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UNICEF reports that at least 66 children have died of malnutrition in Gaza throughout the war due to the Israeli humanitarian aid blockade.
2025-06-29

UNICEF reports that 1 in 3 children in North Gaza are malnourished due to the Israeli blockade stopping all humanitarian aid, describing the situation as "catastrophic".
2025-03-15

UNICEF estimates that more than 3,500 children have been killed during the war, saying that "children have endured too much already, the killing and captivity of children must stop".
2023-11-2

Merck & Co. and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics sign an agreement with UNICEF to distribute up to 3 million courses of their COVID-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir to 100 low and middle-income countries in the first half of the year.
2022-01-18

UNICEF reports that most infants in at least 91 countries suffer from malnourishment and food insecurity. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimated last week that about 811 million people globally are affected by hunger.
2021-09-22

Pakistan receives 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, facilitated through the COVAX initiative, UNICEF and the Government of Pakistan.
2021-07-2

The World Health Organization and UNICEF declare the end of the polio epidemic in the Philippines.
2021-06-11

UNICEF reports that as many as 17 million babies worldwide face potential brain development issues due to their exposure to toxicity levels more than six times higher than considered safe in air.
2017-12-6

The United Nations suspends aid to dangerous areas of Nigeria's northeastern Borno State following Thursday's attack by Boko Haram (ISIL in Africa) on a humanitarian convoy where two soldiers and three civilians were wounded. However, UNICEF noted, aid will continue to the capital Maiduguri.
2016-07-29

A UNICEF report finds AIDS is now the leading cause of death for African teenagers and the second most common killer for adolescents across the globe. While the Asia Pacific region has seen a 31 percent drop in new HIV infections, and 28 percent decline in AIDS-related deaths, the estimated number of adolescents dying of AIDS in the region has more than doubled since 2005. Tomorrow is World Aids Day.
2015-11-30