Life-saving Easter egg is how UNICEF has named this donation for children living in conflict. Life-Saving Easter Egg Today, around 2.2 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, more than half of the global population does not have safe sanitation, and nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to … Read more
Ireland is to make a large contribution to a UN fund to combat malnutrition among children. Millions of children in underdeveloped countries will benefit from the US and UNICEF effort, which aims to improve their nutrition. One in five deaths of children under the age of five are related to malnutrition. The United States has … Read more
Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report by WHO and UNICEF. Around 3.85 billion people use these facilities, putting them at greater risk of infection, including 688 … Read more