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27 July 2021

Children and young people must be at the heart of food systems transformation

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A baby is evaluated during a screening for malnutrition in pregnant and lactating women and children by UNICEF and partners in Gijet in the Tigray region of Ethiopia on 20 July 2021.

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30 July 2021

Tenfold increase in number of children requiring treatment for acute malnutrition in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

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In Malawi, health workers bring hope and experience to COVID

As the country endures a new wave of COVID-19, health workers share their experiences from earlier in the pandemic

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Baby Najib gets polio drops in a health centre in Uganda in April 2020. To support the continuity of such immunization services, UNICEF procured 3,842,000 doses of bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV). The vaccines, funded by the Government, arrived in the country on 24 April 2020.

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15 July 2021

COVID-19 pandemic leads to major backsliding on childhood vaccinations, new WHO, UNICEF data shows

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On 23 July, 2019, Clara, 8 months, is breastfed by her mother, Rosina, at their home in a rural area of the department of San José, Uruguay.

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Breastfeeding safely during the COVID-19 pandemic

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COVID and support children through reopening: A mother holds her son

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How to support your child through reopening

Tips for guiding your child through transitions from family life under COVID-19 restrictions

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09 July 2021

Reopening schools cannot wait

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