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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF: Obesity prevalence an issue in Australia

Posted 15/10/2019

An alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food sys...

Wash Your Hands! The Wiggles and UNICEF Australia release a ‘Handwashing Song’ and video to help children stay healthy

Posted 15/10/2019

The Wiggles and UNICEF Australia have released a new song, ‘Handwashing Song’, and ac...

Young Ambassadors return after discussing A Climate for Change report with 50 Parliamentarians in Canberra – “It’s about participation and inclusion”

Posted 20/09/2019

Our eight UNICEF Australia Young Ambassadors have returned from Canberra, where they met with 50 ...

Taking findings about the concerns of children and young people to the seat of power: the Young Ambassadors meet with federal Parliamentarians

Posted 16/09/2019

In over 45 meetings with politicians – 20 per cent of Parliament - in Canberra this week, U...

Pandora and UNICEF launch new partnership to empower and educate children and young people

Posted 06/09/2019

Pandora and UNICEF today announced a new global partnership to support the world’s most vul...

Family-friendly policies are critical to increasing breastfeeding rates – which in turn deliver lifelong health benefits to children and mothers

Posted 01/08/2019

While the benefits of breastfeeding for children and mothers are wide spread - from supporting he...

The NSW Youth Summit on Living with Drought: UNICEF Australia invites children and young people to apply to participate in developing solutions

Posted 23/07/2019

Applications to be one of the approximately 100 children and young people aged 14 to 24 years who...

20 million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines due to conflict, inequality and complacency

Posted 16/07/2019

Most unvaccinated children live in the poorest countries, and are disproportionately in fragile o...

Australian funding means improved maternal and newborn care will benefit 10,800 mothers and their newborn babies in Milne Bay Province, PNG

Posted 15/07/2019

The programme, Saving Lives - Spreading Smiles, focuses on preventing and managing bleeding after...

UN strongly condemns Tari massacre and calls for immediate intervention

Posted 11/07/2019

The United Nations (UN) in Papua New Guinea strongly condemns the brutal massacre of 24 people in...

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