... day, a staggering 1 billion of our fellow men, women and children. A choice that has a terrible impact on the health of these people. A choice that every day leads to the death of thousands of children, one every two and a half minutes. It’s about a situation that ...
... shocking indignities of armed conflict. The plight of children in armed conflict is particularly disturbing. Eighteen years ago ... Eleven years later, it adopted the optional protocol on Children and Armed Conflict. But these have yet to be fully translated into ...
... Assembly last year adopted a global strategy for women's and children's health. We have to prevent all these women and children from dying needlessly from preventable diseases. I was very impressed ...
... countries were still polio endemic, and at least a thousand children were paralyzed every day. Since then, you have led the Global Polio ... and I thank you very much. More than two billion children have been immunized. More than five million children who otherwise ...
... to drafting the Global Youth Call. And the Major Group for Children and Youth has spared no efforts in mobilizing youth-led organizations ... I will launch an updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health. Young people are at the heart of ...
... from the end of April we will vaccinate hopefully all of the children that have not been vaccinated in Syria. That will be part of a ... now than to get out some groups in particular women and children and the sick and the wounded among the detainees. So yes, we are ...
... for equality. And I make it a point to meet with the women, children and adolescents that we serve. Ten days ago, I visited hospitals ... committed to improving the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents through the Every Woman Every Child movement. ...
... million people living in slums. A record number of children are in primary school -- with an equal number of girls and boys for ... saved millions of lives. Here in Mozambique, most children are getting early schooling. Women are becoming empowered as ...
... urgently need humanitarian aid. Nearly half of them are children. More than 80 per cent of Palestinian refugees inside Syria need ... they are most desperately needed. More than 2 million children are out of school. I welcome the No Lost Generation initiative ...
... dream for so many around the world. More than 260 million children, adolescents and youth are out of school, and most of them are girls. ... quite soon in the years to come. Fourth — a focus on children and youth affected by conflict. Half of all refugee children are not ...
