Tag: Unicef
Sindh CM vows to eradicate child labour
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the provincial government in collaboration with UNICEF was conducting a survey to ascertain...
Stakeholders asked to come forward to eradicate child labour in Sindh
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Labour and Human Resources Ghulam Murtaza Baloch has asked all stakeholders to come forward to eradicate child labour in Sindh...
PEOC to launch anti-polio campaign with exclusive IPV in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Due to continuous virus circulation in the environment and reporting of two new polio cases from Bannu and Bajaur, the Provincial Emergency Operations...
Over 15,000 babies to be born in Pakistan on New Year’s...
Unicef, the United Nations agency for children announced on Tuesday that a total of 15,000 babies will be born in Pakistan on New Year’s...
Immunity vaccination can save lives
Written by Aftab Sohail Rana
KARACHI: Pakistan has one of the highest numbers of under-immunised children globally, with only 54 per cent of children fully immunised....
Over 600 newborns die in Pakistan every year, says UNICEF
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Friday said that each year over 600 newborns die in Pakistan due to complications related...
Cleanliness to be shouldered collectively as social obligation
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister and Adviser to prime minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Wednesday said that cleanliness was a national and social responsibility...
Health officials ‘achieve polio vaccination target’
Rawalpindi to have two-week long anti-measles drive from Oct 15
RAWALPINDI: The District Health Authority on Sunday reported to have achieved polio vaccination target set...
UN report says a child under 15 dies every five seconds...
Liu Zhenmin says new UN IGME report shows remarkable progress in reducing mortality among children, young adolescents
An estimated 6.3 million children under 15...
Yemen war a ‘living hell’ for children: UNICEF
SANAA: In the malnutrition ward of a hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, doctors weigh toddlers with protruding rib cages and skeletal limbs.
Twenty children,...
Malnutrition kills two more infants in Tharparkar
THARPARKAR: Two more infants in Sindh's Tharparkar passed away due to malnutrition during the last 24 hours. The death toll of children dying of malnutrition...
1m children in Idlib at risk if assault mounted: UNICEF
GENEVA: More than a million Syrian children are at risk in the event of a government military assault on the rebel-held province of Idlib,...
Priyanka Chopra visits Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh as UN Goodwill...
DHAKA: Actor and global Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights Priyanka Chopra is visiting the Rohingya refugee camps on a field visit.
Priyanka on Monday...
UN food agency aims to boost aid to North Korea but...
GENEVA : The United Nations food agency said its chief would visit North Korea on Tuesday to look into boosting food distributions, in the...
Welfare projects to be completed from Punjab’s indigenous resources: Shehbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) instead of any financial aid should only provide its technical...
Bizenjo says govt working hard to make Balochistan polio free: report
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo on Thursday said the government is fully supporting all the institutions that are working for the...
Pakistan riskiest place to be born: UNICEF
NEW YORK: Pakistan is the riskiest country to be born in, with one in 22 babies born die before they turn one month old, according...
