Unicef

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World+Biz

UNICEF appeals for $9.9 bln funding to support children hit by conflict, crisis 

With 109 million children targeted by UNICEF for humanitarian assistance in 2025, donor funding is critical to ensure the response is timely, effective, and sufficient

During the signing ceremony for her new role, Gargee met with Rana Flowers, Unicef Representative in Bangladesh. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Unicef appoints Gargee Tanushree Paul as youth advocate in Bangladesh

A displaced kid reacts to a camera outside his makeshift shelter at a roadside, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
Middle East

More than 200 children killed in Lebanon in past two months, UNICEF says

A boy walks on a dry area of the Igarape do Taruma stream which flows into the Rio Negro river, as the water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, in Manaus, Brazil October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
World+Biz

Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Unicef jointly organised a national workshop today, marking the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Alarming blood lead levels among children: Unicef urges govt for strategy for a lead-free Bangladesh

Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies provided by World Food Program (WFP), outside a United Nations distribution center, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Help ease civilian suffering, top UN officials tell Netanyahu

A view shows signage on the exterior of UNICEF's humanitarian warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/ Tom Little/File Photo
World+Biz

One in 8 girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18: Unicef

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Bangladesh

Japan providing assistance worth $1 million to flood-affected areas in Bangladesh through UNHCR, Unicef

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Bangladesh

This is a crucial time for Bangladesh, says new Unicef representative

A laboratory nurse takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox at the treatment centre in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
Health

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh floods leave 2 million children at risk: Unicef

A group of Rohingya refugee children gather at sunset on a bamboo bridge in Kutupalong makeshift settlement, Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh, on 11 January 2018. File Photo: Unicef
Rohingya Crisis

Unicef will continue to support Bangladesh to ensure Rohingya children's protection: Executive director

Govt has no data on 32 children's death right now: Statement 
Bangladesh

Govt has no data on 32 children's death right now: Statement