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Drowning 2nd leading cause of death for Bangladeshi children under 5
Each year, over 14,000 children in Bangladesh die due to drowning. Although largely unrecognised, drowning is the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five in the country, making it a major public health problem.
Tendulkar asks Maria Manda, 'Kemon acho?'
Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar exchanged greetings with Bangladesh midfielder Maria Manda and shared sporting advice while talking to the country's representatives of UNICEF as the organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for the South Asia Region on the occasion of International Youth Day through a video call.
Drowning 2nd leading cause of death for Bangladeshi children under 5
Each year, over 14,000 children in Bangladesh die due to drowning. Although largely unrecognised, drowning is the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five in the country, making it a major public health problem.
"Covid-19 fuelled largest continued backslide in childhood vaccinations"
The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published today (July 16, 2022) by World Health Organisation and Unicef.
Nearly 3 out of 4 youths in 92 countries lack employable skills
Nearly three quarters of young people – aged 15 to 24 – in 92 countries with available data are off-track to acquire the skills needed for employment.
9 out of 10 Bangladeshi children want more education, health allocation: Unicef survey
Nine out of ten Bangladeshi children say it is very important for the government to spend more on education, health and other areas that directly impact children, according to a new survey of Unicef.
37 million children displaced, highest since World War 2: Unicef
Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes at the end of 2021, the highest number recorded since World War 2.
Break the trend, invest more in children
Too many children in Bangladesh miss out on a childhood and live precarious lives as they are forced to drop out of school, take up hazardous work, or enter into child marriage.
Bangladesh top recipient of vaccines from Unicef
Unicef delivered over 190 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh through Covax in one year.
Bangladesh No. 1 recipient of Covid vaccines from Unicef under Covax
Unicef delivered over 190 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh through Covax in one year.
Making up for learning loss in Covid: Govt should take up nationwide programme
Unicef has recommended that the government prioritise a countrywide remedial programme for recovering the learning loss caused by 18 months of school closure amid the Covid pandemic.