Over 1.5 mln people displaced in Myanmar since military coup two years ago
ANKARA, Jan 31 — Over 1.5 million people have been displaced in the past two years, with more than five million children in dire need...
Poorer nations reject over 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses as many near expiry
BRUSSELS, Jan 14 — Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme Covax, mainly because...
Malaysia is second in Asia for youth cyberbullying
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Malaysia ranks second in Asia in 2020 for cyberbullying among youths, according to a United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) report...
Malaysia to invest in digitalisation of mental health services
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Malaysia will invest more to improve the digitalisation of mental health services with the usage of technology to expand the...
HKL, Selayang Hospital receive life-saving devices from Unicef to fight Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) and Selayang Hospital today each received 200 essential oxygen concentrators and other life-saving devices from the...
Safe to continue breastfeeding, even if mother is Covid-19 positive
ANKARA, Aug 6 — UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef), an international agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, has denied...
WHO, Unicef study finds 23 million children missed out on routine vaccinations in 2020
MOSCOW, July 15 — Coronavirus-related disruption to health care services in 2020 led to 23 million children worldwide missing out on routine vaccinations for diseases...
Children are meeting online strangers in person — Unicef study
KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — More than half of the participants, aged under 18 in a UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) study, said they had met...
Unicef urges wealthier nations to share vaccines via Covax facility
WASHINGTON, April 2 — Unicef is calling on wealthier countries to stop “vaccine nationalism” and share coronavirus vaccines through the Covax facility, Middle East and...
Unemployment among KL urban poor doubles since Sept — Unicef
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Unemployment among heads of low-income urban families in Kuala Lumpur low-cost flat has doubled during the last year’s conditional movement...
Covid-19 vaccine: Give priority to teachers to protect students
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — Teachers should also be given priority as recipients of Covid-19 vaccine as they spend the most time with students when...
Nearly one in three children have dangerous amounts of lead in bloodstream – study
NEW DELHI, July 30 — Nearly one in three children around the world have high levels of lead in their bloodstream, according to a new...