AIDS still epidemic among children – UNICEF
Eighteen children in every hour were infected with HIV last year.
UNICEF worries over poor development of Nigerian children
A global UNICEF report, launched in Abuja yesterday, shows that Nigeria is putting its children at risk of under-development, both physically and mentally, because critical national policies are not providing an adequate foundation for their growth.
Lack of referral hampers cholera control in North East
Efforts to contain a cholera outbreak that has struck more than 1,000 people in refugee camps in the North-East are being hampered because people are failing to report suspected cases to authorities, a United Nations official has said.
UNICEF expresses concern over health of 1.4m IDPs living in cholera hotspots
The United Nations Children’s Funds, UNICEF, has expressed concern for the health and well-being of 1.4 million displaced people, including 350,000 children under the age of five, living in cholera ‘hotspots’ in North-East Nigeria.
UNICEF collaborates with Anambra to repackage Health Care
THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has begun a collaborative effort with authorities in health care delivery in Anambra State for the purpose of repackaging Primary Health Care, PHC, system in the state.
Conflicts, poverty stall progress in reducing out-of-school children – UNICEF
Pervasive levels of poverty, protracted conflicts and complex humanitarian emergencies have led to stagnation in reducing the global out-of-school rate over the past decade, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said.
UNICEF plans quality service delivery in Anambra
Awka—THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has set machinery in motion to provide human resources, health infrastructure and quality service development in Anambra State as part of its programme to improve the standard of life in the state.
Boko Haram destroyed 75% water, sanitation infrastructure in Northeast – UNICEF
UNICEF said on Wednesday that Boko Haram terrorists have destroyed 75 per cent of the water infrastructure in the Northeast Nigeria.
83 children used as ‘human bombs’; 450,000 risk malnutrition—UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said yesterday that no fewer than 83 children, including 55 girls, 27 boys and a baby strapped to the mother’s back, have been used as human bombs by Boko Haram in the North-East this year.
UNICEF raise alarm over use of children as human bomb in North-East
UNICEF on Tuesday said it is extremely concerned about an appalling increase in the cruel and calculated use of children, especially girls, as so called “human bombs” in northeast Nigeria. In a media statement, UNICEF said that children have been used repeatedly in this way over the last few years and so far this year […]
Low Exclusive Breastfeeding Is Dangerous To IDPs’ Infants — UNICEF
The UNICEF Chief Field Officer in Borno State, Geoffrey Ijumba, has said that exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in the Northeast is suffering a discount, especially among those in Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camps.
