Rising conflicts globally slowed childhood vaccination rate in 2023, UN says
Reuters More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year as a rise in conflicts across the globe hindered the supply of life-saving shots mostly in strife-torn regions, the United Nations said on Monday. About 14.5 million children failed to get vaccinated in 2023, […]
Intensifying Congo conflict puts a million children at risk of acute malnutrition
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters More than one million children are at risk from acute malnutrition in Democratic Republic of Congo as rising violence drives up needs among millions of displaced people, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The impact on civilians of the more than two-year conflict between Congolese forces and the Rwanda-backed M23 militia […]
Helpdesk: Stricter monitoring of tween and teen internet use may not always be better
US-based LINDA CHARMARAMAN, ELANA PEARL BEN-JOSEPH and J MAYA HERNANDEZ, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at what their research shows about setting limits on how young children use the internet…
Camping in schools, hungry Haiti families ask: when will normality return?
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Majorie Edoi sells food from a stand in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince – or she used to, until a conflict with armed gangs cut off the city from suppliers, paralysed trade routes and pushed the Caribbean country to its highest levels of hunger on record. The 30-year-old mother of three now sells food […]
Central African Republic’s children are world’s most deprived, UNICEF says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The Central African Republic’s three million children are the world’s most deprived, with widespread malnutrition, inadequate healthcare access and instability putting the country at high risk of a humanitarian crisis, UNICEF said on Tuesday. A UNICEF logo is pictured outside their offices in Geneva, Switzerland, on 30th January, 2017. PICTURE: Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File […]
Sick Gaza children leave enclave for treatment
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Reuters Little Fayez Abu Kwaik clung to his mother before he left for cancer treatment outside Gaza without her, his arms around her neck and his face pressed into her as the tears ran down her cheeks. Fayez, aged five, was in a group of children who have been cleared to […]
Conversations: Ainsley Freeman, children’s ministry pastor and author
SAMANTHA ELLEY speaks with Australian children’s ministry pastor Ainsley Freeman about her new book, ‘Impress’…
Essay: The children of Sudan have been forgotten
EDGAR SANDOVAL, SR, president and CEO of World Vision US, says the details of the crisis are horrifying…
Vaccine group Gavi seeks $US11.9 billion to immunise world’s poorest children
London, UK Reuters The global vaccine organisation Gavi is likely to seek around $US11.9 billion from governments and foundations on Thursday to fund immunisation efforts in the world’s poorest countries over five years, board documents reviewed by Reuters showed. The amount will be finalised at a meeting on Thursday in Paris, where donors will make […]
Ukrainian children abducted by Russia left with psychological scars, campaigners say
Lucerne, Switzerland Reuters Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children is an attempt to steal the country’s future and has left the youngsters with deep psychological scars, campaigners from Ukraine said on the weekend as they called for international efforts to bring them home. Kyiv says about 20,000 children have been taken to Russia or Russian-occupied territory […]