Russia on Thursday reprimanded the head of the U.N. children's agency UNICEF for not providing a "weighty argument for her refusal" to brief the Security Council on children in Gaza - a meeting requested by Russia.

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has urged stakeholders to intensify efforts to address the alarming statistic of 10.2 million primary school-aged children currently out of school in Nigeria.

Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year -- roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring what it said was an "overlooked" aspect of the climate crisis.

The award-winning pictures show sad and hopeful moments of children reminding us of "our common task: to stand up for the well-being of children worldwide," says UNICEF.

UNAIDS congratulates President Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States."Under President Trump's leadership, the United States has

The United Nations Children's Fund has decried alarming the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria's North-West region with unpleasant statistics from Katsina, Kano and Jigawa states.

"The UNICEF Executive Director has briefed the ... Dorothy Shea rejected Nebenzia's accusations. "The idea that the United States is responsible for the terrible suffering there is just ...

RFK Jr. is a high-profile face of vaccine hesitancy, but people's vaccine concerns fall on a much broader spectrum.

Kennedy is denying the facts – that vaccines are one of the most powerful interventions in history. That they have saved millions of lives, and prevented even more life- altering disabilities in the last fifty years. In that respect, his position as head of the Department of Health and Human Services is untenable. Impossible.

More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults say the country benefits a great deal from its membership, while about one-third say it benefits a fair amount. Conversely, 38% say the U.S. does not benefit much or at all from WHO membership.

Updated data on child care and early learning in the United States illustrate the urgent need for holistic public policymaking and robust investments that support young children, families, and early educators.

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by challenging environmental crises and conflicts.