The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and Sokoto State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to get 132, 000 children and adolescent girls back to school.
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Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria Bauchi Field Office Dr Tushar Rane has called on governments and stakeholders to encourage breastfeeding policies that will have paid maternity leave for six months and flexible return to work options for breastfeeding women workers.
The UNICEF has revealed that diphtheria has claimed the lives of 122 children in Nigeria as at July 2023.
UNICEF Nigeria Country Representative, Cristian Munduate has called on the Nigerian government at both National and Sub-National levels and, employers of labor to take decisive actions to ensure a supportive breastfeeding environment for all working mothers, including those in the formal and informal sectors.
In Sudan, about 435 children have been killed and 2,025 injured since violence broke out three months ago, according to a statement issued by the UN children’s agency UNICEF on Monday.
Report indicates that 1.5 million girls were enrolled in schools in six Northern states in the last 10 years under the Girls Education Project Phase III (GEP3).
The UN Children’s Fund on Friday urged the Nigerian Government to triple its current investment in sanitation and hygiene to enable it meet the Open Defecation Free (ODF) target by 2025.
Katsina State Government says it is ready to partner UNICEF to end hunger across the 34 LGAs in the state.
According to UNICEF nine out of 10 schools in Nigeria have no handwashing facilities for students. This, according to the UN agency, does not augur well for the fight against infectious diseases.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in its latest Ethiopia humanitarian situation report issued on Monday, said its Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) 2023 Appeal required 674.3 million dollars to meet the critical humanitarian needs of children, adolescents, women, and men in the East African country.