Child mental health crisis ‘magnified’ by COVID, warns UN chief

Published on July 8, 2021

Half of the world’s children experience violence on and offline in some form every year, with “devastating and life-long consequences” for their mental health, the UN chief warned a symposium on the issue on Thursday.

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