BEIJING, 5 November 2012 – China has been declared free of one of the world’s major causes of preventable death of mothers and newborns. Following a maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) elimination validation exercise carried out last month, theWorld Health Organization(WHO) formally declared that China has eliminated MNT on 30 October 2012.
05/11/2012
BEIJING, 18 October2012– In the aftermath of the September 2012 earthquake that struck Yiliang County, Yunnan Province, UNICEF has sent four shipments of supplies and, with the National Working Committee on Children and Women(NWCCW)and the Yunnan Working Committee on Children and Women, established three Child Friendly Spaces to support the long-term recovery and wellbeing of earthquake-affected children.
18/10/2012
Beijing, September 19, 2012 The UNICEF China office today celebrated 30 years of partnership with its earliest pr...
21/09/2012
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mobilizing to send urgently needed support for children affected by the 5.7 magnitude earthquake which recently struck Yunnan.
14/09/2012
UNICEF is supporting China’s effort to fight child obesity in partnership with Manchester United, one of the world’s best known football clubs. As the first participants of UNICEF’s healthy lifestyle obesity prevention project, twenty children enjoyed a lively outdoor coaching session given by the Manchester United Foundation on the grassy training pitch of Shanghai Stadium yesterday afternoon.
26/07/2012
During a visit to a Beijing kindergarten yesterday, Madame Ban Soon-taek, wife of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, had high praise for efforts to prevent child injury by equipping children with knowledge and awareness of safety measures.
19/07/2012
As societies become more and more familiar with children’s rights it is often possible for certain children’s issues that had previously gone unnoticed to come to the surface. Child sexual abuse is one of these issues. Sexual abuse of children is unfortunately an all too common problem found in all countries throughout the world. When children do not have access to critically important knowledge, skills and services set up to protect them from various forms of abuse, these problems often remain deeply hidden from view.
11/07/2012
Beijing, May 30, 2012 – Each year tens of thousands of children in China die due to drowning, road accidents, or other injuries such as suffocation, poisoning or falls. According to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) data, injuries are the leading cause of death for children five to fourteen years of age, and the third leading cause of death for children below the age of five.
30/05/2012
BEIJING, 19 May 2012 – Earlier today, the Ministry of Education and UNICEF launched China’s first national Early Childhood Development (ECD) Advocacy Month. The launch of the month-long campaign is a key part of efforts to promote early learning for all children under six years of age.
19/05/2012
Beijing, 11 May 2012 - The FC Barcelona Foundation and UNICEF today powered up their promise to improve the lives of millions of children through sport and education.
11/05/2012
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