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In a message to the World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, Pope Francis reiterates the right to drinking water and sanitation, and links access to safe water with the inalienable right to life. The 9th World Water Forum kicked off in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, on Monday. The 21-26 March...

UNICEF calls on governments to prioritize the reopening of schools, take all actions possible to make classrooms as safe as possible and avoid nationwide school closures NEW YORK, 8 December 2020 – The number of schoolchildren affected by COVID-19-related school closures soared by 38 per cent in...

Half a billion syringes to be pre-positioned for eventual COVID-19 vaccination Initial preparatory work – in partnership with Gavi and WHO – will include purchasing boxes for the safe disposal of syringes and mapping out cold chain equipment to ensure delivery of effective vaccines As the world...

Climate change is affecting people’s ability to feed themselves. And when that happens, it is children who suffer the most. Because they are still growing, children are at greatest risk of injury, disability and death caused by the impacts of climate change. They are less equipped physically...

A study of more than a half-million people in India who were exposed to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 suggests that the virus’ continued spread is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected. Furthermore, children and young adults were found to be potentially much more...

Global coordination is urgently needed to prevent this health crisis from becoming a child-rights crisis. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is of a scale most people alive today have never seen. Worldwide, the outbreak is claiming lives and livelihoods as health systems buckle, education...