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Find the latest news on issues affecting children across Eastern and Southern Africa, including press releases, multimedia content and other resources for journalists

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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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.

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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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Pocket-sized innovation, giant impact

New app and online system launches in South Sudan to support most vulnerable children

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115 million boys and men around world married as children

First ever analysis on child grooms brings global child marriage figures to 765 million

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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

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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

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Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas visits Ethiopia

to meet refugee children fleeing conflict and humanitarian crises

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Communication Specialist

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Communication Specialist

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Gina walks to fetch water with her 5-year-old son, Rindra, in Antsirabe, Madagascar.

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