About 23 million young people were not inoculated against diseases like measles and polio last year. The number was the highest since 2009, the W.H.O. and UNICEF said.
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How to Help India Amid the Covid-19 Crisis: Victims, Frontline Workers and Donations
Donors around the world are giving money for meals, medical expenses, P.P.E. and oxygen tanks, among other essential supplies. Here’s how you can help.
India’s Covid Crisis: How to Help Victims and Frontline Workers
Donors around the world are giving money for meals, medical expenses, P.P.E. and oxygen tanks, among other essential supplies. Here’s how you can help.
U.N. Reports Surge of Migrant Children Entering Mexico, Destined for U.S.
The number of children arriving in Mexico seeking to cross into the United States increased ninefold from January to March 2021. About 275 arrive each day.
Nigeria’s Boarding Schools Have Become a Hunting Ground for Kidnappers
Northern Nigeria’s kidnap-for-ransom industry is growing, and it’s not just the well-off who are at risk. The new targets are poor villagers and ordinary schoolchildren.
Facing Roadblocks, Vast Global Vaccination Effort Gets Underway
An operation to supply billions of coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer countries has started. But as rich countries buy most of the available supply, stark inequalities remain.
U.K. Lawmaker Under Fire for Calling UNICEF’s Free Meals a ‘Political Stunt’
Jacob Rees-Mogg said the agency should be ashamed of itself for providing free meals to 15,000 children in Britain, prompting a backlash.
U.K. Lawmaker Under Fire for Calling UNICEF’s Free Meals a ‘Political Stunt’
Jacob Rees-Mogg said the agency should be ashamed of itself for providing free meals to 15,000 children in Britain, prompting a backlash.
She Hunts Viral Rumors About Real Viruses
For Heidi Larson, the founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project, dispelling vaccine hesitancy means building trust — and avoiding the term “anti-vaxxer.”
Karim Elkorany, Ex-U.N. Official, Is Accused of Sexual Assault
He was not charged with any of the alleged assaults, but rather with two counts of lying when he was questioned by the F.B.I.