June 2012: ‘Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed’ was launched on 14–15 June at an international forum convened by the governments of Ethiopia, India and the United States of America. It aims to accelerate the decline in under-five deaths from preventable causes.
May 2013: Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of children living in institutions is conservatively estimated at 240,000.
December 2012: Adolescent participants in a UNICEF-supported project digitally mapped HIV risks in two Port-au-Prince neighbourhoods.
March 2013: An October 2012 immunization campaign against measles and rubella in Mongolia reached over 500,000 children.
October 2012: Pakistan is one of only three remaining polio-endemic countries in the world.