UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa

News from across the region

A family stands by a destroyed house.

Press release

Six months after Cyclone Idai

Children in Mozambique living in storm-affected areas face worsening food insecurity and nutrition crisis

A child is being screened for malnutrition using the MUAC tape

Press release

In South Sudan, a struggle to survive

Acute malnutrition level among children exceeds emergency threshold despite improving conditions

Francine Niyonsaba

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Olympic champion Francine Niyonsaba on importance of school

As Burundian children head back to school, Niyonsaba has a message for them – and for their parents.

Students at Madagasar washing their hands

News note

WASH Network and Finance Partners' Meeting

2-6 September 2019

Signing of the agreement

Press release

Norway to support birth registration in Mozambique

An agreement was signed to fund a much needed programme of legal identity.

Esbelle washes her hands

Article

Going to school, not getting married.

A social protection program transforms lives in Madagascar.

David walking

Article

For the first time in his life, David stood up

How a child care centre on a Rwandan tea plantation halted one boy’s stunted development

A girl smiles from a desk in a school classroom

Press release

Government of Italy provides Euro 1 million to UNICEF Eritrea to strengthen resilience of children and youth

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Recent reports

Mother and newborn baby in hospital bed

Report

WASH in Health Care Facilities

UNICEF Scoping Study in Eastern and Southern Africa

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Report

The Macroeconomic and Social Investment Outlook for Children

Identifying potential threats and opportunities for children so that they prosper during good times and are protected during bad times

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A boy runs through the smoke of burning garbage

Report

Silent suffocation in Africa

Air pollution is a growing menace, affecting the poorest children the most

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Report

Fiscal Space for Children and Human Capital in ESA

Options and strategic entry points to address investment gaps in 16 countries

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Newborn infant boy who suffers from jaundice and sepsis and weighs only 1.3 kilograms, has his hand held by his grandmother.

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Sleeping baby in South Sudan.

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Sitting in her class, a young girl child writes in her textbook in Kangalita Primary school in a remote area, about 58 kilometers South of the town of Lodwar, in Turkana district in northern Kenya.

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