Campaign led by the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and MSF DUBLIN / ITURI, DR CONGO / DAKAR / GENEVA / NEW YORK, 11 July 2019 – Health workers are urgently rolling out a complex measles vaccination campaign targeting 67,000 children in Ituri, northeast DR Congo, a region ravaged by armed conflict that … Continued
Education for over 60,000 Rohingya children in camps and host communities is disrupted because of damage to learning centres A Mother secures her family’s makeshift home at a camp for Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh DUBLIN / COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/NEW YORK, 9 July 2019 – Thousands of children and families living in the Rohingya refugee camps and … Continued
PRESS RELEASE UNICEF and partners vaccinated hundreds of thousands of children affected by Cyclone Idai Alongside stepping up life-saving cholera prevention work in northern areas affected by Cyclone Kenneth Maputo/Dublin, 17 May 2019 – Hundreds of thousands of children affected by deadly Cyclone Idai in Mozambique have been vaccinated and received vitamin A supplements in … Continued
PRESS RELEASE One month on from Cyclone Idai, 1.6 million children still reeling from its impact – UNICEF Children need urgent access to health, nutrition and water services to prevent malnutrition and disease outbreaks. Cholera cases approach 5,000. UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power recently visited affected areas near Beira in Mozambique and is available for interview Photos … Continued
PRESS RELEASE UNICEF launches massive vaccination programme for 900,000 children and adults in Mozambique, as critical shipment arrives As cholera cases surpass 1,000, UNICEF intensifies efforts to protect children and contain potential outbreak of deadly water-borne diseases UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power visited affected areas near Beira, Mozambique last weekend and is available … Continued
PRESS RELEASE “Truly shocking” – scale of the emergency in Mozambique becoming clearer, with one million children still at risk UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power is visiting affected areas near Beira this weekend, as children remain extremely vulnerable to disease, violence and abuse UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power is in Mozambique and is available for interview Photos … Continued
PRESS RELEASE Cyclone Idai: More than 1.5 million children urgently need assistance across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe – UNICEF UN children’s agency launches US$122 million humanitarian appeal amidst worst disaster to hit southern Africa in decades UNICEF spokespeople in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe are available for interview Photos and Broll available at: https://uni.cf/2WtSxed NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 27 March 2019 – … Continued
PRESS RELEASE First cases of cholera confirmed in Beira, Mozambique, as fears grow of escalating dangers posed to children UNICEF spokespeople on the ground in Beira are available for interview Images and b-roll from Mozambique are available here BEIRA/MAPUTO/GENEVA/DUBLIN, 27 March 2019 – The first cases of cholera have been confirmed in Beira, Mozambican … Continued
PRESS RELEASE 1 million children affected by Cyclone Idai and subsequent floods in Mozambique, actual numbers feared much higher UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore wraps up visit to affected area of Beira one week after Cyclone hit Download broll and photos from the visit. Additional multimedia assets about the cyclone available here. UNICEF spokespeople on the ground in Beira are available … Continued
PRESS RELEASE UNICEF rushes life-saving emergency supplies to victims of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique UNICEF spokespeople in the region and in Denmark are available for interview MULTIMEDIA – Video, images & b-roll available of UNICEF’s emergency response teams shipping supplies from world’s largest humanitarian warehouse in Denmark here 20 March 2019, COPENHAGEN/DUBLIN: UNICEF has … Continued
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