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Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
More people are going hungry and the hungry are most numerous in Asia, but expanding fastest in Africa, an annual study by the United Nations has found.
UNICEF reiterates need for innovation, efficiency, result oriented actions
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and Executive Board President of UNICEF Rabab Fatima has said UNICEF must be supported in its effort to assist Governments to build back better for a more equitable, inclusive and greener society with a focus on innovation, efficiency and value for money.
COVID-19: UNICEF for universal access to online, distance learning for children
President of UNICEF Executive Board and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has said access to online and distance learning universally should be a top priority now.
Budget fails to prioritise health and hygiene: Speakers
The finance minister’s proposed budget fell short of focusing on health and hygiene as a key priority in the post-Pandemic situation, even though the multi-sectoral damage inflicted by the virus has vividly embodied the necessity to meet the challenges in health and WASH sector, said speakers in a press conference on Sunday.
600m S Asian children threatened by COVID-19: UNICEF
The COVID-19 pandemic is unravelling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia, and governments must take urgent action to prevent millions of families from slipping back into poverty, UNICEF said in a new report released Tuesday.
Countries failing to prevent violence against children: Report
Half of the world’s children, or approximately 1 billion children each year are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence, suffering injuries, disabilities and death, because countries have failed to follow established strategies to protect them, says a global report released on Thursday.
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF
COVID-19 crisis may push millions more children into child labour putting their lives at risk which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF.
Coronavirus: 210-bed facility underway for Rohingyas
UNICEF said it is preparing a 210-bed Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Centre after the first coronavirus cases were confirmed among the Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar.
Unicef welcomes Children's release from detention
Unicef has welcomed the release of the first group of children who are held in detention facilities while awaiting trial in Bangladesh.
COVID-19: Over 28,000 children could die in 6 months without urgent action
A new analysis projects that further reduction in health services in Bangladesh could cause the death of over 28,000 children under the age of five in the next six months as an indirect result of coronavirus pandemic in the worst case scenario, UNICEF said Wednesday.