UNICEF Europe and Central Asia

From across the region

Georgia

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Response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and Central Asia

We are appealing for $38 million to shield vulnerable children and their families in the region from the worst impact of the pandemic.

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Protective equipment

Press release

UNICEF shipment of protective equipment delivered to Serbia

The equipment includes: 1,549 suits, 9,000 N95 masks, 99,950 surgical masks, 25,116 protective coats and 71,900 surgical gloves.

On 26 March 2020, children in the town of Binnish, Syria, watch a member of the Syrian Civil Defence disinfect a former school building, now inhabited by displaced families, as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Press release

WHO and UNICEF to partner on pandemic response

Unprecedented fund and ‘all hands on deck’ approach to tackle COVID-19 pandemic.

Girl rolling dough

Article

The new normal: a snapshot from Prishtina

Children adjust to living and learning at home during COVID-19.

A boy stands in the Reception and Identification Centre at Vathi, on the island of Samos, in Greece.

Article

Refugee and migrant communities brace for pandemic

UNICEF calls for immediate transfer of vulnerable children to the Greek mainland, in-line with most recent public health measures and guidelines 

UNICEF-INTERSOS mobile team in Rome supporting migrants and refugees outside the formal reception system.

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COVID-19 support for refugee and migrant children in Italy

Blog by Anna Riatti, Country Coordinator

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Omar (17), front, with his fellow housemates on the balcony at the reception centre where they stay in the small village of Naro, in Sicily, Italy

Protecting refugee and migrant children

Sonia, 14 remembers the teachers helping to her calm down.

Supporting children caught in conflict in Ukraine

A young child receives polio vaccine at the Kizil Oy Village Primary Health Clinic in Zomin district in Jizzakh region.

Ensuring all children receive life-saving vaccines

On 17 May 2018 in Belarus, three-year-old Agatha laughs with her mother, Ekaterina, at home in Minsk, the capital.

Ending institutionalization and keeping families together