The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
In 1931 Mahatma Gandhi ridiculed the idea that India might have universal primary education “inside of a century”. He was too pessimistic. Since 1980 the share of Indian teenagers who have had no schooling has fallen from about half to less than one in ten. That is a big, if …
The recent Ghana Labour Standards Survey (GLSS-6) has shown that 21.8 per cent, representing 1.9 million children aged between five and 17 years out of the over eight million nationwide population, are engaged in child labour. The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations says the statistics released in August 2014, …
Four people among them three children have died of Kala-azar disease in Marsabit County. One died while seeking treatment and the three others while they were on their way to hospital. Speaking to the Nation, a senior clinical officer in Marsabit Referral Hospital John Mwanzia said that one died in …
CHENNAI: Schoolchildren in Tamil Nadu will from this academic year be required to be vaccinated unless a medical reason prevents them. A notification to make all vaccines under the national immunisation programme mandatory for schoolchildren in Tamil Nadu is being prepared and will be out by July. This will end …
In recent decades, Ghana has experienced high economic growth and transformation, which contributed to the nation achieving the Millennium Development Goal targets on reducing extreme poverty and hunger. Against this background and in view of achieving the food and nutrition security targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, Ghana started a …
According to the United Nations, India's population had grown to 1.33 billion in 2016 Chinese people cheering on their country’s ascent sometimes comfort themselves with the idea that Asia’s other behemoth, India, is years from surpassing China’s population and decades from emerging as a potential economic peer. But Yi Fuxiang, …
Deteriorating security conditions have severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent months, putting an estimated 400,000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said. "These children are among the most vulnerable …
About N45bn, approximately $142m at the rate of N315 per dollar is needed for procurement of Ready To Use Food (RUTF) to save two million severely malnourished children in Nigeria. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which made the disclosure, said it has been able to reach about 500,000 SAM children …
More than one million African children have benefitted from social enterprise development in Africa in the last five years, according to a new report released by Reach for Change Africa. Reach for Change Africa is a non-profit organization that runs incubators, accelerators and other customized programmes to help local social …
The campaign is targeting 125000 children aged 6 to 59 months from communities of internally displaced persons in Banadir and Afgoye.21 May 2017 - The World Health Organization with the Federal Government of Somalia and UNICEF launched a preventative measles vaccination campaign yesterday targeting 125 000 children aged 6 to …
Luanda - More than 1.4 million people in Angola, including many children, have been affected by a "chronic drought" that has increased the risk of disease, a UN report said Wednesday. Seven southern regions of Angola are affected, with the three border provinces of Cunene, Namibe and Huila hit the …
The Inequality report released by Oxfam International on Wednesday, revealed that the combine wealth of five richest Nigerians, put at $29.9 billion, could end extreme poverty in the country. The report, entitled ‘Inequality in Nigeria, Exploring the Drivers and obtained in Abuja, exposed the large and growing gap between the …
One in four children in the Arab world live in poverty, often deprived of life's most basic necessities such as proper housing or safe water, according to a study released on Monday by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF. The analysis of 11 countries including Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Yemen found …
The Mid Day Meal (Amendment) Rules, 2017 amending the sub-rule (2) of rule 5 of Mid-Day Meal Rules, 2015 has been notified vide G.S.R. 471(E) dated 16th May, 2017 as: Every school shall have the family for cooking meal in hygienic manner and the schools in urban areas and in …
Tens of thousands of children are out of school in Somaliland because of drought. Many of those still in the classrooms are relying on aid from the World Food Programme. Teachers say that although the children do not get a balanced diet, the food gives them enough energy to stay …
More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday, part of the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. Another 1 million South Sudanese children are displaced within the country, having fled their homes due to the civil war, said the U.N.'s child and …
A survey conducted by Child Rights International (CRI), a civil society organisation committed to promoting children’s rights, has shown that over 2,092 children in Ghana are exposed to high risks as a result of child labour. This includes thousands of child labourers from age five to 17 working in small …
The projected number of children expected to suffer has skyrocketed, doubling since January of this year. The country's combination of drought, dislocation, and disease is proving fatal for children. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced in a statement on Tuesday that the number of children projected to suffer from acute …
The number of malnourished children in Maracha district is worrying health officials and political leaders. Sunday Cadribo the District Health Officer (DHO) Maracha has confirmed. He said, a total of 234 children are reported malnourished in the district with girls leading. Cadribo said 59.4percent of the malnourished children are girls …
Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has been documenting human rights situation in Tanzania and producing the Tanzania Human Rights Report since 2002. In the preparation and production of this report LHRC collaborate with different stakeholders such as the Government and its agencies, the media, academic institutions, CSOs, researchers and …
