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The agency was in the middle of a series of polio vaccination campaigns in Sudan.

GENEVA (Reuters) -More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan during the upsurge in violence since April, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF told Reuters on Friday. | 10:23am

GENEVA (Reuters) -More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan during the upsurge in violence since April, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF told Reuters on Friday. | 10:23am

More than 1 million polio vaccines have been lost as collateral damage in Sudan during the upsurge in violence

Over 1 million polio vaccines have been destroyed in Darfur as a result of looting, according to UNICEF.

More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan during the upsurge in violence since April, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF told Reuters on Friday.

Over 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan due to looting during violence. UNICEF reports on the impact of cold chain facilities damage. Concerns rise over polio outbreak and attacks on health care facilities.

Port Au Prince, Haiti – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said children account for roughly 40 per cent of the confirmed cholera cases in Haiti, as it appealed for US$27.5 million to save more lives from the disease. The outbreak began two months ago and is unfolding amid economic crisis and rising insecurity due to gang violence. Ninety per cent of confirmed cases have been in areas …

Cholera is most prevalent in areas with a high burden of severe acute malnutrition

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Wednesday said children account for roughly 40 per cent of the confirmed cholera cases in Haiti, as it appealed for US$27.5 m...