Tag: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

UAE’s support accelerates vaccination of over 187,000 children in Gaza

This initiative is part of the ongoing efforts by the UAE to provide relief to the Palestinian people amid the critical conditions they are facing.

September 5, 2024

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries

This year, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicentre of the crisis, has reported more than 18,000 suspected cases of mpox, including 629 deaths, with four out of five fatalities occurring in children.

September 1, 2024

Padma Shri to Dr Chandrashekar: ‘People’s Psychiatrist’ who adopted villages, went to doorsteps to treat patients

Dr. Chandrashekar was a pioneer in designing training programmes for counsellors at the grassroots level.

January 26, 2024

Yearender 2023: As Israel-Hamas conflict drags on, children of war on both sides of Gaza fall out of focus

At least 33 children, including some barely months old, lay dead in their cots in the wake of the October 7 attacks, with their throats slashed or bodies carved open.

December 31, 2023