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UNICEF receives credible reports of at least 435 children killed and 2025 children injured in the last 100 days - an average of more than one per hour.

New WHO and UNICEF data show promising signs of immunization services rebounding in some countries, but, particularly in low-income countries, coverage still falls short of pre-pandemic levels putting children at grave risk from disease outbreaks.

Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report.

At the beginning of June, MSC Cruise launched its new cruise ship «MSC Euribia» in Copenhagen. Representatives of UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and UNICEF in Denmark attended the event.

More than one million children have now been displaced by two months of conflict in Sudan. Across Sudan, UNICEF has received credible reports that over 330 children have been killed, and over 1,900 have been injured.

UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein received the Swissfundraising Award today for the most successful campaign of 2022.

The mounting number highlights a global failure to address the drivers of displacement and provide long-term solutions for children on the move, UNICEF warns ahead of World Refugee Day.

As the conflict in Sudan passes the six-week mark, over 13.6 million children are in urgent need of lifesaving humanitarian support, the highest number ever recorded in the country.

The indirect consequences of climate change pose an unprecedented threat to the health, nutrition, education, development, survival and future potential of all children worldwide.

The trail of destruction left by Cyclone Mocha – which tore through parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar – is causing severe disruption to the lives of millions of vulnerable children and families, including many already living in dire conditions.