30 hours ago From Islands Business  

SUVA, FIJI - More than 5,000 people in the north of Marshall Islands have limited access to clean and safe drinking water, proper sanitation and nutritious food. The emergency response is focusing attention on health and hygiene with reports of an increase in ...

40 hours ago From Myjoyonline.com  

ACCRA, GHANA - The Hang Up Your Net Campaign, conducted by the Ghana Health Service, with support from UNICEF and DFID, has led to a dramatic increase in mosquito net ownership to 90 percent from 60 per cent in 2011 in Northern Ghana, according to an ...

40 hours ago From Times of Zambia  

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - ZAMBIA and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) should sustain a good working relationship and ensure various health challenges are tackled, First Lady Christine Kaseba has said. Dr Kaseba said there was need for standardised implementatio ...

9 days ago From Afrique en Ligue  

PARIS, FRANCE - Malnutrition: EU, UNICEF give Niger CFAF 6.2b to end malnutrition - The European Union (EU) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday announced a grant of CFAF 6.2 billion (US$12.3 million) to Niger as part funding for a project to end ...

12 days ago From The Global Dispatch  

DENVER, COLORADO - Multiple Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and guitarist, Lenny Kravitz, has partnered with UNICEF to create a new series of Public Service Announcements (PSA) to to urge people to join UNICEF to bring about an end to preventable child deaths . ...

15 days ago From Albany Times Union  

ALBANY, NEW YORK - =93With large population movements and the breakdown of regular health services in Syria, additional precautions are required to ensure that children are protected against killer diseases like measles,=94 said Mahendra Sheth, UNICEF Regional Health A ...