By Mohammed Dala Lawan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has vaccinated 1.2 million children with the pentavalent vaccine and administered cholera vaccines to 1.6 million people in northeast Nigeria in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Officer-in-Charge of the UNICEF Maiduguri Field Office, Mr. Joseph Senesie, made this known during a Media Dialogue on Journalism Ethics and Child Rights Reporting held in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Senesie pointed out that UNICEF also delivered critical aid to nearly 600,000 severely malnourished children in the region. Additionally, over 500,000 children under five received birth registration support from UNICEF and its partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at the event, organised by the Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB) of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation in collaboration with UNICEF, Communication Officer Folashade Adebayo said the media dialogue aimed to enhance journalists’ understanding of child rights issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She explained that the dialogue focused on the four key pillars of child rights: survival, development, protection, and participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adebayo noted that the media have been partners in the progress and development of societies and require refresher training to update themselves on the principles and guidelines of journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The participants were drawn from different media outlets, including print, electronic, and online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Mohammed Dala Lawan The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has vaccinated 1.2 million children with the pentavalent vaccine and administered cholera vaccines to 1.6 million people in northeast Nigeria in 2024. The Officer-in-Charge of the UNICEF Maiduguri Field Office, Mr. Joseph Senesie, made this known during a Media Dialogue on Journalism Ethics and Child […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,18,16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headline","category-heritage","category-news","category-yobe"],"yoast_head":"\n