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UNICEF/WHO: Far too few using improved sanitation
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 17 July 2008 - Every day, over 2.5 billion people suffer from a lack of access to improved sanitation  and nearly 1.2 billion practice open defecation ...

UNICEF statement on Toyako Framework on Global Health
Statement - 15 July 2008

150,000 children in Niger benefit from Dubai Cares and UNICEF Education Project
DUBAI, 16 July 2008 – Dubai Cares, a charitable organization that aims to provide primary education to one million children in developing countries ...

Humanitarian access to the North Eastern Provinces of DPRK resumes
PYONGYANG, 11 July 2008 - Today, UNICEF trucks loaded with nutritional supplies and medicines, intended for children in the isolated North Eastern provinces ...

Young people meet with G8 Leaders
TOYAKO, JAPAN, 8 July 2008 – Young people from Group of 8 (G8) industrialized nations and from the developing world met yesterday with the G8 leaders in Toyako, Japan ...

UNICEF supports Girls' Education Day in Southern Sudan
RUMBEK, 8 July 2008 - On 7 July 2008, Southern Sudan celebrated its annual Girls’ Education Day, an opportunity to acknowledge achievements in girls’ enrollment ...

Djibouti women and children in the spotlight
DJIBOUTI, 7 July 2008 – Sigrid Kaag, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa has concluded a three-day visit to Djibouti ...

UNICEF to support water, sanitation and hygiene in China's quake zone
BEIJING, 1 July 2008 – Now that more than 5 million people have been relocated to temporary shelters due to the 12 May Sichuan earthquake, provision of safe water ...

UNICEF: Soaring child deaths in Greater Horn of Africa must be averted
NAIROBI, 2 July 2008 - A lethal mix of drought, expanding conflict, rising food and energy prices, disease, and high poverty is pushing children and their families ...