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World + 12 others
Political support crucial to reach ‘the fifth child’ with vaccines

NEW YORK, 19 April 2013 – One and a half million children would not have died in 2011 had they been immunized, according to UNICEF at the start of World Immunization Week. But one in five children is not being reached with vital vaccines due to social or geographical exclusion, lack of resources, weak health systems or conflicts such as those raging today in Syria and parts of West Africa.

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Uganda + 1 other
Une nouvelle application mobile aide à accélérer le regroupement familial pour les enfants congolais réfugiés en Ouganda

Une nouvelle application mobile aide à regrouper les enfants séparés et non accompagnés et leurs familles – dans les situations d’urgence.

Par Dheepa Pandian

DISTRICT DE KAMWENGE, ouest de l’Ouganda, le 19 mars 2013 – Pascal, 15 ans, a fui la République démocratique du Congo lorsque que des rebelles ont attaqué son village. Il est arrivé au camp de réfugiés de Rwamwanja, en Ouganda, il y a un mois.

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RDC : Forum sous régional de collaboration inter-pays à Kinshasa, pour lutter contre le choléra

Kinshasa, 14 mars 2013– Un forum sous régional de collaboration inter-pays dans la lutte contre le choléra s’est tenu à Kinshasa du 12 au 14 mars 2013.

International Organization for Migration:

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World + 24 others
Lessons In War: Military Use of Schools and Other Education Institutions during Conflict

Sometimes soldiers take over a school entirely, but often they use just a part of the school or university and in doing so expose students to attacks and other violence.

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World + 2 others
Ten years after the historic UN Special Session on children, UNICEF marks progress in creating 'A World Fit for Children'

By Rebecca Zerzan

NEW YORK, USA, 7 May 2012 – This week, UNICEF commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of ‘A World Fit for Children’, a United Nations document committing the world’s nations to advancing the rights, welfare and dignity of children everywhere.

Video: UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake marks the 10-year anniversary of the United Nations' adoption of 'A World Fit for Children', and renews UNICEF's commitment to the cause.

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2012 UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children

Introduction

UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children 2012 describes the daily situation of some of the world’s most vulnerable children and women in more than 25 countries and territories beset by emergencies and crisis.

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Afghanistan + 34 others
UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children 2011: Building Resilience

UNICEF launches USD 1.4 billion appeal in response to most extreme crises

GENEVA, 7 March 2011 - UNICEF released the Humanitarian Action for Children Report (HAC) 2011 today, requesting $1.4 billion in its annual appeal to donors to assist children and women caught in the throes of crises. This year's appeal highlights 32 countries and emphasizes the increasing importance of strengthening the resilience of communities.

"Investing in children and building the resilience of countries and communities living on the edge not only

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Afghanistan + 34 others
Action humanitaire de l'UNICEF pour les enfants 2011 : renforcer la résilience

Renforcer la résilience : l'UNICEF lance le rapport sur l'« Action humanitaire pour les enfants 2011 »

Le rapport demande 1,4 milliard de dollars é.-U. pour répondre aux crises les plus extrêmes

Par Chris Niles

NEW YORK, états-Unis, 7 mars 2011 - L'UNICEF a lancé un appel de 1,4 milliard de dollars é.-U. pour répondre à des crises humanitaires de plus en plus graves. Le rapport sur l'« Action humanitaire pour les enfants 2011 » insiste sur la nécessité d'aider les communautés vulnérables à se préparer contre les catastrophes avant qu'elles ne se produisent.

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UNICEF helps reintegrate former child soldiers into local communities in DR Congo

By Ndiaga Seck

DUNGU, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 February 2011 - This year has brought joy to the family of a woman named Charlotte here in eastern DR Congo. Raul, her 14-year old nephew, has returned home after a long ordeal.

VIDEO: UNICEF's Ndiaga Seck reports on local communities helping former child soldiers reintegrate into society in eastern DR Congo. Watch in RealPlayer

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Angola + 9 others
Une chance à saisir de stopper la polio en Afrique

Plus de 72 millions d'enfants vont être vaccinés dans 15 pays

Dakar/Brazzaville, 26 Octobre 2010 - Cette semaine, l'Afrique se mobilise pour saisir une opportunité sans précédent d'éliminer la polio en lançant une campagne de vaccination synchronisée dans 15 pays d'Afrique. Le but est de vacciner 72 millions d'enfants et de capitaliser sur les résultats déjà atteints cette année.

Un total de 290 000 vaccinateurs se mobilise pour aller de porte à porte donner deux gouttes du vaccin oral de la polio à chaque enfant dans les zones considérées à haut risque de transmission

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RDC : Rapport d'Evaluation Rapide - Axe Luna - Komanda, Réponse Rapide aux Mouvements de Population (RRMP)

Date : du 15 au 18 juillet 2010.

DATE DE LA CRISE / DU DEPLACEMENT

- Le 28 juin 2010;
- Le 10 et 11 juillet 2010.

CAUSES DE LA CRISE

- Le 28 juin 2010 : Les rumeurs d'une éminente attaque des présumés rebelles Ougandais de « National Army for Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU » contre les positions des éléments des Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) dans la Cité d'Eringeti.

- Le 10 juillet 2010 : Des attaques ont été lancées contre les positions des FARDC dans les quartiers périphériques

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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Urgent support required for over a million displaced children and women - UNICEF Humanitarian Action Update, 1 June 2010

- Armed conflict, violence against civilians, rape, forced recruitment of children into armed forces and major population movement continues to affect large areas of eastern DRC, while the situation remains fragile in the rest of the country.

- Almost 1.9 million people are still displaced in the DRC, of which about 50 per cent are children.

- In addition to ongoing violence in eastern DRC, conflict has broken out in the Equateur province, displacing almost 200,000 people.

- UNICEF urgently needs US$14 million

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Angola + 17 others
Towards an AIDS free generation: African countries galvanized to virtually eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Joint press release

NAIROBI, KENYA, 27, May 2010 - Government representatives from 20 African countries highly affected by HIV/AIDS gathered today in Nairobi to discuss ways to virtually eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015.

The three-day-consultation from 26 to 28 May is co-organized by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and UN agencies, including UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO. Participants are exploring how to expand and strengthen services for pregnant women and increase treatment for infected mothers and children. The 20 countries

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UNICEF Humanitarian Action Update: Central African Republic - 20 May 2010

Over the next three months UNICEF requires US$4.2 million to respond to the most urgent needs of children and women affected by insecurity and chronic conflict in the Central African Republic

The insecurity and chronic conflict in the Central African Republic continues to impact tens of thousands of children's lives in the northern and eastern regions of the country. It is estimated that at least a quarter of the population has been affected by the conflict. Other challenges are frequent outbreaks of epidemic diseases, rising prices

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Angola + 11 others
African Governments urged to adopt Hague Conventions on children

PRETORIA, South Africa, 23 February 2010 - Senior Government officials from 15 States in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region will meet in Pretoria from 23 to 25 February 2010 to determine ways to strengthen cross-border co-operation for the protection of children at risk and better regulate intercountry adoption.

The meeting will focus on the problems resulting from cross-border movements of unaccompanied minors, refugee and displaced children, as well as international abductions and trafficking in children.

According to recent research conducted

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Partners bolster cross-border political support for African children in crisis

By Anthony Mwangi

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 15 October 2009 - Millions of African children live in a state of almost permanent crisis brought on by conflict, instability, disease and the impact of the global economic downturn.

UNICEF is seeking ways to help political organizations provide a coordinated, continent-wide response to these challenges.

The need for such a response was recently highlighted in Uganda, where reports of new polio infections in the north - likely transmitted from Southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of

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Uganda + 1 other
Les partenaires renforcent le soutien politique transfrontalier aux enfants africains en crise

Par Anthony Mwangi

ADDIS-ABéBA, éthiopie, 15 octobre 2009 - Des millions d'enfants africains vivent dans un état de crise quasi permanente, dont sont responsables les conflits, l'instabilité, la maladie et l'impact du ralentissement économique mondial.

L'UNICEF est à la recherche de moyens permettant d'aider les organisations politiques à apporter une réponse à ces défis qui soit coordonnée et à l'échelle du continent.

Le besoin d'une réponse à ce niveau a été récemment mis en relief en Ouganda, o=F9 on a appris, lors de la célébration

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Afghanistan + 14 others
UNICEF and WHO launch strategy to prevent and treat diarrhoea - the Second Biggest Killer of Children

NEW YORK / GENEVA - Global campaigns to fight diarrhoea - the second deadliest illness for children - must be re-energized to prevent the deaths of millions in the developing world, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) said today as they released a new report on the disease.

"It is a tragedy that diarrhoea, which is little more than an inconvenience in the developed world, kills an estimated 1. 5 million children each year," said UNICEF Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman. "Inexpensive and effective treatments for

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Afghanistan + 14 others
Diarrhée - Pourquoi les enfants meurent encore et ce que l'on peut faire : L'UNICEF et l'OMS lancent un rapport sur la deuxième cause de mortalité des enfants

New York, 14 octobre 2009 - Malgré l'existence de traitements peu couteux et efficaces, la diarrhée tue plus d'enfants que le sida, le paludisme et la rougeole réunis, selon un rapport publié aujourd'hui par l'UNICEF et l'Organisation mondiale pour la santé (OMS).

Le rapport, intitulé, Diarrhée - Pourquoi les enfants meurent encore et ce que l'on peut faire, contient des informations sur les causes des maladies diarrhéiques, des données sur l'accès aux moyens de prévention et de traitement, et un plan en 7 points pour réduire les décès dus à la diarrhée.