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4 Oct 2024
Death rates from cholera outbreaks surge in Sudan and Nigeria as flooding, conflict hinder treatment
Death rates from major cholera outbreaks in Sudan and Nigeria have surged to up to three times the global average putting thousands of children at risk as cases continue to rise as conflict and flooding hamper access to treatment, said Save the Children.
3 Oct 2024
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AIDA Statement: One year of devastation: marking the unprecedented atrocity crimes and suffering in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
Statement from The Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA) on the past year of the situation unfolding in Gaza.
3 Oct 2024
One in Six Children in Haiti one step away from famine conditions – Save the Children
One in six children in Haiti are now one step away from famine-like conditions.
2 Oct 2024
LEBANON: Shelters struggling to house families with an unprecedented one million people on the move and new relocation orders issued by Israeli military forces
At least one million people in Lebanon – a fifth of the population – are now displaced, with half leaving their homes in the past four days.
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Save the Children and Sesame Workshop Partner to Foster Young Children’s Climate Resilience
This new climate-response initiative aims to ensure continuity of learning amid climate disruptions, protect children's physical and emotional well-being.
Gaza: Critical aid supplies to keep children alive blocked as Israel takes over final land crossing - Save the Children
The closures will have catastrophic consequences for children and families
Children in Pacific Island countries face increasing levels of violence
Children in Pacific Island countries face increasing levels of violence, a Save the Children study has found.
Save the Children warns of deadly consequences for children following new relocation orders for families in Rafah
The orders follow a night of intense bombardment in Rafah, killing at least 22 people including eight children
Dozens reported killed and injured in DRC displacement camp amid shell explosions
Shells hit a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Maternal health: Nearly one in five children born in 2024 will enter the world without medical care, putting them and mothers at risk
Nearly one in five children (17.9%) born this year will enter the world without a doctor, midwife or nurse present, putting them and their mothers in danger
GAZA: Injured children struggling to recover amid decimated health system after witnessing horrific scenes
Over six months of war in Gaza, the rate of attacks on healthcare in Gaza has been higher than in any other recent conflict globally
MALI: 80,000 children trapped and running out of food in second blockaded town
Armed groups have trapped more than 140,000 people, including over 80,000 children, in the town of Menaka in Mali.