CHILDREN

Homicides: leading cause of deaths among children in Ecuador

Published on: November 20, 2024
17:44

Quito, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) Homicides are the leading cause of deaths among children and adolescents from five to 17 years of age in Ecuador, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) revealed today.

Cuba reaffirms commitment to full development of children

Published on: November 20, 2024
16:00

Havana, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban authorities confirmed their willingness to guarantee the well-being and full and integral development of children, on World Children's Day on Wednesday.

China and Cuba promote cultural exchange with children

Published on: November 19, 2024
09:34

Hangzhou, China, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) China and Cuba promoted cultural exchanges in this city on Tuesday through a lecture by Cuban artist Emilio Wong Ramirez at a local elementary school.

Nearly 20 children killed in traffic crashes in Jamaica

Published on: November 18, 2024
12:56

Kingston, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Nearly 20 children were killed in motor vehicle crashes in Jamaica this year.

Cuba condemns continued Israeli butchering of Gaza children

Published on: November 5, 2024
15:39

Havana, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) Over 50 children have died in Gaza in two days under indiscriminate Israeli bombings, which also hit Palestinian polio vaccination center, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced on Tuesday.

Cuban children over two will be immunized against pneumococci

Published on: October 14, 2024
14:26

Havana, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban children over the age of two will be immunized with a single dose of the locally made Quimi-vio 7 valente pneumococcal vaccine, as part of a vaccination strategy staring its second stage today.

Unicef denounces critical situation of Sudanese children

Published on: October 11, 2024
10:16

Khartoum, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) denounced the critical situation faced by Sudanese children in the midst of the war in this country, it was known here today.

Haiti: 105 children die in nine months

Published on: October 11, 2024
10:08

Port-au-Prince, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Haiti deplores today the death of 105 children in violent manners and 300 thousand who had to leave their homes, becoming displaced between January and September of this year.

Unicef warns of grave risk for millions of children in Sudan

Published on: October 8, 2024
12:16

United Nations, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) Continued violence and widespread disease outbreaks are keeping millions of children in Sudan at grave risk today after more than a year and a half of conflict, according to Unicef.

Mounting violence keeps 300,000 Haitian kids out of school

Published on: October 7, 2024
14:14

Port-au-Prince, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) Running counter to the fact that the new school year started a week ago in Haiti, some 300,000 local children are unable to attend classrooms given the level of gang violence gripping this Caribbean nation, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) just reported.

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