... the Global Plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children and keep their mothers alive. This is no fantasy. ... in the developing world. It's all the same –mothers and children - here and there –around the world. American mothers, ...
... opportunity to raise awareness about the need to protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, measles and tetanus. ... We can celebrate the fact that eighty percent of all children – more than at any time in history – are immunized. They are ...
... I am very humbled by what I saw here in this school. Meeting children, I am very inspired by their strength and courage. It was very ... for me to be here and to listen directly to teachers and the children. What their concerns are. How they have to be able to overcome this ...
... people first—in this case young people—including the children at this school. We know that when children are hungry there is no stomach for learning. Stunting and wasting ...
... we could save an estimated 189,000 women each year. Their children also benefit. If all women had schooling as girls, experts say we could save 900,000 of their children each year. And if those girls got a secondary education, we could save ...
... The discrimination and marginalization faced by indigenous children is particularly disturbing. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will soon launch a report that shows the unacceptably ...
... That is the health of the world's women and children. So I would like to focus only on this issue. Because it may be new to ... the benefits of universal health care. Again, women and children are the primary beneficiaries. But what struck me, especially, is how ...
... throughout the world, persons with Down syndrome, including children, have been left on the margins of society. In many countries, they ... access to mainstream education. The prejudice that children with Down syndrome obstruct the education of others has led some ...
... of the internet in facilitating the sexual exploitation of children, governments have started to act. Today’s meeting is an opportunity ... Sustainable Development calls on us to end violence against children by 2030. All over the world, governments are updating their laws and ...
... by her extraordinary energy and determination to improve children's health, education and well-being around the world. Under her ... UNICEF has become a catalyst for global action to help children reach their full potential, promoting collaborations that deliver the ...
