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Sitan Doumbia, 5, plays with her friends at the Early Childhood Development Center in Baraouéli village, Ségou Region, Mali

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Lack of funding leaves millions of children at risk

$4 billion humanitarian appeal nearly 50 per cent unfunded heading into final quarter of 2019

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17 October 2019

EU-UNICEF programme sees birth registration numbers soar

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Religious leaders stand with girls in South Sudan

A group of religious leaders participate in the faith for positive change for children initiative

Today, poor diets are the top risk factor in the global burden of disease, killing millions of children and weakening the physical and mental development of millions more, according to UNICEF's 2018 State of the World's Children report.

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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide – UNICEF

Poverty, urbanization, climate change and poor eating choices driving unhealthy diets

Mr. Tedros Yehdego, the EPI Manager for the Ministry of Health, and Ms. Shaheen Nilofer, UNICEF Representative receive the vaccines on arrival in Asmara airport.

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UNICEF air charter brings vaccines for children of Eritrea

Twice every year UNICEF Eritrea flies in a large consignment of vaccines to help Eritrea maintain immunization coverage for its children.

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Overcoming menstruation-related challenges to stay in school

In Abim, Karamoja sub-region, Uganda

Tsadkan

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Tsadkan: the pre-school teacher who makes toys for children

Tigray region, Ethiopia

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For every child: nutrition

UNICEF regional nutrition meeting held in Johannesburg with an aim to improve nutrition outcomes across the region

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Recent reports

Children gather at the school in Ndenga village, 30 kilometres from Kaga Bandoro, Central African Republic.

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Demographic Dividend Potential, Eastern and Southern Africa

Understanding population dynamics and the urgency for investing in human capital

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Report

The State of WASH Financing in Eastern and Southern Africa

A comparative picture of WASH financing issues in the region

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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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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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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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