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Neveen, a 10-year-old girl from Syria, stands at a window pressing her hand to the glass while looking outside.

Funding cuts are slashing children's lifelines

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16 May 2025

Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions

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Press release
13 May 2025

Children’s wellbeing in world’s wealthiest countries took sharp turn for the worse in wake of COVID-19 pandemic - UNICEF

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Press release
12 May 2025

Risk of famine for children across Gaza, new report says

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Appeal

Children in Gaza need life-saving support

UNICEF continues to work with partners to provide assistance to children and their families

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Crisis in Haiti

Extreme violence, unrest, poverty, and malnutrition are threatening children in Haiti

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Explainer

5 things you should know about HPV and cervical cancer

HPV vaccines play a central role on the path to eliminating cervical cancer, but millions of girls still lack access.

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The lengths to which health workers go to reach every child

Vaccines can prevent disease outbreaks now and in the future

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UNICEF’s work

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. And we never give up.

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

Find out about the world’s most widely ratified human rights treaty in history

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UNICEF Parenting

Bringing together some of the world’s leading baby experts to help parents give their children the best start in life

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Sustainable Development Goals

Are we on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for children?

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A child receives an oral polio vaccine.