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Children pay attention to the nutritional information of ultra-processed food as they explore UNICEF’s ‘Know Your Food’

20 September 2023

Novo Nordisk and UNICEF to extend joint initiative to prevent global childhood obesity

Players from one of the football teams cheering before the match during the World Children's Day celebration by UNICEF and local partners in Mone Koe, Northern Shan State.

18 September 2023

Two-thirds of global goals for children’s rights and well-being off-pace to meet 2030 target

New report released ahead of the UN General Assembly shows historic acceleration needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), only possible if world puts children at heart of national agendas

Makereta Nasiki, 13, sitting in what used to be her room, after the devastating path Cyclone Winston took trough the town of Ba on Viti Levu Island of Fiji.

13 September 2023

Children bearing brunt of stalled progress on extreme poverty reduction worldwide

333 million children globally survive on less than US$2.15 a day as new analysis reveals three lost years due to COVID-19

A child wades through water on her way to school in Kurigram district of northern Bangladesh during floods in August 2016.

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change

In the face of the deepening climate crisis, the Committee specified obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Josephine Recote, 35, breastfeeds her baby Jerry, 1, inside the evacuation center in Maynonong Elementary School, located in Tiwi municipality, Albay province, Philippines.

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

A mother breastfeeds her 6-month baby at Preak Krabao health centre in the village of Preak Krabao Kang Meas District, Cambodia

Common breastfeeding positions

4 ways to make feeding comfortable for you and your baby.

Mother holding her one-month old baby

Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

New WHO and UNICEF data show promising signs of immunization services rebounding in some countries, but, particularly in low-income countries, coverage still falls short of pre-pandemic levels putting children at grave risk from disease outbreaks

Tan Thanh Hien (left) 11 years old and her friend Tan Thi Hang (right) 11 years old, were trying the AR technology on the tablet supported by UNICEF at Bat Xat secondary high school in Lao Cai.

UNICEF Annual Report 2022

UNICEF Annual Report 2022

Files available for download (1)

Download the report (EN) (PDF, 6 MB)

Fitri, 5 years old, was immunized at her school at TK Beringin, Bantaeng, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

State of the World's Children 2023

For every child, vaccination

Files available for download (2)

SOWC Full Report (PDF, 9 MB)

SOWC Executive Summary (PDF, 13 MB)

Mother and her child are hugging

New data indicates declining confidence in childhood vaccines of up to 44 percentage points in some countries during the COVID-19 pandemic