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UNICEF launches swift response to Ebola

After first cases and deaths confirmed in Uganda

Children pass in front of a flame fed by waste and rubber materials

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Areas in Africa where air pollution is reliably measured

More reliable ground-level measurements are required to combat this silent killer of children, particularly in Africa where the problem is growing and grave

A mother and her new born baby at Karenga H/C IV.

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World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest

Millions of mothers at risk due to prohibitive health care costs, lack of access to services and skilled professionals, and child marriage

Priyanka Chopra Jonas met children and young people living in the Bambasi refugee camp and Hitsats and Adi-Harush camps, during a visit to Ethiopia with UNICEF.

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Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas visits Ethiopia

to meet refugee children fleeing conflict and humanitarian crises

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Zambia: Smarter data, better schools

How user-friendly data is mobilizing communities for better quality education.

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Vaccination of children affected by Cyclone Idai

And stepping up of life-saving cholera prevention work in northern areas affected by Cyclone Kenneth

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“We could not plant anything at all”

Children in southern Madagascar face chronic malnutrition after years of drought.

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Therapeutic feeding programme in Uganda

Turns the tide in the battle against malnutrition

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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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Silent suffocation in Africa

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

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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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Students wash their hands at a newly built handwashing point at the primary school in Pemba District, Southern Province, Zambia.

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Scoping Study of WASH in Schools Programming in ESA

A review of evidence, bottlenecks and opportunities to meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets

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