CHILDREN

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.

Airstrike in Sudan’s North Darfur kills 13 children

Published on: October 7, 2024
10:34

Khartoum, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) denounced on Monday the death of 13 children in an airstrike by the Sudanese Army on a market in Al Kuma, North Darfur.

Cuban pediatric population received pneumococcal vaccine

Published on: October 3, 2024
10:07

Havana, Oct. 3 (Latin Press) Nearly 90% of the Cuban pediatric population received the first dose of a pneumococcal vaccine, in a campaign involving 670 certified vaccination centers, official sources reported.

Cuban children’s company La Colmenita highly acclaimed in US capital

Published on: October 3, 2024
00:16

Washington, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban children's theater company La Colmenita gave another excellent performance, this time in the capital of the United States, the last stop of a tour that also included Tampa and New York.

Erdogan describes Gaza as largest cemetery for children and women

Published on: September 24, 2024
18:42

United Nations, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) Türkiye President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, today said Israel’s armed raids into Gaza have turned the coastal enclave into “the largest cemetery for children and women”.

More than 23 thousand Cuban children vaccinated against disease

Published on: September 20, 2024
09:55

Havana, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) More than 23 thousand Cuban children have been vaccinated to date, against pneumococcus using the 10-valent Pneumosil drug, which protects against the 10 most circulating serotypes of this pathogenic microorganism, it was announced today.

Despite fall in Dominican infant mortality rate, figure remains high

Published on: September 13, 2024
16:31

Santo Domingo, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) The reduction of infant mortality remains a pending task in the Dominican Republic, with 1,375 deaths as of September 1 of this year, official sources reported today.

AU made donation for children affected by the conflict in Ethiopia

Published on: September 13, 2024
12:06

Addis Ababa, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) The African Union (AU) donated food and other urgent items worth 50 thousand dollars to the Elshadai Relief and Development Association (ERDA) of Ethiopia that serves displaced children and orphans, a statement revealed.

Children are still victims of violence in DRC

Published on: September 4, 2024
09:07

Kinshasa, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Children remain among the victims of violence of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) reported.

Ecuador lacks protection system for children, says Unicef

Published on: August 29, 2024
17:12

Quito, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Ecuador, Luz Ángela Melo, said today that this nation is the only one in Latin America that currently lacks a system to protect its infant population.

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