A pair of newly released reports collectively argue Canada was failing to provide healthy, safe childhoods prior to the coronavirus pandemic, setting kids up to be hit particularly hard by the global outbreak.

A new UNICEF report says the number of malnourished Yemeni children could reach 2.4 million by the end of the year, a 20 per cent increase in the current figure.

With half the planet's children now out of school because of the pandemic, the agency's executive director said that it has created new risks for kids who are now spending more time on the internet.

UNICEF said it has recorded more than 170,000 "grave violations" against children living in conflict zones since 2010, the equivalent of more than 45 violations every day.

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Canadians have options when it comes to supporting the storm-stricken Bahamas, but some kinds of aid are better than others at this point.

Hospitals often illegally detain patients long after they should be medically discharged, using armed guards, locked doors and even chains to hold those who have not settled their accounts

The IWK Health Centre is one of under 20 hospitals in Canada to have the Baby-Friendly Initiative designation.

Some villagers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have turned to eating snails as the ongoing violence continues to fuel a growing humanitarian crisis in the country,

One million children die on the day they are born every year, with another 2.6 million unable to survive past the first month, according to UNICEF.