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According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, over 112,000 cases of dengue have been reported, out of which 20 per cent are children below the age of 15 years.

UNICEF in Afghanistan said 85 per cent of the victims of explosions and unexploded mines in Afghanistan are children, making it one of the most weapons-contaminated countries in the world

To completely eradicate child marriage, Chief Secretary Jawahar Reddy, state-wide awareness campaigns will be undertaken, including identifying girls who dropped out of school and readmitting them.

Sachin Tendulkar toured the southwestern Sabaragamuwa province's Kegalle district, visiting selected schools

The NFDC-National Film Archive has managed to restore an old conversation between legendary actor Marlon Brando and Oscar-winning Indian auteur Satyajit Ray.

More than 6 million people in Sudan, about 13 per cent of the population, are now one step away from famine

Every child deserves to be protected against life-threatening diseases with routine immunization vaccines

UNICEF goodwill ambassador Kareena Kapoor Khan visited Mitha Nagar Municipal School in Goregaon (West), Mumbai and took a keen interest to understand how children coped with learning during and after the pandemic.

UNICEF appreciated the district collector RV Karnan for successfully implementing various government schemes and launching an anemia special drive 'Anemia Mukt Karimnagar'

State government signed a Statement of Intent with UNICEF India to soon set up an exclusive innovation hub in Hyderabad

M Gauravi Reddy, a classical dancer from the State of Telangana, has been awarded Pradhan Mantri Bal Puraskar for her passion towards Indian culture.

UNICEF, India on Friday took to Twitter shared a picture of an infant baby that was just safely delivered by a mother with the help of midwives at an Area Hospital in Hyderabad.

Assumes significance in view of harnessing the potential of demographic dividend since majority of children live in India

Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar asked officials to set up a State-level committee for adolescents for better convergence.

Negative gender norms and stereotypes often held by teachers, parents, and peers regarding girls' innate inability to understand mathematics are contributing to the disparity.

Hyderabad: A two-day orientation programme under Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)-UNICEF partnership on a project on Risk Communication and Community Engagement against Covid-19 ended on Saturday at the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, MANUU, Hyderabad. This is the second project undertaken by MANUU and UNICEF. Supporting the efforts of the government to create […]

Hyderabad: City-based voluntary organisation Youngistaan Foundation in collaboration with UNICEF recently organised a unique event at Lamakaan on the issue of observing menstrual hygiene and to spread awareness about it. As part of the unique event, being organised on the occasion of menstrual hygiene month-2022, over 100 members of inter-generational, gender inclusive audience leveraged art, […]

New Delhi: Meta has pledged $15 million to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and neighbouring countries amid the Russian invasion. This includes $5 million in direct donations to United Nations agencies and more than a dozen nonprofits, including International Medical Corps that will be using these funds to deploy mobile medical units to Ukraine and […]

Kabul: The Unicef has urged the US State Department to reconsider the latter’s decision to suspend the Fulbright program for Afghanistan, which provides talented Afghan youth opportunities to build their future. The Fulbright program was first launched in 1952 in Afghanistan. It was suspended in 1997 and then re-launched in 2003 after the US and […]

Geneva: Closing of schools across the world should be the last resort in the fight against the fast-spreading Omicron Covid-19 variant, outgoing Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore said. “Nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible,” Xinhua news agency quoted Fore as saying in a statement on Friday. “When Covid-19 community transmission increases and stringent […]