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Priyanka Chopra spends a day with Ukrainian children in refugee camps; shares pics of her play-time with kids

Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, who has been an ambassador for UNICEF, headed to Poland to meet the refugees forced to flee Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.

The Times of India

Breastfeeding tongue-tie issues don't have to derail your journey says Belfast mum

"Don't accept any pain or challenges in your breastfeeding journey as just 'one of those things', they can be solved"

Belfast Live

Mapping the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world

Home to more than 80,000 Syrians who fled the war, Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp marks 10 years since opening.

Al Jazeera

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What it's like being a woman in Afghanistan today: 'death in slow motion'

That's the title of a newly released report from Amnesty International, covering a range of issues affecting girls and women under Taliban rule. Foremost among them are child and forced marriage.

WEKU

Power line kills 4 at anti-UN protest in eastern Congo

Officials say four people demonstrating against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo were killed when a high-voltage power line fell on them

The Independent UK

Four dead as anti-U.N. protests spread in Congo

Four people protesting against a United Nations peacekeeping mission were killed on Wednesday in the Congolese city of Uvira when troops fired warning shots which hit an electric cable that fell on them, officials said.

Reuters

Worldwide, children's vaccine rates fall

UNICEF's director called the worldwide trend "a red alert for child health."

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NHS Tayside is first health authority in Scotland to maintain top UNICEF award

The Health Visiting and Family Nurse Partnership services achieved the gold standard again.

Daily Record

Calls for clarity in Pacific funding as Australia slips towards bottom of global aid transparency rankings

There are calls for urgent action after Australia dropped to 41 out of 50 countries and organisations in the Aid Transparency Index, revealing a "worrying trend" that has the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade close to hitting the bottom of the list, alongside Saudi Arabia and China.

ABC News

Global vaccination coverage continued to plunge in 2021, according to a new report

A report from WHO and UNICEF states that last year, 25 million children missed out on one or more "lifesaving vaccines" — for diseases like tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, polio and yellow fever.

WEKU

Rise in unvaccinated children in India

The number of children who were unvaccinated or missed first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combined vaccine doubled due to the pandemic, says data published by WHO, UNICEF

The Hindu

Warnings of global child health crisis as tens of millions miss vaccinations

Vaccine conspiracy theories and strain on health services from Covid blamed as 25m children miss measles jabs, Unicef warns

The Guardian - UK

25 million kids missed routine vaccinations because of COVID

About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against diseases like diptheria, tetanus and pertussis

The Independent UK

Pandemic behind 'largest backslide in childhood vaccination in a generation', says UN

Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations last year that protect against life-threatening diseases, as the knock-on effects of the pandemic continue to disrupt health care globally.

Reuters

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Secret schools enable Afghanistan's teen girls to skirt Taliban's education ban

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning.

Bangkok Post

Asean needs inclusive education

This is the decade of change. The Covid-19 pandemic, recent geopolitical conflicts and climate change have pushed us to think about the greatest challenges of our time and reassess the ways we do things. The education system needs a hard look, too.

The Independent UK

Ukraine's shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid

The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises

USA Today Sports Media Group

Paul Casey, a former UNICEF ambassador, is the latest player to join Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf

Casey was previously against playing in the Kingdom, but has teed it up in the Saudi International the last two years.

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Ethiopia, partners launch USD 30 million initiative to reduce maternal malnutrition

The Ethiopian government and its partners have launched a new multi-sectoral nutrition initiative that envisages reducing maternal malnutrition, child wasting and stunting in the country.

Al Jazeera

More aid arrives in Afghanistan in boost to quake relief efforts

Pakistan and Qatar join other aid agencies in efforts to help people desperate for food, shelter and drinking water.

ABC News

Afghanistan earthquake survivors frantically dig through rubble in search of relatives as relief trickles in

With at least 1,000 people killed and more than 1,500 missing, rescue workers in the remote Gayan district are desperately searching for survivors — mostly young children and women — with hope fading with every passing hour.

Reuters

Bangladesh floods leave 3.5 million children needing clean water: UNICEF

Fifteen children have drowned in flash floods that swept through Bangladesh with another 3.5 million urgently needing clean drinking water as the risk of waterborne diseases grows, UNICEF's country representative said on Friday.

The Independent UK

South Sudan fights child marriage where girls sold for cows

Some young girls are auctioned off into marriage for cows in South Sudan

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh, India floods kill over 100; millions in need of aid

The worst floods in decades in northeastern parts of two nations kill nearly 110 and leave millions scrambling for aid.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Floods Swamp More of Bangladesh and India, Millions Marooned

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water after days of intense rain. Particularly heavy monsoon rain has brought the worst floods in more than a century in some…

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