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UNICEF estimates that over 100,000 children in Tigray could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the next 12 months – a tenfold increase compared to the average annual caseload. UNICEF

More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump over average annual levels, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. UNTV CH

In a statement issued today, UNICEF hails Bhutan’s successful completion of full COVID-19 vaccinations for 90 per cent of the eligible population. UNICEF

“Education, safety, friends and food have been replaced by anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy,” the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

On Wednesday (14 Jul), 500,000 doses of vaccine donated by the U.S government through COVAX landed in Port-Au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. UNICEF

According to official data published today by WHO and UNICEF, 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunization services in 2020 - 3.7 million more than in 2019. UNICEF

The head of WHO’s Essential Programme on Immunization, Dr Ann Lindstrand, said the COVID-19 pandemic has “set us back a decade when it comes to the progress reached by childhood immunization.” WHO

The General Assembly paid tribute to slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, assassinated last week at his private home outside Port-au-Prince. UNIFEED

Viet Nam received over two million doses of the Moderna vaccine donated to the COVAX Facility by the United States Government on Saturday. UNICEF

There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said Monday (12 Jul) – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population – up to 811 million people – were undernourished last year. FAO