Tag: United Nations Children’s Fund

As Enugu records 80% spike in PHC visits, 88.9% rise in immunisation coverage

He also said that over 10 per cent of children in the state were wasted, a condition in which a ...

The UN agency said many of them are without trial, legal representation, or any hope of justice

She noted that two of the cases were detected through Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance, while the third was identified ...

MMS is an ante-natal supplement that provides micronutrients (minerals and vitamins), including iron and folic acid, all combined in a ...

The speaker said that under his leadership, the enrollment campaign to get out-of-school children back to school has been carried ...

UNICEF boss says Kwara is the 20th state in Nigeria to launch the NLP and to join the global movement ...

The global bodies said the stagnation in global immunisation coverage since 2022 and the failure to return to 2019 levels ...

The number of unvaccinated children in Kano, Jigawa and Katsina accounts for about 40 per cent of the total unvaccinated ...

Every year, WBD is celebrated in the first week of August to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding and ...

Buhari's eight-year reign as president has seen Nigeria struggle through numerous challenges, with inflation and unemployment at worse levels than ...

The motorcycle was given to the community by UNICEF in collaboration with Global Alliance for Vaccines Initiative (GAVI) as part ...

The UNICEF chief said every child has the right to be included and protected, and to have an equal chance ...

The latest report indicates that about 3.85 billion people use these facilities, putting them at greater risk of infection, including ...

However, on child labour, the survey recorded a 19 per cent reduction within the same year under review

It added that the new programme will focus on the provision of life-saving services to 156,888 direct beneficiaries and 362,307 ...

“The slash in the budget is unacceptable. We are supposed to be working towards having 10 per cent of our ...

About 70 per cent of under 10-year-old school children in Nigeria cannot understand a simple sentence in English or perform ...

The government must show serious commitment to children’s security by tackling the rising problem of insecurity ravaging the country.

The spate of violence against women surged in the past one year.

The proceeds from the re-release of “One Love” and related activities would be used to support “Reimagine”, UNICEF’s new global ...

"By 2030, Africa could be home to 433 million undernourished people followed by Asia with 329 million," the report said.

UNICEF said some of the children were reported to have been missing for up to four and five years, with ...

The world celebrated 40 years of the eradication of smallpox virus as the Nigerian Medical Association warned that it will ...

The official says some major flashpoints of child abuse in Kaduna metropolis to include Tudun Wada, Kakuri, Gonin Gora, Rigasa, ...