The on-going war in Ukraine, natural disasters, and rising inflation have driven millions more children into poverty throughout Europe and Central Asia over the last two years, a new report by the UN children’s agency UNICEF showed on Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report highlighted deepening inequalities and urged countries to put in place systems to support children at risk of poverty and social exclusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Ukraine, conflict is having a devastating impact on children, the report said, adding that they have witnessed and experienced \u201cunimaginable consequences\u201d of the war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By December 2022, more than 7.2 million children inside and outside Ukraine urgently needed humanitarian assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected routine immunization services, with 95% of countries showing backsliding in immunization coverage, the report said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The on-going war in Ukraine, natural disasters, and rising inflation have driven millions more children into poverty throughout Europe and Central Asia over the last two years, a new report by the UN children’s agency UNICEF showed on Thursday. The report highlighted deepening inequalities and urged countries to put in place systems to support children …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":91192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n