Making Every School a Health-Promoting School
UNESCO and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched the Global Standards for Health-promoting Schools, a resource package for schools to improve the health and well-being of 1.9 billion school-aged children and adolescents. The closure of many schools around the…
New Guidance: 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
WHO and UNICEF issued Wednesday new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first 2 years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children…
UNICEF Asks to Invest in the Health of Poor Children
Investing in the health and survival of the most deprived children and communities provides more value for money, saving almost twice as many lives for every US$1 million spent as equivalent investments in less deprived groups, according to a new…
UNICEF Kid Power to Help Students Stay Active
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF announced Thursday the launch of the 2016 UNICEF Kid Power school program, expanding to 13 cities across the country and empowering more than 70,000 elementary school children to get active and save lives. More than…
Does Poor Dental Health Impact Your Studies?
Consumer products company Colgate says that several studies have demonstrated a connection between poor dental health and low grade point averages. And in some cases, children with poor oral health are nearly three times more likely to miss days at…
New Website to Help Children with Disabilities
The Interagency Task Force for Children with Special Needs, supported by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, launched Monday a new website — NavigateLifeTexas.org — to help families who have children with disabilities and special health care needs. The…
Tooth Fairy Promoting Oral Health for Children
Larry the Cable Guy and Brady Reiter from the all-new movie Tooth Fairy 2, have joined with National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy (NCOHF) to help at-risk children receive essential oral health services and education. The duo created a…



![Rajab, 42, and his wife have eight children: “These mobile [health] team visits are essential for us. There are clearly less mothers and children dying in our villages,” he says. Baqalak village in Yakawlanag district, Central Highlands, Afghanistan. Photo: UNICEF](https://www.rmnkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/poorchd.jpg)














