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 for Children 2024: Cooperation in a Fragmented World, paints a picture of a short-term future characterized by continued conflict and economic uncertainty. Here is a breakdown…
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 in Faisalabad and 44,000 children in Rawalpindi were deprived of receiving polio drops because they were not present at home. According to the sources of…
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. In a media briefing in Islamabad on Saturday, senior endocrinologists and health experts said that unfortunately, most of the children suffering from diabetes are not…
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 be much higher. Over 10 million people have been forced to flee their homes, including more than 6.3 million who have sought refuge outside Ukraine….
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 James Elder, who recently returned from the enclave. Ahead of a UN Security Council meeting expected to call for a pause in fighting to facilitate…
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 while fighting an infection, causing dangerously low blood pressure and organ failure. According to the National Child Mortality Database, around one in six children in…
—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 nicotine by using e-cigarettes, children are being attracted to e-cigarettes through social media. The World Health Organization says that with more than 16,000 flavors of…
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 stymied by war, insufficient access and insufficient supplies crossing into the Strip. Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said…
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 among the group of developed economies, the report finds that despite an overall decrease in poverty of nearly eight per cent over the seven year…
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 mentioned the improved air quality index on the social media site X and said that an important meeting was also held with government officials and…
