Classroom teaching is a performance and many teachers choose this profession because it gives them a sense of participation in the learning process. Physical proximity and face-to-face interactions can bring out the best in students.
November 5, 2022A war of words has followed the release of the Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2022 which ranked India at number 107 out of 121 countries.
October 25, 2022While the anti-hijab protest in Iran is gaining support from celebrities all over the world, Priyanka Chopra took to her Instagram handle and penned down a heartfelt note appreciating and supporting the protest. Priyanka is also the UNICEF global goodwill ambassador and has been working with the organisation for more than a decade now.
October 7, 2022AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr Ashutosh Biswas said creating awareness about key nutritional behavioural changes and building the capacity of the Mahila Arogya Samiti (MAS) members is the need of the hour for a healthy society.
September 15, 2022A foreign currency shortage has left the country struggling to import essential goods, pushing food and fuel prices sky-high. Staples like rice, lentils, milk, and cooking oil are slipping out of reach for many.
July 10, 2022A team of Indian Army doctors and medical staff have provided various medical services to Tajik nationals and trained numerous Tajik doctors.
July 2, 2022"There is no time to waste. Waiting for famine to be declared is waiting for children to die."
June 24, 2022It also disclosed the drought condition has forced the closure of 2,000 schools across Ethiopia.
May 3, 2022India annually targets approximately 2.9 crore pregnant women and 2.7 crore children for vaccination through the Universal Immunization programme.
April 26, 2022This is to ensure that policies, social protection schemes, and programs are inclusive and relevant to the needs and aspirations of children and adolescents.
April 14, 2022"The numbers we are seeing this year are quite high and unless urgent measures are taken, thousands of children are at risk of dying," the UNICEF Representative Angela Kearney said in a statement issued in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
February 16, 2022Unicef estimates that $3.5 million will be needed to respond to the needs of the affected people.
January 28, 2022In low- and middle-income countries, learning losses to school closures have left up to 70 per cent of 10-year-olds unable to read or understand a simple text, up from 53 per cent pre-pandemic, the report said.
January 25, 2022The 100 million vaccines delivered so far also include over 50 million doses that Unicef has delivered to Bangladesh under the COVAX facility, which is the WHO-led initiative for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world.
December 29, 2021According to the 2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition, in this region alone, more than 1.1 billion people did not have access to adequate food in 2020 -- an increase of almost 150 million people in just one year.
December 16, 2021Films with children at the helms with a focus on menstrual health hygiene were released at a children’s film festival organized by UNICEF and Aaina.
December 11, 2021This endeavour aims at engaging with the community on management, prudent water use, equity in water distribution, women as principal stakeholders in water governance, participatory irrigation management etc.
November 25, 2021