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A child is administered an oral vaccine during a routine immunization session at the health centre in the village of Preak Krabao, Kang Meas District, Cambodia

14 December 2017

Health

Ensuring the survival and health of children and women

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

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

Girl smiles after she receives her vaccination.

How Scaling Digital Health Solutions Strengthens Health

A brief look at the role of digital solutions in frontline health service delivery

in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, students at Techo Hun Sen Chraing Chamres Primary School read their workbooks in the classroom.

Where is the fiscal space for children?

Review of social sector budgets in selected countries in South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific Islands.

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UNICEF EAPRO Fiscal Space for Children (PDF, 9 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

Mother and child sitting in line for their COVID-19 vaccines

Building a roadmap for digital health and immunization

Unleashing the power of digital technology to reinvent the delivery of care

A doctor washes his hands with soap and running water in the Tegalrejo Community Health Centre in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services – WHO, UNICEF

Newly established global estimate on hygiene reveals the risk of disease spread and infections to patients and health care providers

Dr. Sally Bataclan, Health & Nutrition Specialist of UNICEF Philippines, gives anti-polio vaccine to a child in Lumbatan, Lanao del Sur, during a polio vaccination campaign

UNICEF East Asia and Pacific receives support from the Government of Japan

To help strengthen digital health initiatives in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam

A nurse from township public health department injects measles and rubella vaccine to Mg Zwe Nyi Nyi (2), during the expanded program on immunization (measles, rubella), Myanmar

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades

WHO and UNICEF sound the alarm as new data shows global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing out on lifesaving vaccines