UNICEF: Western children took multiple hits to their wellbeing from COVID-19

Following COVID-19 Pandemic, Child Wellbeing Rates in Decline

Due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children, particularly in some of the world’s wealthiest countries, experienced declines in their overall health and academic performances. On May 13, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a report detailing global downturns in child wellbeing in the 2020s. Titled Report Card 19: Child …

UNICEF: Western children took multiple hits to their wellbeing from COVID-19

The U.N.'s latest audit of the wellbeing of children around the world found that the COVID-19 crisis had severe negative impacts on the classroom performance and mental and physical health of many children.

Austria's children and young people need to catch up in the area of mental and physical health. There is also a lot to be done in the education system in terms of equal opportunities. This is evident from the analysis by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight. The authors of the study investigated the well-being of children in 39 countries – Austria ranks 12th. Relatively well, the Alpine Republic cuts off in the skills of ch…

In many of the richest countries of the world, an important decline in school performance, mental well-being and physical health since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has occurred, according to an analysis published by UNICEF Innocenti – the Global Bureau of Research and Prediction. The Netherlands and Denmark have remained in the first two positions, while the United Kingdom is near the code. Romania ranks 16 among the 36 countries includ…

Rich Countries' Teens: 8 Million Illiterate

Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health New York Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently. Comparing data from 2018 and 2022, UN…

Canada Receives Marginal Grade In UNICEF Child Well-Being Report

When it comes to places to grow up in, Canada is barely getting a passing grade. (CNW Group/UNICEF Canada) When it comes to places to grow up in, Canada is barely getting a passing grade. UNICEF Report Card 19, which looks at the state of child and youth well-being across high-income countries, ranks Canada 19th out of 36 countries, far below the top tier expected of one of the world’s the wealthiest nations. Even as Canada’s national wealth has…