15/05/2012 – This report on food security also mentions the effects of inequality, the subject of another recent report by African experts. Today, more than a million children in the Sahel region are at risk of dying because they don't have enough to eat. 11/05/2012 – A minority of Canadian children with mental health problems seek and receive treatment according to a new national strategy on mental health released earlier this week, which is Mental Health Week in Canada. 09/05/2012 – A clinical trial testing a vaccine to fight leishmaniasis, which overwhelmingly kills children, is getting underway in India and the US. 09/05/2012 – United Nations humanitarian coordinator, Valerie Amos, is visiting Afghanistan to review the humanitarian situation. One aid group believes that more than 100 children died from exposure to the cold last winter. 08/05/2012 – A new South African campaign is aiming to dramatically reduce maternal deaths. While some successes have been made, efforts to ensure maternal health have been hampered by the AIDS pandemic. 07/05/2012 – The hunger crisis in the Sahel continues to threaten the lives of so many women and children. “No one should have to live like this, it's just unacceptable,” said the head of the World Food Programme. 07/05/2012 – According to the United Nations Population Fund and other sources, midwives are the under-celebrated champions of the health of women and children. By saving mothers' lives, the lives of children can be saved too. 06/05/2012 – The United Nations' IRIN news network reports that teenage pregnancy carries social and health risks for young girls in the country. Here in North America, teen pregnancy, while on the decline, also remains a problem. 06/05/2012 - UNICEF-supported have taken place in some of the worst flood-affected districts of Sindh province, helping thousands of children and their families rebuild their lives. 02/05/2012 – Millions of dollars donated by the European Union’s executive body to UNICEF were announced today. The funds will go to helping children and their families in Chad and other countries in the arid sub-Saharan region of the Sahel. |