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The latest stories, features and news on UNICEF’s work to deliver essential products for children.

A group of children pose showing their drawings during educational activities held at UNICEF supported Child and Youth Zone, in Bulgaria, in November 2016.

Woman showcases a water quality testing kit in action.

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The evolution of product innovation at UNICEF

From ideas to impact for children: The history of innovating supplies for children at UNICEF's global supply hub.

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In a tent, a woman sits close to a girl showing a drawing to the camera.

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"This is not a movie. This is our lives.”

As the war in Ukraine enters a third year, UNICEF stays to deliver and adapts essential sanitation and hygiene solutions to meet children’s needs.

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Expanding access to a life-saving treatment - RUTF

Wasting claims the lives of 1 million children each year - an unthinkable yet preventable tragedy. For over 2 decades, UNICEF works to reach them with RUTF

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Powering children’s futures

UNICEF is harnessing solar energy to keep health systems, schools and water facilities running

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A blueprint for equity

A new UNICEF report proposes a framework to help ensure equitable access to life-saving supplies in different types of public health emergencies

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A boy receiving the measles and rubella vaccine

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Fourteen fast facts about syringes for childhood vaccines

Find out how the syringe-vaccine symbiosis protects children from deadly and debilitating diseases.

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Children are playing football with their recreational kits in Venezuela

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A chance to play: UNICEF's Recreation Kit

Discover the various supplies that UNICEF sources, procures and delivers to keep children playing during emergencies.

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WASH and Dignity Kit

Explore the kit that contains essential items to ensure that children and their families have access to water, sanitation and hygiene.

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Girl smiles while washing her hands at a tap next to the Solar Water Treatment Plant installed in the community of San Francisco de Guayo, Venezuela, 2023.

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Solutions to provide safe water to children no matter where

Explore how UNICEF in Venezuela and Madagascar are finding innovative and sustainable solutions to make sure children have access to water services.

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UNICEF staff engage with displaced children at a gathering point

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UNICEF supply and logistics experts are ready to respond

In deployments called “surge deployment missions”, they play a vital role in UNICEF’s ability to promptly scale up a response to large-scale emergencies.

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Sharing knowledge and building skills

Perspectives from the Vaccine Procurement Practitioner’s Exchange Forum (VPPEF) 2023.

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Early Childhood Development (ECD) Kit

Discover the supplies that UNICEF sources, procures and delivers to keep children playing and learning even during emergencies.

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A mother holds her son as he receives yellow fever vaccine

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UNICEF's efforts to strengthen yellow fever testing

UNICEF and partners are empowering countries to enhance disease surveillance to protect the most vulnerable children and their families.

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A girl child assist her mother to put up a mosquito net in her house

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Greening UNICEF’s supply chains and reducing plastic waste

UNICEF’s packaging strategy for mosquito nets eliminates need for 11.5 million plastic bags in just two years.

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A volunteer demonstrates to her peers how to correctly use a menstrual cup

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Menstrual hygiene products

Learn about the menstrual hygiene products that UNICEF procures and supplies to help women and girls manage their menstruation, even in emergencies.

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A child receives a dose of the rotavirus vaccine

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Transforming global access to vaccines

Five reasons why UNICEF’s pooled procurement approach is crucial to deliver vaccines affordably and on time.

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Photo essays

Two smiling adolescent girls in a class activity with their classmates in the background.

Photo essay

Five ways UNICEF supports girls’ wellbeing and health

Discover UNICEF supplies and services that strengthen adolescent girls and provide them a safe environment to learn and thrive.

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Photo essay

How AT restores dreams for children with disabilities

Experience the life-changing impact of assistive technology in the lives of four children.

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A little boy smiles with his hands covered by puppets.

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#OnMyMind: Five ways UNICEF supplies support mental health

Around the world, innovative tools and kits help children and adolescents in emergencies strengthen emotional regulation skills and foster resilience

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Girl with group of friends playing football in Uganda

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UNICEF supplies making a difference for education in Uganda

Play materials and dignity kits are enabling children to recover and willingly return to, stay in and even enjoy school

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Supply blog posts

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Rethinking innovation to deliver safe water and sanitation

UNICEF Innovation Specialist Esther Shaylor’s reflections on whether the world is progressing quickly enough to ensure safe water and sanitation for all.

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UNICEF’s work in Syria more critical than ever

Erika Abs, Supply and Logistics Associate, UNICEF Supply Division, reflects on her deployment to support the earthquake response in Syria.

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UNICEF’s Supply and Logistics Specialist, John Philip Perez

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Pre-positioning of supplies saves lives

How emergency preparedness helped UNICEF to respond to needs of children and families when typhoon Rai hit the Philippines.

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A transparent wall covered with children’s drawings.

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The work we do is crucial for supporting children

Marieme Diallo, Logistics Manager, UNICEF Supply Division, reflects on her emergency response mission to support Ukraine.

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UNICEF 2023

Igor Peftiyev, Contracts Officer at UNICEF Supply Division, in Copenhagen, tells about the war in Ukraine, his home country, and highlights the vital role that UNICEF plays in the protection of children and their families affected by the conflict.

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Stories

The latest stories, features and news on UNICEF’s work to deliver essential products for children.

The evolution of product innovation at UNICEF

"This is not a movie. This is our lives.”

Expanding access to a life-saving treatment - RUTF

Powering children’s futures

A blueprint for equity

Fourteen fast facts about syringes for childhood vaccines

A chance to play: UNICEF's Recreation Kit

WASH and Dignity Kit

Solutions to provide safe water to children no matter where

UNICEF supply and logistics experts are ready to respond

Sharing knowledge and building skills

Early Childhood Development (ECD) Kit

UNICEF's efforts to strengthen yellow fever testing

Greening UNICEF’s supply chains and reducing plastic waste

Menstrual hygiene products

Transforming global access to vaccines

Five ways UNICEF supports girls’ wellbeing and health

How AT restores dreams for children with disabilities

#OnMyMind: Five ways UNICEF supplies support mental health

UNICEF supplies making a difference for education in Uganda

Rethinking innovation to deliver safe water and sanitation

UNICEF’s work in Syria more critical than ever

Pre-positioning of supplies saves lives

The work we do is crucial for supporting children