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1 in 4 Children Worldwide Face Severe Food Poverty Due to Inequity, Conflict, and Climate Crises, Says UNICEF

A recent UNICEF report reveals that 181 million children under five, or 1 in 4 globally, suffer from severe food poverty. This makes them vulnerable to wasting, a critical form of malnutrition that threatens their survival, growth, and development. The report, titled “Child Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early Childhood,” analyzes the causes and effects […]

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UNICEF: Takriban Watoto 600,000 wa Rafah Hawana Mahali Salama Pa Kugeukia.

Huku mauaji ya kimbari yakiendelea kuzidi kwenye Ukanda wa Gaza, UNICEF inatoa tahadhari, ikionya dhidi ya kuzingirwa kijeshi na uvamizi wa ardhini huko Rafah kunaweza kuleta matokeo mabaya kwa watoto 600,000 wanaopata hifadhi katika eneo hilo. Tangu kutolewa kwa amri za kuhamishwa mwezi Oktoba, takriban watu milioni 1.2 wamekimbilia kujikinga Rafah, wakiipanua idadi ya watu […]

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1M Children Die Annually Due to Severe Wasting-UNICEF

Globally, at least one million children under 5 years die annually due to severe wasting, making it one of the top threats to child survival according to a new report by UNICEF. This is because severe wasting turns childhood illnesses into killer diseases. Children who are severely wasted succumb to those diseases because their bodies […]

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Two-Thirds of Child-Related SDGs Indicators Off-Pace to Meet Targets-UNICEF

Two-thirds of child-related 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators are off-pace to meet their targets, according to a new UNICEF report released recently. This is worrying as the world is at the halfway mark towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report, Progress on Children’s Well-Being: Centring child rights in the 2030 Agenda warns […]

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UNICEF Launches the International Classification of Violence Against Children

To help properly document violence against children, UNICEF has developed the International Classification of Violence against Children (ICVAC) with inputs from over 200 experts from national statistical offices, academia, and international organizations. This, the agency says, will help combat lack of available and comparable data that covers the many complex forms of violence which have […]

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Women and Girls Bear Brunt of Water and Sanitation Crisis – New Report

A new report by UNICEF and WHO indicates that girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to bear the responsibility of fetching water for households and spend more time doing it each day, The report Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) 2000-2022: Special focus on gender shows that globally, 1.8 billion people […]

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Unicef ​​yazindua programu ya kufuatilia kipindi cha hedhi kwa wasichana nchini Kenya

  Hedhi ni mchakato wa kawaida katika maisha ya kila mwanamke, lakini mara nyingi hufunikwa na usiri na aibu. Takriban wanawake na wasichana milioni 9.3 nchini Kenya hupata hedhi. Mara nyingi wasichana waliofikisha umri wa kubalighi hutafuta majibu kuhusu afya yao ya hedhi ila mara nyingi huambulia patupu. Ili kukabiliana na changamoto hii, Unicef ​​imezindua […]

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UNICEF Launches Menstrual Tracker for Girls

UNICEF has launched the world’s first-period tracker app for girls, Co-created with girls in Kenya. This Oky-Kenya app aims to help girls take control of their periods and their lives by providing information about menstruation in a fun, creative and positive way. The app, which first went live on the Google play store on March […]

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More than One Billion Adolescent Girls and Women Suffer from Undernutrition-Report

More than one billion adolescent girls and women suffer from undernutrition making them underweight and short for their age according to a new report by UNICEF. The report indicates that prevalence of anaemia remains high and unabated at 30 percent, and more than two-thirds of girls and women or 69 percent suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. […]

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Mitindo Minane Itakayoathiri Watoto Mwaka wa 2023

Msururu wa migogoro iliyounganishwa inatarajiwa kuwa na athari kubwa kwa watoto mwaka wa 2023. Ripoti kutoka shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la kuhudumia watoto (UNICEF), iliyotolewa Jumanne, inaeleza kwa kina mielekeo ambayo itabadilisha maisha yao katika kipindi cha miezi 12 ijayo. Ripoti hiyo, “Matarajio ya Watoto Mwaka 2023: Mtazamo wa Ulimwenguni”, pia inaangalia anuwai ya maeneo mengine […]