By Suhaila Shahrul Annuar PETALING JAYA, Sept 12 — Petaling Jaya has been declared a child-friendly city by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), deputy mayor Aznan Hassan revealed today. He said the success is something that the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) takes pride in, after...

GENEVA, April 22 — The World Health Organisation said Friday that 413 people have died in the current Sudan conflict, while the UN children's agency said children are paying a high price, with at least nine reportedly killed in the fighting and more than 50 badly injured.

ANKARA, Jan 31 — Over 1.5 million people have been displaced in the past two years, with more than five million children in dire need of humanitarian aid in Myanmar, the UN said on Tuesday, a day before the competition of the second year of the military coup in the country.

BRUSSELS, Jan 14 — Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme Covax, mainly because of a rapidly approaching expiry date, a Unicef official said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Malaysia ranks second in Asia in 2020 for cyberbullying among youths, according to a United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) report – indicating that cyberbullying is becoming an increasingly prominent problem in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Malaysia will invest more to improve the digitalisation of mental health services with the usage of technology to expand the reach.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) and Selayang Hospital today each received 200 essential oxygen concentrators and other life-saving devices from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in fighting Covid-19.

ANKARA, Aug 6 —  UN International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef), an international agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, has denied claims promoted by a section of baby food marketers that breastfeeding could transmit Covid-19.

MOSCOW, July 15 — Coronavirus-related disruption to health care services in 2020 led to 23 million children worldwide missing out on routine vaccinations for diseases such as measles, diphtheria, and tetanus, a joint study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef found.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — More than half of the participants, aged under 18 in a UN Children's Fund (Unicef) study, said they had met strangers in real life they initially met online.

WASHINGTON, April 2 — Unicef is calling on wealthier countries to stop "vaccine nationalism" and share coronavirus vaccines through the Covax facility, Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Ted Chaiban said during the World Health Organisation (WHO) EMRO Press Conference on Thursday, reported Sputnik.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Unemployment among heads of low-income urban families in Kuala Lumpur low-cost flat has doubled during the last year's conditional movement control order (CMCO), said United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — Teachers should also be given priority as recipients of Covid-19 vaccine as they spend the most time with students when the school starts.

NEW DELHI, July 30 — Nearly one in three children around the world have high levels of lead in their bloodstream, according to a new study, as widespread lead pollution puts millions of young people at risk of irreversible mental and physical damage.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — All countries including Malaysia are urged to give priority to the continued routine immunisation of children as well as provide vaccinations for groups most at risk in essential service delivery.

WASHINGTON, April 15 — The United Nations is calling on governments, schools, parents and technology companies to take the necessary steps to mitigate online harm as millions of children are forced to spend more time on virtual platforms amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said in a joint press release on Wednesday.

LONDON, April 14 — More than 117 million children could miss out on immunisation against measles as the Covid-19 pandemic forces social distancing and piles pressure on health services, United Nations health agencies warned on Tuesday.