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News from UNICEF, Press releases, News notes, Media advisories, Statements
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UNICEF Executive Board opens with highlight on innovation
NEW YORK, USA, 7 February 2012 ? The UNICEF Executive Board opened its first regular session of the year at United Nations Headquarters in New York, with an emphasis on the role of innovation in strengthening UNICEF?s ability to carry out its work under tight financial constraints.
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Improving water and sanitation in Haiti?s schools
PORT-AU ?PRINCE, Haiti, 7 February 2012 ? Eighteen-year-old Yves Nolly Lindor is teaching students at Pétion-ville National School about the importance of improved sanitation.
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Food shortages force children to drop out of school in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger, 6 February 2012 ? The effect of food insecurity on children?s health is obvious; children, particularly those under age 5, are vulnerable to life-threatening malnutrition.
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Alarming outbreak of cholera in the Central African Republic begins to subside
BANGUI and NDIMBA, Central African Republic, 3 February 2012 ? Véronique Yassambatendji was awakened late one night in October when her husband began experiencing severe diarrhoea and vomiting. The 30-year-old mother of four brought him directly to the local health centre in Ndimba, where he was treated with oral rehydration salts.
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ANKARA, Turkey, 2 February, 2012 ? Turkey is at pivotal point in its history. Parliamentarians are poised to make fundamental changes to the country?s constitution, and children will have a rare chance to leave their stamp on it.
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Buddhist monks and UNICEF join to improve the lives of vulnerable families
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, 6 February 2012 ? Cheng Sophea dropped to the ground with her son and bowed in a gesture of respect as Khun Khat arrived at her home in Kampong Speu Province, several hours outside Phnom Penh.
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In Uzbekistan, child-friendly preschools are engaging children and improving education
BUKHARA, Uzbekistan, 2 February 2012 ? In Bukhara, southern Uzbekistan, music and laughter drifted across Preschool Number 11.
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In the Central African Republic, UNICEF expands a nutrition treatment center for severely malnourished children
BANGUI, Central African Republic, 1 February 2012 - About 100 malnourished children are admitted each month in the Bangui Paediatric Hospital, many of them requiring three to four weeks of treatment.
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Youth Filmmakers win 2011 OneMinutesJr. Awards
NEW YORK, USA, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1 February 2012 ? UNICEF and the One Minutes Foundation announced today the winners of the 2011 OneMinutesJr. Awards.
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Field diary: In Sudan, a long wait for the journey home to South Sudan
KOSTI, Sudan, 1 February 2012 ? A raggedy doll is all that 18-year-old Sabina Saisa has left to remind her of her best friend, Jacqueline.
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UNICEF helps Rwandan community build back after devastating earthquake
RUSIZI DISTRICT, Rwanda, 31 January 2012 ? One Sunday morning three years ago, a devastating earthquake ripped through Rusizi and Nyamasheke, two of Rwanda?s south-western districts, injuring 643 and killing 36.
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UNICEF aids restavek victims of abuse and exploitation in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 31 January 2012 ? In 2007, 10-year-old Larissa Saint-Claire (NAME CHANGED) lived quietly with her parents in Beaumont, in southwest Haiti, when a visit from one of her sisters changed her life.
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'Full of Grace' photography exhibition celebrates children
WEST PALM BEACH, USA, 30 January 2012 ? ?Full of Grace?, a graceful, eclectic and evocative exhibition of more than 200 photographs, accompanied by sculptures and literary quotations, opened on 26 January at the Palm Beach Photographic Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is an exuberant celebration of the representation of children in photography over the past 150 years.
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In Yemen, day care centres offer safe haven and education to Somali refugee children
ADEN, Yemen, 30 January 2012 ? The voice of Miryam Mohammed, a 10-year-old Somali girl, echoed around the small rooms of her day care centre. She and the other children are singing the Somali national anthem.
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Podcast #51: An innovative program provides media training for youth in Haiti
NEW YORK, 30 January, 2012 ? With 43 per cent of its people under 18 years old, Haiti has one of the youngest populations in the world. Yet the country?s young people continue to suffer from a lack of opportunities and remain vulnerable in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
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With cash transfers, UNICEF and partners aid drought-affected families in Niger
GAWOUNAWA, Niger, 27 January 2012 ? At the end of the farming season, Halima Isaka sat with her 10-month-old daughter at the edge of their family?s field, watching as her husband loaded a pile of dried millet stalks onto an oxcart.
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Two major storms strike Mozambique in quick succession, causing widespread damage
MAPUTO, Mozambique, 27 January 2012 ? Mozambique faced a double disaster this month when both Tropical Storm Dando and Tropical Cyclone Funso struck coastal areas, leaving significant damage to homes and infrastructure.
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In Qatar, forum calls for better inclusion of children with disabilities in humanitarian responses
DOHA, Qatar, 26 January 2012 ? At the fifth annual International Shafallah Forum, held from 22 to 24 January in Doha, Dr. Rima Salah, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director (a.i.), stressed the need not to let children with disabilities be the forgotten victims of emergencies.
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'Smart salt' reduces iodine deficiency in Ghana
BOLGATANGA, Ghana, 26 January 2012 ? Joseph Opoku pointed to a plastic container in the local restaurant, called a chop bar, belonging to his grandmother, Gertrude Azasim. ?That is the smartest salt in Ghana,? he said.
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?Humanitarian Action for Children 2012? calls for continued focus on the Horn of Africa
NEW YORK, 26 January 2012 ? The ongoing crisis in the Horn of Africa will remain a significant part of UNICEF?s global humanitarian response in the coming year, according to the ?Humanitarian Action for Children 2012? report, which launches tomorrow.
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