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From across the region

On 20 February 2014 in Turkey, a Syrian girl refugee receives a dose of oral polio vaccine, in Osmaniye Province.

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UNICEF launches #VaccinesWork campaign to inspire support for vaccines

10 April 2018. Sambo village, Sambo District, Kratie Province, Cambodia. A new born and his mother at Sambo Health centre. © UNICEF Cambodia/2018/Antoine Raab

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Parents’ most frequently asked questions about vaccines

How do vaccines work? Can my baby handle all of these vaccines? Get the answers.

Мать держит ребенка на руках.

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Symposium to Improve Nutrition among Children and Youth in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Liubomyr Pauk, 8, held the hand of his brother, Bohdan 6, as Bohdan received his MMR vaccination from a mobile brigade of healthcare professionals on 26 February 2019 in the office of a school nurse at Mykolaiv Gymnasium, Lviv region, Western Ukraine.

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Fighting a measles outbreak in Ukraine

A vaccination drive is underway to protect children from the deadly outbreak

A boy is vaccinated in the town of Strehaia, Southwestern Romania. Children were recently vaccinated during a door-to-door information and vaccination catch up campaign organized by the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

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Protecting children against measles in Romania

UNICEF helps educate vulnerable families on the life-saving benefits of immunizing their children

May 2018 Village of Shamut, Lori region, Armenia. Children in preschool. This alternative preschool is developed and established by UNICEF Armenia, ensuring early learning for children in small communities.

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In Armenia, ‘Pre-school has brought back hope’

A new model for early learning

Our work

A boy carrying his belongings in a large cloth bag over his shoulder is among people walking on railway tracks to cross from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into Serbia.

Protecting refugee and migrant children

Ina Morhun, 5, and her sister Lyuda, 3, sit on a sofa at their home as their mother Iryna holds baby Vika, 1.5, in the city of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Supporting children caught in conflict in Ukraine

A young child holds a little soft toy in her mouth while an older relative gives her a hug and kiss.

Healthy early childhood development

11-year-old Ajsa is photographed in front of a laptop, with her head in her hands.

Ending violence against children