COVID-19
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BILLIONS WILL NOT RECEIVE A COVID-19 VACCINE IN 2021
Shortages in supply of COVID-19 vaccines, coupled with vaccine nationalism, means the vast majority of people in conflict and crisis-affected contexts…
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FIRST ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES TO A NEW SITE IN SUDAN
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to register new refugee arrivals at the Sudanese-Ethiopian border. Some 800 people crossed from…
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FAMINE RISK IN MULTIPLE SOUTH SUDAN COUNTIES
Food insecurity is rising amidst massive displacement of civilians resulting from a perfect storm of crises; the effects of years…
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UNICEF PROGRAMMES SUPPORTING IN SYRIA
This comes in addition to an earlier contribution of €1.5 million to support preparedness and response efforts to the COVID-19…
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ONE MILLION CHILDREN ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION
The charity is calling for immediate action to prevent tens of thousands of children from dying of hunger. This follows…
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UN AND PARTNERS LAUNCH $417 MILLION PLAN TO ADDRESS HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF PALESTINIANS
“This international aid plan will complement efforts by the State of Palestine to help Palestinians in need where our reach…
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UNICEF APPEALS FOR A RECORD IN EMERGENCY FUNDING
“The region is home to the highest number of children in need in the world. This is largely due to…
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NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN DOUBLES IN NORTHERN SYRIA AS CORONAVIRUS, POVERTY TAKE THEIR TOLL
Save the Children analysed publicly available data, looked at its own programming, spoke to other organisations and surveyed almost 500…
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UNICEF WARNS ABOUT EDUCATION
The 38% increase in the number of school-age children affected by school closures due to COVID-19 in November poses serious…
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MORE THAN 80 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED
Toward the start of this current year, some 79.5 million individuals had been forced from their homes because of mistreatment,…
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