The coronavirus pandemic represents "the greatest global crisis" for children. This is the fulcrum of a UNICEF report released today in which the alarm is raised that the health emergency has set back all progress measures for the little ones, such as the "staggering increase of 100 million children in deeper into poverty, about 1.8 children every second from mid-March 2020 ".
The note also explains that "the path to regain lost ground is long and, even in the best of cases, it will take seven to eight years to recover and return to pre-Covid levels of poverty for children".
"Throughout our history - adds Director General Henrietta Fore - UNICEF has contributed to creating healthier and safer environments for children around the world, with great results for millions of people. Now these results are at risk. For respond, recover and reimagine the future of every child, UNICEF continues to ask to: invest in social protection, human capital and spending for an inclusive and resilient recovery; end the pandemic and reverse the alarming setback in health and in child nutrition - including by leveraging Unicef's vital role in delivering the Covid-19 vaccine; rebuilding more solidly by ensuring quality education, protection and good mental health for every child; building resilience to prevent , respond to and better protect children from crises - including new approaches to end famines, protect children from climate change and re-imagine spending for and calamities ".
(Unioneonline / ss)
