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24.7 million children missed their first dose of the measles vaccine, while 3.5 million missed the first vaccine for HPV.
Refugees Tareq Altorok and Inza Bamba, who both represented Ireland at the Unity Cup this week, chat to The42.
In a speech yesterday he hailed the persistence of journalists as an important check on governments.
The United Nations has warned that funding to aid victims of the civil war in Syria is dwindling.
“We have been simply blown away by the incredible gratitude and solidarity for others that people in Ireland have shown.”
Ireland is in line with other rich countries such as Switzerland and New Zealand in the cost to care for two children.
Unicef said it will supply thousands of breakfast boxes over the two-week Christmas school holidays.
Ireland placed 26th in a ranking of mental health concerns for children and adolescents.
Vaccination campaigns have been postponed in 24 countries to help prevent further spread of Covid-19.
Syrian refugees in Lebanon have shared their experiences with TheJournal.ie.
NGOs have warned that self-isolation is virtually impossible in refugee camps and informal settlements.
That’s according to a new Unicef report published today.
A new report has revealed that global rates of the disease are on the rise.
There have been five cases since the start of February.
Ireland is one of only 28 countries where 2019 babies will likely live until the 22nd century
Ireland is one of the best countries in terms of reducing education inequality, but concerns have been raised about vulnerable children.
And almost three in 10 had been bullied themselves.
Some boys fail to come forward for help due to gender stereotypes, Unicef has said.
Unicef is warning that the HIV/Aids epidemic is far from over and teenage girls are bearing the brunt of the health crisis.
Neil from The Inbetweeners bagged the winning spot-kick as £5 million was raised for Unicef last night.
Ireland has ranked 164th in the global neonatal mortality rate.
10% of girls in Nepal are married by the age of 15 and 37% by the age of 18.
In conflicts around the world, children have become frontline, used as human shields, killed, maimed and recruited to fight.
One quarter of the people who have died in this outbreak were children.
A new report suggests that the self-reporting of mental health issues among teenagers here is worryingly high.
The waves of desperate people slipping across international borders every year has created a massive moneymaking opportunity for unscrupulous human traffickers.
At least 652 children were killed last year – a 20% increase from 2015.
Famine was declared in the new African country on Monday, which has been embroiled in civil conflict for years.
Harry and Ahmed tell their stories to Unicef.
Children in Dhaka can be expected to work long hours for little money to help support their families.
The UN children’s agency said the difference between the genders amounts to 160 million extra hours a day worldwide.
Temperatures in the city hit 40 degrees Celsius today.
A new UNICEF report is highlighting the treacherous journeys of the world’s migrant and refugee children.
This data comes as part of a Unicef study into material deprivation across OECD countries.
Murtaza Ahmadi received signed jerseys from the Argentine star and still hopes to meet him.
The figures from UNICEF show it to be the number two cause of death among teenagers worldwide.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s Great Britain and Ireland prevailed in-front of 75,000 fans at Old Trafford.
A British and Irish team take on the Rest of the World in aid of UNICEF next month.