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World News tagged with UNICEF

Sign Petition: Ask Congress to Improve the Lives of Children Worldwide
World  (tags: world, america, government, obama, congress, global, financial, crisis, UNICEF, children, health, disease, illness, death, treatment, prevention, protection, medicine, healthcare )

Tom
- 205 days ago - change.org
Despite significant progress in children's health, 25,000 children under five years old still die from mostly preventable causes each day. With today's global financial crisis, vulnerable newborns and young children face greater challenges than ever.
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Toys For Gazan Children Denied Entry Into Gaza
World  (tags: children's toys, UNICEF, israel, middle-east, palestine, humans, humanrights, children, conflict, violence, war, world )

Madalena
- 264 days ago - maannews.net
Israel allows water filtration system into Gaza; refuses children's toys from UNICEF
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Statement By UNICEF Regarding the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza
World  (tags: UNICEF, conflict, violence, war, usa, unitednations, UnitedNations, middle-east, palestine, israel, humanrights, humans, crime, death, children )

Madalena
- 313 days ago - emailwire.com
Over 300 children have been killed and more than 1,500 wounded, since the beginning of the Gaza crisis on 27 December, 2008[1]. Each day more children are being hurt, their small bodies wounded, their young lives shattered. These are not just cold f
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Universal Children's Day!
World  (tags: Children of Mother Earth, Human Rights, Declaration of the Rights of the Child, UNICEF )

Ben
- 369 days ago - un.org
Universal Children's Day should be EVERY DAY, of course! But, now they say it's today... So; we better take care of EVERY CHILD on this Planet! Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, the year after that, and...
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UNICEF: Aid for Burma/Myanmar
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, UNICEF, Aid )

Ben
- 566 days ago - unicef.org
'They need immediate help' "In situations such as these, children are highly vulnerable to disease and hunger, and they need immediate help to survive," said UNICEF Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman.
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The Terrible Plight of Afghan Children - Country Struggles to Provide Decent Healthcare
World  (tags: Afghanistan, children, healthcare, malnutrition, stunted, UNICEF, child mortality, public health facilities, underfunded, poorly equipped, doctors, skills, training, thirty years, devastation )

Alba
- 569 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Poor have to use underfunded govt hospitals where MDs lack skills &/or equipment. Every day 10-15 children under 5 die in pediatric ward. Basic healthcare available within 2 hrs walking distance to 85% of pop. Travel fare to Kabul insurmountable problem
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UN Highlights 'Evils of Child Abuse' in Zim : Mail & Guardian Online
World  (tags: Child rape, zimbabwe, UNICEF )


- 635 days ago - mg.co.za
Child rape has increased by 42% in Zimbabwe, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said on Wednesday, linking worsening child abuse and domestic violence to family tensions caused by the nation's economic meltdown.
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UNICEF Issues Annual Appeal to Meet Needs of Children and Women in Global Emergencies
World  (tags: Disaster relief, children, UNICEF )


- 641 days ago - unicefusa.org
In Somalia, resurgent conflict has put over 1.5 million people in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Less than 30 per cent of the population has access to health services or safe water.
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UNICEF Supports Rainwater Harvesting for Families on Remote Islands in Indonesia
World  (tags: children, world, water, families, UNICEF, climate change )


- 711 days ago - unicef.org
ALOR, Indonesia, 14 December 2007 - The island of Alor is just two short flights away from Bali, and yet it's a world away when it comes to the most basic of life's necessities: clean drinking water. Climate change experts warn that the problem could get
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Child Mortality at Record Low; UNICEF Predicts Further Drop
World  (tags: children, GoodNews, world, UnitedNations, UNICEF )

Chris
- 804 days ago - nytimes.com
For the first time since record keeping began in 1960, the number of deaths of young children around the world has fallen below 10 million a year, according to figures from the United Nations Children's Fund being released today.
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Lucy Liu Begins Her Trip With UNICEF
World  (tags: unicef, world, africa, lucy liu, blog, rwanda )

Chris
- 897 days ago - fieldnotes.unicefusa.org
UNICEF Ambassador Lucy Liu began her latest UNICEF trip yesterday. She visited the Kigali Memorial Center, established as a reminder to Rwanda and the world of the horrors of genocide, and she is heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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