COVID-19 isolation threatens live-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally

As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children risk missing out on measles vaccines, two UN agencies warned in Geneva on Tuesday.

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Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions

30 Dec 2022

UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and partners kicked off on Friday, a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targeting more than 15 million children.

‘COVID-19 is making a global childcare crisis even worse’: UNICEF chief

21 Jul 2020

Following the release of a UN study that shows at least 40 million children have missed out on early childhood education due to measures to combat COVID-19, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, warned that “the pandemic is making a global childcare crisis even worse.” 

Tuesday’s Daily Brief: call for emission cuts, AIDS in decline, cyber-conflict warning

26 Nov 2019

A recap of Tuesday’s stories in brief: UNEP calls for emissions to be cut by more than half, AIDS down but thousands of children still missing out on treatment, UN chief warns of “digital divide”