ĢƵICEF Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/unicef/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:09:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 #DayoftheGirl 2017 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/dayofthegirl-2017/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:07:03 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32644 The post #DayoftheGirl 2017 appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> At start of World Water Week, ĢƵICEF highlights how girls lose time collecting water /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/08/at-start-of-world-water-week-unicef-highlights-how-girls-lose-time-collecting-water/ Mon, 29 Aug 2016 13:28:50 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=19694 The opportunity cost from a lack of access to water disproportionately falls on women and girls who collectively spend as much as 200 million hours every day collecting it.

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]]> New fund launched at ĢƵ humanitarian summit to address education in crisis zones /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/new-fund-launched-at-un-humanitarian-summit-to-address-education-in-crisis-zones/ Tue, 24 May 2016 14:35:57 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17409 ĢƵICEF announced the launch of a new fund to better coordinate support for education for children and youth affected by humanitarian emergencies.

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]]> Businesses show SDG support with new #WASHforWork initiative /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/03/businesses-show-sdg-support-with-new-washforwork-initiative/ Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:13:32 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=16032 11 leading organizations introduced a new initiative called WASH4Work, aimed at mobilizing greater business action to address water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) challenges in the workplace, communities where workers live, and across supply chains.

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]]> On Universal Children’s Day, ĢƵ says world remains ‘deeply unfair’ place for children /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/11/on-universal-childrens-day-un-says-world-remains-deeply-unfair-place-for-children/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:57:09 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=12273 Marking Universal Children’s Day, the United Nations today highlighted that the world remains a “deeply unfair” place for the poorest and most disadvantaged children despite major advances since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 26 years ago today.

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]]> Africa moves a step closer to polio eradication, but more work to be done – ĢƵ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/08/africa-moves-a-step-closer-to-polio-eradication-but-more-work-to-be-done-un/ Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:40:18 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=7561 Africa has made great strides towards eradicating polio but the job remains to be finished through strengthened immunization campaigns and surveillance measures, according to the United Nations.

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]]> ĢƵ agencies and partners warn of ‘acute shortage’ of meningitis vaccines /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/07/un-agencies-and-partners-warn-of-acute-shortage-of-meningitis-vaccines/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 14:22:37 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=7264 West Africa is at risk of a large meningitis outbreak unless drug manufacturers increase vaccine production by 5 million doses before the 2016 meningitis season starts in January, the United Nations and leading public health organizations warned today.

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]]> ĢƵICEF, ĢƵ health agency report increase in immunization figures for world’s children /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/07/unicef-un-health-agency-report-increase-in-immunization-figures-for-worlds-children/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:14:43 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=7087 An increasing number of children are receiving life-saving vaccinations around the world, according to the latest data released by two United Nations agencies.

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]]> Despite gains, 2.4 billion people worldwide still lack basic sanitation – ĢƵ report /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/despite-gains-2-4-billion-people-worldwide-still-lack-basic-sanitation-un-report/ Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:12:52 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=6367 United Nations agencies tracking access to water and sanitation targets against the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) warned today that the lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water.

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]]> South Sudan children at risk from cholera outbreak, warns ĢƵICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/south-sudan-children-at-risk-from-cholera-outbreak-warns-unicef/ Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:09:05 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=6292 A cholera outbreak is threatening South Sudan’s children in the latest blow to a country already teetering on the brink of all-out crisis amid incessant fighting and mass displacement, the United Nations Children’s Fund (ĢƵICEF) has reported.

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