UNICEF Says MENA preschooler deaths could rise by 40%
UN children’s organization says coronavirus-linked interruptions in health care could lead to as many as 184,000 young children dying in the region
Syrian refugee students take part in a washing hands activity during an awareness campaign about coronavirus initiated by OXFAM and UNICEF at Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 11, 2020(photo credit: REUTERS/MUHAMMAD HAMED)ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE