COVID-19 was the eighth leading cause of death among children in recent months, according to a study published Monday. In a year-long period from August 2021...
The Ministry of Education, said on Tuesday on the occasion of World Education Day, that education is necessary for every Afghan and that the ministry is...
The Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said Sunday the first round of this year’s polio vaccination campaign is being rolled...
More than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan, up to 4 million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant...
The number of people facing severe levels of hunger in Afghanistan has increased to 6.6 million, Save the Children said in a report released Thursday. In...
India’s drug regulator said on Thursday that it had inspected Marion Biotech’s production facility and promised more action based on the probe report after the company’s...
The number of children needing humanitarian assistance rose more than 20% this year to 149 million, with Afghanistan then the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) most...
More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen’s civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations...
The United Nations said on Friday 4.2 million children are out of school in Afghanistan, about 60 percent of whom are girls. The United Nations International...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that it urgently needs help to treat children and deal with the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. On Wednesday,...
As many as 875,000 children in Afghanistan are at risk of severe wasting, the United Nations agency for children said on Tuesday. Sam Mort, chief of...
November 20 coincides with International Children’s Day, which came about in 1954 to improve the plight of children around the world. The United Nations Children’s Fund...
The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) says 54 children suffering from heart disease, burns and orthopedic problems have been sent to Germany for treatment after their...
Indonesia has halted sales of medicinal syrup after 99 children died of acute kidney injuries this year. The ban will remain until the health ministry completes...
A four-day polio vaccination campaign started in Afghanistan’s 22 provinces including Kabul on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health said. Around six million children under the...
Thirty-four people were killed in Thailand on Thursday in a gun and knife attack at a daycare centre by a former policeman who killed his wife...
The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has contributed an additional GBP 24 million ($28 million) towards UNICEF’s $2 billion Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC)...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Sunday that it has created 140 community-based educational classes for children in Khost and Paktika provinces. UNICEF said...
More than 230 Afghan children are alone in the United States while their parents or caregivers remain in Afghanistan, NBC News reported on Friday, citing official...
The United Nations children’s agency said on Friday 121 of those who were killed in the 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan this week were children. Mohamed Ayoya,...