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Preschool children attend child-friendly spaces, Mauritania.

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Pan-African Child Rights Forum (PACRiF)

Recommitting to an Africa fit for children

Malitsietsi Malepa is 24-years-old and lives in Berea region in Lesotho. She’s part of the Let Youth Lead initiative, which aims to ensure adolescents receive ‘friendly’ services at clinics.

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In Lesotho, youth get a say in improving healthcare

Innovative project lets youth rate healthcare services

Grace Mutungambera (18) and her 9-month-old baby outside their home in the tobacco-growing region of Hurungwe in Zimbabwe.

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Mentor mothers programme in Zimbabwe

Mentor programme sees young mothers open up about issues that concern them

A family poses for a photo in front of a tent

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Kisumu floods in Kenya

Meet Wycliffe and his family who are staying at an evacuation camp at Nyamasau Primary School

A man on a moped passes a latrine

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Flushing out disease with a new market latrine

On the outskirts of Juba, a new latrine is changing hygiene practices and setting an example for South Sudan

A mother holds her son, 1, alongside his birth certificate.

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A quarter of the world’s children remain ‘invisible’

Despite significant increase in birth registration

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Youth shine a spotlight on violence against children

Over 100 children and youth led a summit in Mozambique

UNICEF Country Representative Rudolf Schwenk shaking hands with the Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongyang at the grant agreement ceremony between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and UNICEF.

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China provides US$1 million for flood relief in Malawi

Supporting families recovering from floods earlier this year

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Knowledge for Children in Africa 2019

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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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The State of WASH Financing in Eastern and Southern Africa

A comparative picture of WASH financing issues in the region

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WASH in Health Care Facilities

UNICEF Scoping Study in Eastern and Southern Africa

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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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