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Somaliland, Education Cannot Wait and UNICEF launch multi-year programme to provide education to more than 54,000 children affected by crises

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Protecting children against measles and rubella

In Zimbabwe, a measles-rubella catch-up campaign succeeds in overcoming logistical and religious barriers.

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Representatives of UNICEF and UNHCR unveil a plaque during the launch of the KFW-UNICEF WASH programme for refugees and host communities in Zambia.

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Improved water, sanitation and hygiene services in Zambia

Around 150,000 benefit with 136m Kwacha funding from Federal Republic of Germany through UNICEF

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Access to basic sanitation still lagging for millions in Eastern and Southern Africa

Sandy Chuol, 10, heads home with the jerrycan of clean water that she collected at a UNICEF-supported water point, in war-ravaged Malakal Town, South Sudan.

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1 in 3 people globally without access to safe drinking water

New report on inequalities in access to water, sanitation and hygiene also reveals more than half of the world does not have access to safe sanitation.

Jane Tiko feeds a therapeutic formula to her nine-month-old son Simon Ladok in the malnutrition ward in the Al-Sabbah children's hospital in Juba, South Sudan, Wednesday 15 March 2017. The ward is for children who suffer from malnutrition and associated complications.

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Record number facing critical lack of food in South Sudan

61 per cent of the population are projected to face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse

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UNICEF launches swift response to Ebola

After first cases and deaths confirmed in Uganda

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Primary school in Uganda defies Ebola against all odds

“They have taught us how to prevent Ebola and other diseases like cholera.”

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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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EBPs for retention in care of mother-infant pairs

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