Airtel Africa Group CEO Segun Ogunsanya in Uganda, pledges accelerated access to digital learning Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Africa and UNICEF have reaffirmed their shared commitment to accelerate access to quality education by millions of children in Uganda and the rest of Africa, through digital learning. …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Some 12 million children in Eastern and Southern Africa missed out entirely or partially on routine immunization from 2019 to 2021, the United Nations Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, has disclosed. UNICEF, in its report entitled “State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination …
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United Nations, USA | Xinhua | A new report of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) finds that public perception of the importance of vaccines for children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in 52 out of 55 countries studied. The State of the World’s Children 2023 report, which, for the first time, …
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It is being administered to children aged 9 months in the routine immunisation programme Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The Ministry of Health will vaccinate over 1.9 million children against yellow fever with support from UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi In 2022, Uganda was one of 14 countries …
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Negative perceptions prevent Ugandans from taking up COVID-19 vaccines Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health still has 13.4 million unutilized COVID-19 vaccines, the Public Accounts Committee – PAC Central Government has learned. The Health Ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine, says that the country risks losing huge sums of …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Eleven countries in eastern and southern Africa are currently experiencing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a surge in deaths, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Friday. UNICEF said the 11 countries are experiencing an extremely worrying cholera outbreak with 67,822 cases and 1,788 estimated …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Africa has restated its commitment to the relentless pursuit of a better future for African children through the provision of access to digital education. Dr Segun Ogunsanya, CEO of Airtel Africa plc that is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services …
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Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding United Nations | Xinhua | Only 16 percent of public education funding goes to the poorest 20 percent of learners, while 28 percent goes to the richest 20 percent, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The UN Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, on Thursday appealed for 272.3 million U.S. dollars to provide humanitarian services to 3 million people in Somalia, including 2 million children in 2023. The UN agency said the funds will help it expand the delivery of essential multisectoral services, with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have held a ground-breaking ceremony to kick off the construction of their multi-million-dollar joint office premises in Mbuya, a Kampala suburb. The UNICEF and WFP joint premises will enable the two …
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