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| Statement
by UNICEF Executive Director Ann M.
Veneman applauding Gates Foundation
$10 billion pledge for vaccines |
| NEW
YORK, 2 February 2010 – The Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation’s
unprecedented commitment of $10 billion
towards the research, development and
delivery of vaccines over the next 10
years emphasizes the essential role
immunizations play in reducing maternal
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| UNICEF
and partners deliver essential supplies
to Haiti’s most vulnerable children |
| PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti, 9 February 2010 – Four
weeks after the earthquake that devastated
Port-au-Prince and other parts of Haiti,
the capital’s Toussaint Louverture
International Airport never sleeps.
Supply flights arrive 24 hours a day
with essential aid for those left homeless
by the quake, including the most vulnerable
survivors: orphaned and separated children. |
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Providing water
and sanitation for earthquake survivors beyond
Haiti’s capital
LEOGANE, Haiti, 24 February 2010 – Pierre
Fuijee used to be a lawyer in the small town of
Leogane, an hour’s drive from the Haitian
capital, Port-au-Prince. But like many others
in the town, he lost everything in the 12 January
earthquake.
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Young people
enlisted to help meet sanitary needs in quake-stricken
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti, 22 February 2010 – Sanitation is
among the most urgent concerns in Haiti following
January’s earthquake. UNICEF estimates that
overall, 1.1 million displaced people require
emergency latrines. The agency and its partners
plan to install over 10,000 latrines in the short
term and another 20,000-plus within six months.
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Child protection
after the earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti, 16 February 2010 – An estimated 1.26
million children – approximately 700,000
of them school-aged – have been directly
affected by the earthquake in Haiti. They urgently
need support and assistance to rebuild their lives.
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A month after
the quake, massive aid effort continues for Haitian
children and families
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti, 12 February 2010 – A month after
the 12 January earthquake that levelled densely
populated areas of Haiti, UNICEF Director of Emergency
Operations Louis-Georges Arsenault travels by
helicopter over the cities of Port -Au-Prince
and Leogane, and on to the southern port of Jacmel.
He is here to assess UNICEF’s response to
the quake and the continued needs of affected
children and families.
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UNICEF Executive
Director visits Haitian earthquake victims
NEW
YORK, 8 February 2010 – Following a visit
to Haiti, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman
spent two days in the Dominican Republic where
she visited a residential care center and two
hospitals caring for children injured in the earthquake
in Haiti.
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UNICEF Launches
USD 1.2 Billion Appeal for Emergency Assistance
GENEVA,
4 February 2010 - As global attention focuses
on efforts to provide life-saving support to the
people of Haiti, UNICEF today released its Humanitarian
Action Report (HAR) 2010. This annual report spotlights
the most severe crises impacting children and
women around the world and includes an appeal
for additional assistance.
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Radio provides
a vital link to families amidst the children's
emergency in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti, 2 February 2010 – A cacophony of
songs and voices drifts from the tented camp as
thousands of handheld radios transmit entertainment
and, more important, information.
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A day in the
life of UNICEF staff members on the ground in
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti, 1 February 2010 – UNICEF has maintained
a presence in Haiti since 1949. The earthquake
that struck this country with such disastrous
force on 12 January has significantly affected
the agency’s capacity to respond, but staff
members have been adapting to difficult conditions
on the ground.
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press
Today
(Spanish)
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