Greece is one of the European Union (EU) member states with the highest proportion of children living in poverty, with 31.5 per cent of minors affected, compared to 24.2 per cent on average in the EU, according to Eurostat data for 2020 released late October this year.
Unicef said 426 million children globally, or nearly one in five, live in conflict zones which are becoming more intense, with women and girls at the highest risk of conflict-related sexual violence.
The appeal includes 2 billion dollars for UNICEF's response in Afghanistan, where 13 million children need urgent humanitarian assistance.
Despite some progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS, children and adolescents continued to be left behind across all regions over the past decade, the report said.
The official also said that the education gains of the past two decades must be strengthened, not rolled back.
Bhubaneswar: The Department of Public Health, Government of Odisha in collaboration with UNICEF organized a press conference to generate awareness regarding Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD). Participants included Director Public Health, Sapneswar Gadanaik; Director- Health Services,Dr.Hara Prasad Pattnaik; Director- State Institute of Health and Family Welfare,Dr. Binayak Prasad Prusty, Addl. Director (PH) Dr. Shakti Prasad Padhi […]
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police launched a two-day workshop at its headquarters in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday in collaboration with UNICEF to provide training to its staff on cracking cyber crime cases. The two-day workshop – ‘Training on Cyber Crime Investigation for Police Officers’- aims to provide training to police personnel of all police stations and outposts […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police is all set to start a mega awareness campaign titled ‘Pari Paain Katha Tie’ to spread the message on safety of minor girls. Giving out the details during a presser on Wednesday, DGP RP Sharma said, “There has been a steep rise in cases of sexual assaults on minor girls in […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today announced that its community management of malnutrition programme would be extended to all 30 districts of the state. The decision was taken at the Empowered Committee Meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary A P Padhi. Padhi later said the programme would be implemented together with the department of health […]
Bhubaneswar: Education could be the key to reduce malnourishment among tribal children in India, State Tribal Welfare minister Sudam Marandi said at the national conference on nourishment of tribal children here on Thursday. “All issues pertaining to tribals will be solved through education,” he added. Speaking on the occasion, Unicef representative to India Louis-Georges Arsenault […]
United Nations: Over 300 million children globally between the age of five and 17 years of age were not in school, the Unicef said in a news report. More than one-third of them, or about 104 million, are in countries affected by conflict or disaster, the report titled “A future stolen: young and out-of-school” revealed […]
New Delhi: An estimated 78 million babies — or three out of five — worldwide are not breastfed within the first hour of life which puts them at higher risk of death and diseases and lower their chances of meeting physical and mental growth standards, according to a new Unicef and WHO report. However, India […]
United Nations: The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has said violence had a devastating toll on children, who were being killed in ongoing conflicts or suicide attacks, or freezing to death as they fled active war zones. Describing January as “a dark month” in crisis-torn Middle East and North Africa, Geert Cappelaere, Unicef Director for […]
United Nations: The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has estimated that nearly 386,000 babies were born on New Year’s Day, with India heading the list with 69,070. More than 90 percent of the births took place in less developed regions, reports Xinhua news agency. The Unicef reported that globally over half the births were estimated […]
United Nations: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced the appointment of Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan as its newest and youngest Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment, which came on the eve of World Refugee Day, makes 19-year-old female education activist Muzoon the first person with official refugee status to become an Ambassador for Unicef, Xinhua news agency […]
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