World News

UN agencies welcome first relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece

IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund welcomed the relocation of 12 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Greece to Luxembourg on April 15, 2020. The children, who had...

Full Story »

COVID-19: Major relief airlift will reach ‘most vulnerable’ African nations

Medical equipment is loaded into an aircraft in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of a UN “...

Full Story »

COVID-19: UNICEF Spain contributes 418,000 protective masks to combat pandemic

UNICEF Spain has donated 418,000 face masks to the Government of Spain in support of the national response on COVID-19. The masks are in addition to the medical supplies that UNICEF Spain donated over the past few weeks, which included 1,050,000...

Full Story »

More than 117 million children at risk of missing out on measles vaccines, as COVID-19 surges

“As COVID-19 continues to spread globally, over 117 million children in 37 countries may miss out on receiving life-saving measles vaccine. Measles immunization campaigns in 24 countries have already been delayed; more will be postponed.

Full Story »