All posts tagged "Unicef"
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275ENVIRONMENTGlobal Handwashing Day: Investments in health, education, and improved water supply are all jeopardised if handwashing with soap is not included in national development plans
A new report by WHO and UNICEF, released today on Global Handwashing Day, reveals that giving everyone in the world’s poorest countries...
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331EDUCATIONCOVID-19: Uganda among the only 5 countries in the world to keep schools shut throughout the pandemic, says UNICEF report
KAMPALA – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “more than 600 million children in countries not on academic break are still affected by...
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143NewsPoverty, conflict and displacement leave children at risk from renewed Bubonic plague outbreaks in Ituri region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
UNICEF is increasingly concerned about the impact on children of a resurgence of Bubonic plague in the eastern province of Ituri in...
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392MenstruationWhy do women/girls have periods?
Medically reviewed by Valinda Riggins Nwadike, MD, MPH — Written by Scott Frothingham A period (menstruation) is normal vaginal bleeding that is...
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271Special ReportsApplying feminist principles to GBV data collection: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
What does feminist-informed (GBV) research during COVID mean to you? This was the question colleagues from Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM), Sexual...
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244FEATURESIt’s time to talk about fraud in aid agencies/NGOs
Some years ago, researchers from a British university contacted the member agencies of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to ask them how...
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833INVESTIGATIONS
How NGO managers steal funds
As much as NGOs play an important role in changing people’s lives, an increase in fraud and corruption cases has left donors...
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7521AnalysisEducation system, situation in Uganda
Uganda is one of the most diverse and dynamic countries in Africa. Rivers flow through the country’s south, spilling into and out...
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242EDUCATIONTeenage mother of three-year-old rejoins school to chase her nursing dream
Elvina Cheyech, a 22-year-old Senior Four student at Pokot Secondary School, Amudat District (approximately 420km Northeast of Kampala), last saw her baby...
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Health
Sudan kicks off second response campaign against polio outbreak
As the world is gearing up for mass vaccination for their populations to slow the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sudan launched a different,...
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1561NewsCORONAVIRUS: PS Atwine rules out schools re-opening
Learners at all levels will have to wait a little bit longer after Dr. Diana Atwine, the permanent Secretary in Ministry of...
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213NewsFutures of 370 million children in jeopardy as school closures deprive them of school meals – UNICEF and WFP
As the COVID-19 crisis pushes up levels of hunger among the global poor, the World Food Programme and UNICEF are urging national...
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206NewsNew guidelines for safe reopening of schools
UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP and World Bank have issued new guidelines on the safe reopening of schools amidst ongoing closures affecting nearly 1.3...
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138NewsFramework for reopening schools from UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank and WFP
Global school closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic present an unprecedented risk to children’s education, protection and well-being. By late April,...
