Troubled year in store for the world’s children: UNICEF report
At the beginning of each year, UNICEF looks ahead to the risks that children are likely to face, and suggests ways to reduce the potential harm. The latest report, Prospects…
One lakh children in Lahore are deprived of polio drops due to not being at home
File photo. In Lahore, 100,000 children were deprived of polio vaccine because they were not present at home. In this regard, the sources of anti-polio program say that 79,000 children…
Nearly 1 lakh children in Pakistan suffer from type 1 diabetes: experts
Islamabad: Health experts have revealed that nearly one lakh children in Pakistan are suffering from type 1 diabetes who will need insulin throughout their lives to live a healthy life.…
INTERVIEW: Ukrainian children express ‘innocent hope for peace’
The deaths of over 10,000 civilians have been verified by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) since the invasion began in February 2022, although the actual number of fatalities could…
‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza
A lack of food, water, shelter and sanitation continues to put children’s lives at risk as they suffer under relentless airstrikes with no safe place to go, said UNICEF spokesperson…
Hundreds of children die every year due to ‘sepsis’
Bristol: A new one Reports It has been reported that hundreds of children die every year due to sepsis. Sepsis is a condition in which the human body becomes overactive…
Children around the world are being lured by e-cigarettes: World Health Organization
—File photo The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children around the world are being lured into the trap of e-cigarettes. According to WHO, children are getting addicted to…
World News in Brief: Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza, Guatemala ‘coup’ concerns, ‘enduring menace’ of genocide
Women and children are bearing the brunt in terms of deaths and injuries as Israeli troops battle Palestinian militants across the enclave, with nowhere safe to go, and aid distribution…
UNICEF: 1 in 5 children in world’s richest countries living in poverty
The new findings from the UNICEF research wing focus on Member States of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU). Analysing child support policies…
Waves of children followed; Announcement of long holidays in educational institutions
Waves of children followed; Announcement of long holidays in educational institutions Punjab government has announced long holidays in educational institutions. According to the details, caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi…