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COVID-19 in Eastern and Southern Africa

The latest news and resources from the region, as well as tips to protect you and your family.

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Latest news from across the region

A health worker team just vaccinated against COVID19. On 31 March, Mali has rolled out her vaccination programme against COVID-19 in Bamako, with the 396,000 doses of the vaccines provided to the country under the COVAX Facility.
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COVAX reaches over 100 economies

42 days after first international delivery

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A woman in protective face mask wraps a newborn baby against her skin
Article
Saving the lives of babies born too early in Ethiopia

In the Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz region

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An adolescent girl in protective face mask works on a machine
Article
Zambian Girls 2030 internships - a personal story

Empowering girls with professional experience

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Statement
Continuing crisis for children in Tigray, Ethiopia

Statement by UNICEF amid reports of atrocities

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Statement
18 March 2021
Dialogue with traditional and religious leaders on girls’ education in Africa
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UNICEF-supported social worker, Hibo Mohamed Suleiman, addresses children in Hargeisa, Somaliland on the 8th February 2021.
Blog post
Advocacy and innovation in social service provision in ESA

‘I am because we are’ - Strengthening social solidarity and global connectedness

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Supplies on a back of truck; an airplane in background
Press release
COVID-19 vaccines: arrival and rollout in Somalia

300,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for frontline workers and the most vulnerable

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In South Sudan, food barren Pibor prepares for rainy season

Early and severe rainy season expected this year

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Recent reports

A young boy wears a face mask
Report
Sub-Saharan Africa

Growing up in crisis in a world of opportunities

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Midwife Akello Filder gives ARV drugs to a young mother holding a 1-year-old child.
Report
Understanding and Improving Viral Load Suppression

In Children with HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa

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Three young people stand together
Report
An unsettled past, an uncertain future

Pilot Study: Children on the Move using the Southern Route in Eastern and Southern Africa

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Students attending classes
Report
Financing the recovery from COVID-19

Building education back better

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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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