A new UNICEF report finds that although several countries have shown a decline in the prevalence of female genital mutilation…
When veteran aid worker Jim Grant took over as head of UNICEF in 1980, it was a crucial moment, globally…
The U.N. revealed that it is investigating reports that members of its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic sexually…
Violence wrought by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria has closed more than 2,000 schools and kept 1 million children out…
Fewer mothers die from childbirth today than did 25 years ago. But the number is not nearly as low as…
Hunger is once again a concern in South Sudan. A 2-year-old civil war leaves nearly 4 million people severely food…
Mile 91, Sierra Leone – The morning sun has yet to spill through the clinic windows and Dr. Peter Koneh…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – It’s the first night of the dry season, but you wouldn’t know it from inside the…
The number of children who died last year fell to 5.9 million, a record low, according to a UNICEF report…
Unlike most things that sound too good to be true, the list of benefits from breastfeeding is so long (and…