More than 20 million children a year missed out on measles vaccines across the world in the past eight years, laying a path of exposure to a virus that is now causing disease outbreaks globally, a United Nations report said on Thursday. “The measles virus will always find unvaccinated children,” said Henrietta Fore, executive director […]
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Ebola survivors comfort sick and frightened in Congo outbreak
Wearing a disposable gown and gloves for protection, Jeanine Masika cradles a 2-year-old Ebola patient and offers the listless toddler teaspoons of brown soup. Most health care workers need a surgical mask, goggles, hooded coveralls, an apron, rubber boots and two pairs of gloves to avoid catching the virus that typically kills around half those […]
People skills at heart of DR Congo’s long fight against Ebola
Evelyne was one of the first victims of the Ebola epidemic which broke out in eastern DR Congo last August, the second deadliest in its known history. Against the odds, the nurse not only survived the haemorrhagic virus, whose outbreak has claimed nearly 700 lives, but has also returned to the fray. After receiving a […]
1.1 million children affected by Venezuela crisis: UNICEF
The number of children who are affected by the Venezuelan crisis and who will need humanitarian aid this year is expected to more than double to reach 1.1 million, up from nearly 500,000, the UN children’s agency said Thursday. The figure includes children uprooted from Venezuela, those who have returned and others in host and […]
Petition filed against Priyanka, seeking her removal as UNICEF Ambassador
Priyanka Chopra tweeted in favor of Indian Army and now Pakistani’s are singing petition seeking her removal as UNICEF goodwill ambassador. After Pulwama attack, India claimed surgical strikes in Balkot, Pakistan. Priyanka tweeted “Jai Hind”, using a handle #IndianArmedForces. Jai Hind #IndianArmedForces 🇮🇳 🙏🏽 — PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 26, 2019 Priyanka was slammed for her […]
UNICEF issues blank statement slamming ‘war ON children in Syria’
The UN children’s fund on Tuesday expressed “outrage” over the killings of children in Syria by issuing a blank statement, adding in a footnote that “no words will do (them) justice”. The statement came after a ferocious Syrian regime bombing campaign pounded the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Monday, killing 127 civilians, 39 of […]
400,000 children in DR Congo could die from hunger, says Unicef
The United Nations on Tuesday warned that more than 400,000 children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are severely malnourished and could die within months without emergency intervention. The crisis — the latest to hit the poverty-stricken, strife-torn central African country — is unfolding in the vast region of Kasai, the UN’s children fund Unicef […]