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1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity – UNICEF

1 in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse, according to a...

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Child death rates on the rise in England

There were 3,743 deaths in children in the year ending March 2023 - up from 3,452 the previous year, estimates for England suggest.

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A child killed on average every 10 minutes in Gaza, says WHO chief

A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the United Nations Security Council on...

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Children in Gaza need life-saving support

The escalation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip is having a catastrophic impact on children and families. Children are dying at an alarming rate – thousands have reportedly been...

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Meta and Snap must detail child protection measures by Dec. 1, EU says

Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) and social media company Snap (SNAP.N) have been given a Dec. 1 deadline by the EU to give more information on how they protect children from...

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5,500 women in Gaza set to give birth ‘in race against death’

In just a matter of weeks, some 5,500 women are due to give birth in Gaza, where doctors in overstretched hospitals are delivering babies with little or no anaesthesia - sometimes...

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Protecting children from violence, abuse and neglect in Lebanon

In recent months, harrowing revelations of severe abuse of children have ignited public outrage in Lebanon. These distressing cases, however, are merely the visible manifestation of...

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Sudan: Women and girls abducted, held ‘in slave-like conditions’ in Darfur

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed alarm on Friday over reports that in Sudan, women and girls are being abducted, chained and held in “inhuman, degrading slave-like...

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Statement by UNICEF on the deaths and injuries of children in Jabaliya camp

“The scenes of carnage coming out of Jabaliya camp in the Gaza Strip following attacks yesterday and again today are horrific and appalling. “While we do not yet have estimates of...

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Toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’

Gaza has become a “graveyard” for children with thousands now killed under Israeli bombardment, while more than a million face dire shortages of essentials and a lifetime of trauma...

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In Gaza, children pay a high price for Israeli retaliation

Since Tuesday evening, horrific scenes from Gaza City’s al-Ahli Arab Hospital have emerged. Bloodied women, children and nursing staff lie motionless on the floor. Some have been...

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Two-thirds of refugee children in Armenia enrolled in school, efforts must now focus on expanding access to education for all children

Two-thirds of refugee children in Armenia are enrolled in national school systems, one month after more than 21,000 school-age children fled their homes. Efforts must now focus on...

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UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for sustained and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance

 Over the past 18 days, the Gaza Strip has borne witness to a devastating toll on its children, with a reported 2,360 fatalities and a reported 5,364 injuries due to unrelenting...

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Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer

Nigeria introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system on Tuesday, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls in the largest single round of HPV...

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At least 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza as airstrikes continue unabated

 At least 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza over the past 17 days, and a further 27 killed in the West Bank, with constant airstrikes reducing thousands of buildings across...

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