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Japan Gives $3.2m to Boost Food Security in Natural Disaster-Hit Communities

02-03-2025 14:57:29

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of Japanese Yen 500 million (approx. US$ 3.2 million) from the Government of Japan.

Police Fired Bullets Like Rain During July Uprising: UNICEF

13-02-2025 18:47:31

Rana Flowers, the UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh, has described the tragic events during the July-August student and public protests as "heartbreaking".

6.2 Million Girls to Receive Cervical Cancer Vaccine

23-10-2024 08:51:38

The government has launched an initiative to administer the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer among adolescent girls.

UNICEF: Over 370 Million Girls Have Faced Sexual Violence

10-10-2024 17:52:55

The issue of sexual violence cuts across geographic, economic, and cultural boundaries, a new UNICEF report has found. If verbal and online abuse are taken into account, the number rises to 650 million victims.

Pakistan Struggles to Protect Polio Vaccinators from Violence

19-09-2024 13:46:49

Two shocking incidents of attacks on polio vaccinators recently emerged in Pakistan. Both incidents are a grim reminder of the country's inability to create a safe environment for the foot soldiers of polio eradication in Pakistan, one of the last countries where polio cases occur when the disease has been wiped out from across the globe.

India Detects 1st Suspected Mpox Case

09-09-2024 11:08:32

India's health ministry said it was fully prepared to deal with "an isolated travel related case" and said robust measures were in place to contain it.

Mpox doses to start to arrive in Congo

05-09-2024 19:10:39

A cargo plane carrying tens of thousands of mpox vaccines is set to arrive at the Kinshasa International Airport. Congo is at the center of the epidemic declared a global health emergency by the WHO.

2 million children still at risk of floods: UNICEF

30-08-2024 16:50:02

The United Nations children's fund (UNICEF) said more than two million children are now at risk as ongoing floods in eastern Bangladesh inundate homes, schools and villages.

UNICEF concerned about deaths of children

02-08-2024 19:56:49

At least 32 children have been killed in the violence surrounding the quota movement, the United Nations Children's and Cultural Organization UNICEF has expressed concern.

Children in Bangladesh at extremely high risk from heatwave: UNICEF

24-04-2024 17:16:31

Children are at extremely high risk of the impacts of the month-long heatwave in the country.

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