Skip to main content
Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia
  • English
  • русский

Global Links

  • Visit UNICEF Global
  • High contrast
Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia
    • EXPLORE UNICEF
      • About us
      • Our mandate
      • Regional Director
      • The situation for children
      • Where we work
      • Our voices: Young people from the region
      • Ambassadors and supporters
      • Partners
  • Press centre
Donate

Main navigation

  • What we do
  • Research and reports
  • Stories
  • Take action
Search area has closed.
Search area has opened.
SearchClose

Search UNICEF

  • Available in:
  • English
  • русский
  • Українська
  • Polish
  • Czech
7 results
  • Article (8)
  • (-) Page (2)
  • Press release (2)
  • (-) Report (5)
  • Adolescents (1)
  • Armed conflict (1)
  • Child friendly schools (1)
  • (-) Child protection (4)
  • Childrens rights (2)
  • Child rights (1)
  • COVID-19 (6)
  • Early education (1)
  • (-) ECD (0)
  • (-) Education (5)
  • Education in emergencies (1)
  • EU (1)
  • Fathers (1)
  • Health (4)
  • Humanitarian crisis and response (1)
  • Immunization (1)
  • Migrant and refugee crisis (1)
  • Migration and refugee crisis (1)
  • Motherhood (1)
  • Mothers (1)
  • Nutrition (1)
  • Parenting (1)
  • Refugee and migrant children (3)
  • Refugees (1)
  • Social and behaviour change (1)
  • Social budgeting (1)
  • Social inclusion (2)
  • Water, sanitation and hygiene (2)
  • (-) Albania (1)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
  • ECA (3)
  • (-) ECARO (6)
  • Europe and Central Asia (4)
  • (-) Greece (1)
  • Lithuania (1)
  • (-) Montenegro (1)
  • (-) Serbia (1)
  • Slovakia (1)
  • Türkiye (1)
  • Ukraine (1)
  • UNICEF Kosovo Programme (1)
Page
17 January 2023
UNICEF Emergency Response Office in Slovakia
https://www.unicef.org/eca/unicef-emergency-response-office-slovakia
Context Although Slovakia grants “urgent and necessary health services” for Ukrainian citizens registered for Temporary Protection, many Ukrainians face challenges in accessing support. What is “urgent and necessary," however, is often left to the judgment of individual doctors, creating a situation in which quality of health care received by refugees can vary significantly. Ukrainian children tend to have significantly lower vaccination rates compared to Slovaks and front-line health workers are not trained to deal with vaccine hesitancy. The key challenge in the mid-long term is the management of chronic diseases, control and management of infectious and communicable disease, and provision of specialized mental health services and psychological support. In addition, there is a shortage of doctors, particularly pediatricians and nurses, with some regions being underserved even before the crisis. Under the existing legislation, Ukrainian health workers can provide services only under the direct supervision of a senior Slovak health worker, due to the shorter academic curriculum and mandated training required for doctors in Ukraine. UNI396419 UNI396419 UNI396419 UNI396419     UNICEF’s Response Support to recognition of qualifications of Ukrainian health workers is one of four areas of cooperation between UNICEF and the Ministry of Health, in addition to immunization and early childhood development, specialized mental health support, as well as health promotion and health education, including through parenting programmes. In collaboration with the Regional Health Authority in Bratislava, UNICEF supports the provision of primary healthcare services in the Bratislava region, hosting over 30,000 refugees, including more than 12,000 children. Services are provided by two general practitioners, two pediatricians, one gynecologist, and one psychiatrist under the supervision of a senior Slovak doctor. Pediatricians and breastfeeding counselors are integrated into the Blue Dots in Bratislava, Košice and Michalovce. UNI396390 UNI396390 UNI396390 UNI396390   Since 15 July 2022, primary healthcare services have been provided to over 43,000 children and women through UNICEF-supported mechanisms, including consultations for mental health, referrals to higher levels of care, and vaccination of children against measles, polio, and so on.
Report
09 September 2022
6 months of war in Ukraine
https://www.unicef.org/eca/reports/6-months-war-ukraine
After six months of devastation and displacement for the people of Ukraine, it is children who are suffering the deadly consequence of a brutal war not of their making. In areas across eastern and southern Ukraine, they continue to be caught in the crossfire of ongoing hostilities, while schools, hospitals, and other civilian infrastructure on…, 6 months of war in UkraineEurope and Central Asia (ECA) Regional Office Report https://www.unicef.org/ After six months of devastation and displacement for the people of Ukraine, it is children who are suffering the deadly consequence of a brutal war not of their making. In areas across eastern and southern Ukraine, they continue to be caught in…
Page
09 June 2021
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on children and families in the Western Balkans and Türkiye
https://www.unicef.org/eca/mitigating-impact-covid-19-children-and-families-western-balkans-and-t%C3%BCrkiye
There is abundant evidence that children bear a heavy burden resulting from disrupted essential services, increased social isolation, and loss of family income. In pandemic times, parents and caregivers are more likely to feel overwhelmed with providing stimulation and care for their young children and delay seeking prompt medical attention for children. Childhood immunization and other basic services were often suspended. School closures can mean a year of lost learning and children become more susceptible to dropping out. Uncertainties have created family distress, which contributes to serious mental health issues, especially among children who are vulnerable to violence and abuse. The pandemic has deepened pre-existing vulnerabilities of children with disabilities and children living in poverty. In 2021, UNICEF and the European Commission Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations launched a two-year initiative to strengthen national health, education, early childhood development, and child protection systems to ensure continuity in the provision of core services for vulnerable children and their families in the immediate and the longer-term recovery response to COVID-19. The initiative is being implemented in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo* [1] , Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Türkiye.  
Report
16 January 2022
The State of the Global Education Crisis
https://www.unicef.org/eca/reports/state-global-education-crisis
The global disruption to education caused by the COVD-19 pandemic is without parallel and the effects on learning are severe. The crisis brought education systems across the world to a halt, with school closures affecting more than 1.6 billion learners. While nearly every country in the world offered remote learning opportunities for students, the…, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A JO INT UNESCO, UNICEF, AND WORLD BANK REPORT THE STATE OF THE GLOBAL EDUCATION CRISIS:A PATH TO RECOVERY Published in 2021 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, UNESCO and UNICEF under CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO license. The present license applies exclusively to the texts. 2021, International…
Report
05 October 2021
Public health and social measures' considerations for educational authorities
https://www.unicef.org/eca/reports/public-health-and-social-measures-considerations-educational-authorities
The return to face-to-face learning helps children return to a sense of normality, although different normality as prevention and control measures have likely altered school and classroom routines. It is important that schools should have a risk-mitigation strategy in place. Countries should ensure these strategies carefully balance the likely…, CONSIDERATIONS FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEASURES TO REOPEN SCHOOLS AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE SCHOOLING IN TIME OF COVID-19 2 Considerations for health and educational authorities on the public health and social measures to reopen schools as safely as possible Developed by: This document was developed by…
Report
25 November 2021
Deep Dive into the European Child Guarantee – Lithuania
https://www.unicef.org/eca/reports/deep-dive-european-child-guarantee-lithuania
UNICEF ECARO has been working since July 2020 with national and local governments from seven EU Member States ( Bulgaria , Croatia , Germany , Greece , Italy , Lithuania, and Spain ) and key national and local stakeholders in these countries. Part of this support has included the development of 'policy deep dive' country studies. The deep dives…, Basis for a European Child Guarantee Action Plan in Lithuania PH OTO : DA NIJ EL SO LDO iBasis for a European Child Guarantee Action Plan in Lithuania When citing this report, please use the following wording: UNICEF, Basis for a European Child Guarantee Action Plan in Lithuania, UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO), 2022.…
Report
23 February 2022
Deep Dive into the European Child Guarantee - Greece
https://www.unicef.org/eca/reports/deep-dive-european-child-guarantee-greece
The European Commission proposal for the European Child Guarantee (ECG) was adopted by the European Union’s Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) in June 2021. The focus is on effective and free access to quality services in the fields of early childhood education and care (ECEC), education, health care, nutrition…, 1 Deep Dive on Child Poverty and Social Exclusion: Unmet Needs and Access Barriers EU Child Guarantee in Greece 2 United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), December 2021 This report has been prepared for the European Commission. The information and views set out are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the…

Footer

UNICEF Home
  • What we do
  • Situation for children
  • Where we work
Data, Research and Reports
  • Publications
  • Partners
  • Ambassadors and Supporters
Become a donor

Social

Footer Secondary

  • Contact us
  • Legal

Footer tertiary

  • Report fraud, abuse, wrongdoing