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40 million children miss out on early education in critical pre-school year due to COVID-19

Vaccination in Indonesia

WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19

WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly

supplies delivery

Despite disruptions, UNICEF delivers critical life-saving supplies to over 100 countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

VAC

Countries failing to prevent violence against children, agencies warn

Global status report on preventing violence against children calls for more government action and warns of ‘dramatic impact’ of COVID-19

poverty

Universal child benefits critical in reducing poverty, new ODI and UNICEF report finds

As the economic fallout of COVID-19 deepens, investment in social protection systems key to protecting families from catastrophic levels of deprivation and financial hardship

child labour

COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF

Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat

learning at home china

Unequal access to remote schooling amid COVID-19 threatens to deepen global learning crisis—UNICEF

poverty in cambodia

COVID-19: Number of children living in household poverty to soar by up to 86 million by end of year

New analysis from Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that without urgent action, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 15 per cent, to reach 672 million

Newborn in N. Korea

As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 6,000 additional children under five could die a day, without urgent action

UNICEF launches #Reimagine, a global campaign to prevent the pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children

Covid thailand

UNICEF appeals for $1.6 billion to meet growing needs of children impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

New funding request is $1 billion more than March appeal, as countries reel from socioeconomic impact of COVID-19