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While the war in Ukraine continues Russian bomb attacks are damaging children’s upbringing and education – in the very worst cases their lives have been destroyed completely. It is hoped that this can change with the help of Unicef and the international community

On World Prematurity Day, the footballer tells Abi Jackson about her own dramatic birth story, and how premature babies can catch up.

Poor access to safe water has exacerbated a cholera outbreak rampaging across Syria's war-battered provinces, where local authorities are struggling to contain the spread with chlorine tablets and vaccines. More than 35,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported across the country, according to the United Nations’ children's agency. UNICEF…

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations says she does not expect the U.S. midterm election to weaken Washington's support for Ukraine given the bipartisan backing for Kyiv since Russia’s invasion of its neighbor

Kids and staff at Calderbridge Primary School were over the moon at the award

Unicef has supported around 250,000 Ukrainians since April at its five Blue Dot sites in Poland and is to open two more. More Ukrainian refugees are expected to flee their country this winter

The number of cholera cases in Lebanon has exceeded 1,400 with over 17 deaths according to the latest official figures, while the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, said Wednesday in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat he was very confident that cholera will not become a major…

Thousands of cholera cases have swept across Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq in recent weeks

Scientists are sounding the alarm about the extreme increases in the Earth’s temperature. A new report by UNICEF warns that 2022 could be the “coldest year of the rest of our lives”. Heatwaves are becoming stronger and lasting longer. These increases are threatening the limits of human survival.

The U.N. children’s agency says some 2 million children in areas of Pakistan devastated by floods this summer are still missing school

The former Ireland international travelled to Somalia with the country on the verge of the world's first famine in five years.