Tag: UNICEF
#OneDay4Children – special event at India-England Edgbaston match
ICC Cricket for Good and Unicef tie up for #OneDay4Children at Edgbaston during India-England match
Edgbaston turns blue today as ICC Cricket for Good, in...
Women Deliver: maternal healthcare still a burden for 5 mn families
UNICEF report points out how for 5 mn families the world over 40% of their non-food spend is on maternal health
More than 5 million...
20 mn low birth weight babies born in 2015, little progress...
Study in The Lancet Global Health highlights how little has been achieved on the global targets to reduce low birth weight babies
More than 20...
Between 2010-17, 2.9 mn Indian kids missed out on measles vaccine
UNICEF estimates that 169 million children, of them, 2.9 million in India, missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010...
Kids in conflict areas three times more likely to die of...
New UNICEF report highlights the challenges children in conflict areas face because of lack of clean water
Children under the age of 15 living in...
More than half the world saw measles surge in 2018, says...
Ten countries accounted for approximately three-quarters of the total increase in measles in 2018, according to figures released by UNICEF today
Globally, cases of measles...
One in every two childhood cancers goes untreated: Lancet
Study in The Lancet Oncology says that one in every two childhood cancer cases in the world go undiagnosed and untreated
One in every two...
Fiji will most likely deliver 2019’s first baby; United States, its...
An estimated 69,944 babies will be born in India on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. Indian babies will account for 18 per cent...
Pune hospital attempts Guinness record with menstrual hygiene message
The hospital addresses the largest group of adolescent girls, boys, men and women present together to talk about menstrual health and hygiene
A Pune based hospital...
Every year, 30 mn babies need special care to survive
New report by a global coalition that includes UNICEF and the World Health Organization highlights the challenge in reducing infant deaths the world over
Nearly...
