Tag: Children

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 19:10 UTC

  Amnesty International warns against increasing child pregnancies in Paraguay

  

  Amnesty International (AI) Wednesday launched an alert in the light of an increasing number of child pregnancies all across Paraguay, which has reached “epidemic” levels, it was reported.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Pfizer's vaccine makes it through to Canadian and European children

  

  Canada Wednesday began vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19 in the French-speaking Quebec, while Ontario officially launched its campaign Thursday.

• Friday, December 4th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Poverty in Argentina reaches 44,2% of the population, with special impact on households with children

  

  Some 18 million people, 44,2% of the Argentine population live in poverty conditions, and indigence trapped 10,1%, during the third quarter of 2020, according to the Argentina Catholic University Social Debt Observatory.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Covid-19: UNICEF calls for opening schools and “averting lost generations”

  

  The United Nations agency responsible for aiding children is warning that the costs of coronavirus-related school closures out-weight the benefits, and that the pandemic poses substantial threats to children and their countries' long-term well-being.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 07:09 UTC

  Diabetes Type 1 among children in UK almost doubled during Covid-19 peak, Imperial College

  

  Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the peak of Britain's COVID-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible link between the two diseases that need more investigation, scientists said on Tuesday.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 07:52 UTC

  One in three children in the world with high levels of lead, Unicef report

  

  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.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Six out of ten children in Argentina live in poverty, UN data

  

  The global pandemic has hammered Argentina's economy, which is now expected to shrink around 12% this year, driving millions into poverty and leaving almost six out of every 10 children and adolescents below the poverty line, United Nations data show.

• Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Nearly a fifth of US children not getting enough to eat since pandemic outbreak

  

  Nearly a fifth of young children in the United States are not getting enough to eat since the coronavirus pandemic erupted, according to research released on Wednesday, highlighting the broader health impact of the crisis.

• Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  WHO warns that children can also be affected by Covid-19

  

  The World Health Organization on Thursday reiterated its warning that children can also be affected by COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of several young people.

• Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Hundreds of children sexually abused by priests from ultra conservative branch of Mexican Catholic Church

  

  At least 175 children were sexually assaulted by priests belonging to an ultra-conservative Mexican branch of the Roman Catholic Church, according to an internal report published over the weekend.