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Dumfries and Galloway primary schools recognised for promoting children's rights

Kirkbean and New Abbey Partnership Schools have been awarded the silver Rights Respecting School Award by UNICEF UK

Daily Record

‘I want to become a soldier’: How Ukrainian children’s lives are being torn apart by Russian rockets

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

The Independent UK

Lioness Demi Stokes on ‘really scary’ preeclampsia during son’s premature birth

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

The Independent UK

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World needs US 'to be climate leader', Ugandan activist

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate on Thursday urged US President Joe Biden to help those most affected by the ravages of global warming, a day before his arrival for UN climate talks in Egypt.

AFP

Poor Access to Safe Water Fuels Cholera Outbreak in Syria

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US official meets Ukrainian children at UNICEF hub in Warsaw

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

The Independent UK

Wishaw school delight after picking up award from UNICEF

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

Daily Record

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Unicef braced for winter surge of war children as Ukrainian refugees flee country

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

Daily Mirror

Kőrösi: Cholera in Lebanon Won’t Become Epidemic

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Conflict, crisis fuel cholera surge across Mideast hot spots

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

The Independent UK

Climate change: the effects of extreme heat on health in Africa -- 4 essential reads

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 Conversation

UN: 2 million children in flood-hit Pakistan missing school

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 Independent UK

Donncha O'Callaghan left 'shaken to the core' after witnessing children starving on Unicef trip to Somalia

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

Irish Mirror

Donncha O’Callaghan ‘shaken to the core’ by scenes in Somalia

The former Ireland rugby international star has said he was "shaken to the core" by scenes he witnessed

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The Independent UK

Cholera overwhelms Haiti as cases, deaths spike amid crisis

Thousands of people across Haiti are becoming sick with cholera as medical staff struggle to care for them despite dwindling supplies of fuel and water

Bangkok Post

When health solidarity is health security

Kicking off the UN's second annual Sustainable Development Goals Moment last month, Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas emphasised the role of solidarity as a driver of change. "Global solidarity is more important than ever," she said. "Together, we have an extraordinary opportunity to change the world we live in."

The Guardian - US

Virtually all children on Earth will face more frequent heatwaves by 2050

New Unicef report finds that in even best-case scenario 2 billion children will face four to five dangerous heat events annually

Reuters

COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa and now cases are surging

Clutching an umbrella, medical records and her two-year-old daughter, Kani Fall negotiated the brown puddles lapping at the hospital gate, the final hurdle in a two-hour, rain-soaked journey to her nearest vaccination clinic in western Gambia.

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For struggling Haiti, return of cholera is a 'catastrophe'

Port-au-Prince (AFP) - When humanitarian officials in Haiti try to describe their concerns over a new, fast-spreading cholera epidemic, they struggle to find words strong enough: "alarming," "chaotic," even "a catastrophe."

The Independent UK

Ukraine authorities attempt to track down thousands of ‘social orphans’

After the Russian invasion, almost 100,000 Ukrainian children were forced to leave institutional care. With help from Unicef, the government is still trying to reach about 26,000 of them

Reuters

One child a minute being admitted for malnutrition treatment in Somalia: UNICEF

One child is being admitted for medical treatment for malnutrition every minute in Somalia as severe drought threatens to cause the deaths of children on a scale not seen in half a century, a spokesperson for UNICEF said on Tuesday.

Edinburgh Live

Over half of Scottish families with kids under five are struggling to make ends meet

A poll by Unicef showed 200,000 parents with young kids in Scotland are suffering financially.

Daily Record

Over half of Scots with kids under five are struggling to make ends meet

A poll by Unicef showed 200,000 parents with young kids in Scotland are suffering financially.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Ukraine War Pushes 4 Million Children into Poverty

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting economic fallout have thrown four million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia, the UN children's agency said Monday. "Children are bearing the heaviest burden of the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine," UNICEF said. The conflict "and rising…

France 24

Russian ‘kamikaze’ drones strike Kyiv, Zelensky says attacks ‘won’t break’ Ukrainians

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky’s chief of staff said Russian “kamikaze drones” hit Kyiv early on Monday. Zelensky said Russia had launched a barrage of drone and missile attacks across the country, but that the strikes would not "break" Ukrainians. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events…

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