spoke on Monday during a media briefing on the 2025 lean season multisectoral …

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UNICEF Warns of Humanitarian Emergency as Afghan Children Deported From Pakistan Face Dire Conditions

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised alarm over the worsening humanitarian crisis at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, where tens of thousands of Afghan refugees—many of them children—are being forcibly deported from Pakistan. In a …

Syria, UNICEF discuss preparing studies to build schools with new designs

Damascus, SANA-The Director of School Buildings at the Ministry of Education, Engineer Mohammed al-Hanoun, discussed with engineers from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) the preparation of studies for building schools, with new designs that meet …

Global Rise in Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Puts Children at Risk, Warns UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised alarms over increasing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide, endangering the lives of millions of children and straining healthcare systems. In the first three months of this year alone, …

UNICEF calls for united action to end zero dose immunization in N’East

From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for a united action of all citizens and leaders to end zero dose immunization of children against polio virus and other preventable diseases in northeast Borno and …

UNICEF: One in Five Afghan deportees from Pakistan are children

UNICEF reports 20% of Afghan deportees from Pakistan are children, many returning without families, facing urgent needs for shelter, food, education. Amid the ongoing forced deportations of Afghan nationals from Pakistan, the United Nations Children’s Fund …

UNICEF SA calls for stricter advertising regulations on baby formula

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in South Africa has urged government to enforce stricter advertising regulations on the baby formula industry. This after the World Health Organisation and UNICEF launched a campaign, “ …