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September 1, 2024

News Desk

UNICEF issues emergency appeal for Mpox vaccines

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-affected countries in partnership with the Gavi vaccine alliance, the Africa CDC and the World Health Organization, the organizations said in a joint statement on Saturday. Depending on manufacturers’ production capacity, deals could be made for up to 12 million installments by 2025, according to the announcement. Under the tender, UNICEF will enter into conditional supply agreements with vaccine manufacturers, the statement said. This will allow UNICEF to purchase and ship vaccines without delay once funding, demand, readiness and regulatory requirements are confirmed. The

August 15, 2024

News Desk

UNICEF urges action as rising heat threatens children’s health and wellbeing

A mother uses her fingers to give drops of water to her child during a hot summer day as the heat wave continues, in Jacobabad, Pakistan on May 24, 2024. — Reuters The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday urged governments around the world to “act now” to bring rising global temperatures under control as they pose major threats to children’s health and well-being . In its new report, A Threat to Progress, the UN body highlighted that children are most at risk as “days with temperatures above 95°F” become “increasingly common”. “Nearly half a billion children

June 28, 2024

News Desk

Israel agrees to restore electricity to Gaza desalination plant: UNICEF

JERUSALEM: The United Nations children’s fund said on Thursday that Israel had agreed to restore electricity to a key desalination plant in southern Gaza that could provide much-needed water to one million displaced people. “UNICEF confirms that an agreement has been reached (with Israel) to restore the medium-voltage power line to the southern Gaza desalination plant,” said Jonathan Crickx, the agency’s spokesman in the Palestinian territories. Water has become scarce for the Palestinian territory’s 2.4 million residents since war broke out nearly nine months ago. More than two-thirds of Gaza’s water and sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed, according

March 6, 2024

News Desk

ADB, UNICEF to work on water project

Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed a letter of understanding (LOU) on Tuesday to collaborate on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and solid waste management interventions in under an ADB funded project in Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur. ADB Pakistan Director Yong Ye and UNICEF Pakistan Representative Abdullah Fadil signed the agreement at the UNICEF Pakistan office in Islamabad. “ADB and UNICEF join forces and renew our joint commitment to strengthen policy, legislative framework and institutional capacity in municipal service delivery, this time to improve the quality, coverage and reliability of urban services under

November 25, 2023

News Desk

Innovative strategies for reaching children with preselected polio were discussed

PESHAWAR: A meeting of integrated service delivery was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Health Minister Mehmood Aslam Wazir. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of the anti-polio program in the seven most sensitive areas of the province and to ensure access to children suffering from polio in these areas. The meeting was also attended by UNICEF Health Team Leader Dr Inamullah, Additional Director General Dr Shaid Younas, EPI Director Dr Arif, Nutrition Director Dr Fazal Majeed, UNICEF Nutrition Specialist Ayan Khan, HRSU Head Dr. Shaheen Afridi. The program focuses on the seven southern regions

November 13, 2023

News Desk

South Asian children ‘at risk’ due to world’s ‘worst’ water shortage: Unicef

This file photo shows a farmer posing in his parched field. — AFP/File Up to 739 million children face water scarcity worldwide: Unicef. The Agency predicts another 35 million children will be at risk by the year 2050. Climate change is affecting children’s mental health, says Unicef ​​director. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that children living in South Asian countries are at risk due to worsening water scarcity in the region. The majority of the most affected children live in South, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and some sub-Saharan African countries, according to the UN agency’s report: “The

September 18, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

Over 3.4mln flood-hit children in Pakistan need immediate support: UNICEF

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has issued an alert that three point four million children in Pakistan need ‘immediate, lifesaving support in the wake of severe floods. According to UNICEF, floods have impacted 16 million children in total in Pakistan. UNICEF official said the situation on the ground in Sindh was “beyond bleak” with many malnourished children battling diseases like diarrhoea, malaria and dengue fever, as well as painful skin conditions.

September 4, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

PM Shehbaz urges UNICEF, global agencies to help Pakistan

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has urged the United Nations, UNICEF and other global agencies to support Pakistan as the climate-induced calamities have adversely affected the country’s children. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said over 400 children died in recent floods which make up one-third of the overall death toll. He expressed regret the children are exposed to a greater risk of water-borne diseases. He said a Pakistan battles one of the worst climate-induced calamities, among the most adversely affected are children.

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