Wealthiest countries have lowest breastfeeding rates – including Ireland Photo: Dublin Mum Irmak breastfeeding baby Aurelia DUBLIN/NEW YORK , 1 August 2019 – The benefits of breastfeeding for children and mothers are widespread. It supports healthy brain development in babies and young children, it protects infants against infection, decreases the risk of obesity and disease, … Continued

Factory to produce plastic bricks to build classrooms for children in innovative partnership Download multimedia materials here DUBLIN/NEW YORK/ABIDJAN, 29 July 2019 – UNICEF, in partnership with Colombian social enterprise Conceptos Plasticos, today announced it had broken ground on a first-of-its-kind factory that will convert plastic waste collected in Côte d’Ivoire into modular plastic bricks. … Continued

Global vaccination rates stagnant due to conflict, inequality and complacency – 8% of babies born in Ireland in 2018 were not vaccinated against measles – Almost 5,000 Irish infants are unvaccinated against measles – 76 reported cases of measles in Ireland in 2018   For photos and broll, please click here. For the 2018 data, … Continued

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 Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits children displaced by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique Download broadcast quality photos and b-roll here BEIRA/NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 31 MAY 2019 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Mozambique this week, where 1.1 million children remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of tropical cyclones … Continued

PRESS RELEASE European Parliament elections: With 1 in 9 children in Ireland living in consistent poverty UNICEF urges citizens to vote for children DUBLIN, 20th May 2019 – Child rights organisations across Ireland and the rest of Europe have joined forces to urge a new generation of Members of Parliament (MEPs) to protect and defend … 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   Irish children tell EU leaders their voices must be heard if Europe is to succeed UNICEF Ireland youth advocates Ismail Ahmed and Lucy Warmington are available for interview Images & videos can be downloaded at: http://bit.ly/2PX1YB2 BUCHAREST/DUBLIN, May 9th 2019 –  Young Irish activists have teamed up with children from 16 … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE Over 20 million children worldwide missed out on measles vaccine annually in past 8 years, creating a pathway to current global outbreaks – UNICEF UNICEF Ireland Executive Director is available for interview Download photos and broll here.   DUBLIN, 25 April 2019 – An estimated 169 million children missed out on the first dose of … Continued

  PRESS RELEASE UNICEF airlifts 18 tonnes of emergency supplies to Libya TRIPOLI/DUBLIN, 23 April 2019 – A UNICEF-chartered plane has arrived at Misrata airport, in northwestern Libya, with 18 tonnes of urgently needed emergency supplies. These supplies will allow UNICEF to reach conflict-affected children and their families in and around Tripoli. The recent hostilities 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