Tag:Children

Health

Nearly 40m children dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat – WHO, CDC

Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed...

Michael Simire - November 23, 2022

Climate Change

More children suffering from heat waves – UNICEF

According to a UNICEF report, millions of children are already suffering from heat extremes due to global warming, and there will soon be many...

Michael Simire - October 25, 2022

Human Welfare

Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid – UN

The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent...

Michael Simire - September 25, 2022

Sustainable Devpt

Thunberg becomes Swedish children’s charity ambassador

Greta Thunberg is to become an ambassador for a Swedish charity foundation that grants wishes to children with serious illnesses. The 19-year-old Swedish climate activist...

Michael Simire - September 21, 2022

Human Welfare

Somalia: Catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying – UN

UN agencies on Tuesday, Deptember 13, 2022, warned that catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying,...

Michael Simire - September 13, 2022

Conservation

NCF exposes 75 children to conservation at 2022 Summer Camp

In an apparent bid to catch them young and make them future conservation champions, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) three years ago set up...

Michael Simire - September 4, 2022

Pollution

Lagos loses 22,500 children to air pollution in 2021 – LASEPA

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says that 22,500 children died from air pollution in the state in 2021. It stated that the figure...

Michael Simire - August 28, 2022

Climate Change

Children seek govt’s intervention on climate change

Members of the Children Parliament from Borno, Yobe, Cross River and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, urged the Federal...

Michael Simire - August 9, 2022

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