16 March 2012 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that more than a million children below the age of five in the Sahel are facing a disaster amid the ongoing food crisis in the drought-prone region of Africa. They are among the some 15 million people estimated to be at risk of… Continue reading Disaster Stalking Children in Africa’s Drought-Prone Sahel Region, Warns UNICEF
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UN-backed Partners Help DR Congo Introduce Pneumonia Vaccine
4 April 2011 –The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today added the vaccine against pneumonia to its national immunisation programme in a United Nations-backed initiative to drastically improve the chances of survival for children under the age of five. The expanded programme is supported by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), which… Continue reading UN-backed Partners Help DR Congo Introduce Pneumonia Vaccine
In Water-rich DR Congo, 50 Million People Lack Clean Water to Drink – UN
22 March 2011 –An estimated 51 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – or three quarters of the population – have no access to safe drinking water, even though the country holds over half of Africa’s water reserves, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new study released today.… Continue reading In Water-rich DR Congo, 50 Million People Lack Clean Water to Drink – UN
Fighting Malaria With Nets Nets, Mandy Moore
I’m extremely grateful to be invited to share my voice alongside all these incredible women on International Women’s Day.
Stopping Early Marriages in Africa
UNICEF helps to begin changing attitudes towards early marriage in Niger In several communities across Africa, a young girl often does not have a say in whether and whom she will marry. It is the parents, both the man’s and the girl’s, who make the decision. In Niger, 1 out of 2 girls is married… Continue reading Stopping Early Marriages in Africa
New pneumonia vaccine targets leading cause of child deaths worldwide – UN
14 February 2011 –Hundreds of infants in Kenya received their first shots against pneumococcal disease today at a special United Nations-backed event to celebrate the global roll-out of vaccines targeting the world’s leading cause of child deaths – pneumonia. President Mwai Kibaki joined parents, health workers, ambassadors and donors in Nairobi to witness children being… Continue reading New pneumonia vaccine targets leading cause of child deaths worldwide – UN
Measles Campaign Planned for Liberian Villages Hosting Ivorian Refugees – UN
1 February 2011 –The Government of Liberia, with support from United Nations agencies, will launch a week-long measles vaccination campaign on Wednesday targeting all children in Nimba County, which hosts over 30,000 refugees who fled the political turmoil in neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire. As of the end of January, five Liberian children between one and five… Continue reading Measles Campaign Planned for Liberian Villages Hosting Ivorian Refugees – UN
Children in Cameroon Learn to Fight Cholera
UNICEF MAROUA, Cameroon, 18 October 2010 – In the packed playground of Harde Primary School in Cameroon’s Extreme North province, six teams of local school children sit at desks in a semi-circle. “Write down the main symptoms of cholera,” a teacher instructs into a microphone, her words crackling over the buzz of hundreds of school… Continue reading Children in Cameroon Learn to Fight Cholera