CHILDREN

Unusual increase in meningococcal disease reported in Uruguay

Published on: March 19, 2024
11:00

Montevideo, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) today warned of an unusual increase in cases of meningococcal disease in recent days.

UNICEF studies effect of climate change on Cuban children

Published on: March 13, 2024
10:15

Havana, Mar 13 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in coordination with other organizations, is reportedly studying the effect of climate change on children and adolescents in communities of Cuba's southern coast.

Replica of Cuban group La Colmenita might be set up in the DR

Published on: March 11, 2024
12:55

Santo Domingo, March 11 (Prensa Latina) Carlos Alberto Cremata, general director of the Cuban children's theater company La Colmenita, is on Monday visiting the Dominican Republic, where the creation of a similar project, with a deeply human essence, is planned.

Study assesses effect of climate change at early ages in Cuba

Published on: March 10, 2024
01:15

Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is currently developing a study to determine the effect of climate change on children and adolescents in communities on Cuba's southern coast.

WHO warns of serious famine crisis for children in Gaza

Published on: March 7, 2024
14:06

Geneva, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom, warned that the children surviving today the bombardments caused by the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, will not be able to resist famine.

US solidarity donation of powdered milk goes to Cuban hospitals

Published on: February 23, 2024
12:41

Washington, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) Three thousand pounds of powdered milk donated by emigrants and friends in the United States who oppose the blockade against Cuba arrived in central Camagüey and Ciego de Avila provinces on Friday.

US blockade against Cuba impacts children’s cancer treatments

Published on: February 21, 2024
11:08

Havana, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The United States blockade against Cuba limits access to medicines and cutting-edge medical technologies for the treatment of children's cancer, the first cause of death today among Cuban children aged one to four years old.

Gaza threatened by unprecedented rise in child malnutrition

Published on: February 19, 2024
17:48

United Nations, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) Acute malnutrition rates in northern Gaza suggest a severe and rapid decline in the nutritional status of children under two years of age in the last three months, the UN warned Monday.

Dana, Briana and Antonela, child homicides shaking Ecuador

Published on: February 19, 2024
15:19

Quito, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) Recent child homicide cases have shaken entire Ecuador, where the number of murdered minors surged 640% in the last four years, according to United Nations.

Over 1B children globally missing out on basic social protection

Published on: February 16, 2024
14:27

United Nations, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Globally, 1.4 billion children aged 0-15 lack any form of social protection, leaving them vulnerable to disease, poor nutrition and poverty, according to new data released today by the International Labor Organization (ILO), Save the Children and UNICEF.

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