Tag: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Mr Haske urged greater inclusion of young people in leadership and decision-making processes.

UNICEF warns that Nigeria is among the hardest-hit countries as cholera continues to spread across the region

UNICEF estimates that around 2.1 million children under the age of one, roughly 24 per cent, remain zero-dose, receiving no ...

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria currently has the world’s highest number of unvaccinated children.

He called on traditional leaders to encourage parents and caregivers to present their children for vaccination during the campaign to ...

Mr Bashir said the agency had deployed 2,778 personnel to ensure a successful immunisation in all the 21 local government ...

The statement noted that the vaccine doses are part of an emergency response campaign targeting individuals aged one to 29 ...

She called on all stakeholders to ensure massive awareness campaign before the commencement of the exercise to ensure high level ...

"If we can solve the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria, over 20 million children that are out of school, ...

Mr Abubakar, at an interactive session with stakeholders at Garin Barka Primary School in Gumel, distributed free uniforms, school bags, ...

UNICEF warned that Kaduna and Sokoto states despite being at risk of abduction have not done well In implementing the ...

The governor vowed to end perennial water scarcity in the state.

According to UNICEF, TaRL employs Words Formation (WoF) and Oral Additional Charts (OAC) for the children to write sentences, addition, ...

According to UNICEF, between 400,000 and 800,000 Nigerian women live with obstetric fistula.

Ms Bevan said that current toilet construction in the country stood between 180,000 – 200,000 toilets annually, describing it as ...

Birth registration is a permanent and official record of a child’s existence, and provides legal recognition of that child’s identity.

Vaccination, the process of receiving a vaccine that provides immunity to a disease, is very important as under-five mortality rate ...

The NPHCDA boss said the government is introducing Community-based Health Research, Innovative-training and Services Programme (CRISP) to address the challenge.

The approvals were conveyed in a letter to the President of the University and signed on behalf of NUC by ...

UNICEF said it is training lecturers of Nnamdi Azikiwe University because the university has domesticated Child Rights Reporting into its ...

The UN said conflicts, climate shocks, the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and rising costs of living are leaving increasing numbers ...

SERAP is asking the court to “direct and compel President Buhari to promptly and thoroughly investigate the spending of Ecological ...

The survey said 73.9% of children in Jigawa are multi-dimensionally poor.

The latest United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report titled “Situation of Women and Children in Nigeria” states that the country ...

Nigeria presently accounts for an estimated 22 million child brides, a figure that may increase by seven million in the ...