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COVID-19

Two thirds of households with children have lost income during pandemic

In Eastern and Southern Africa, where climate shocks, conflict, macroeconomic volatility and COVID-19 continue to inflict hardships on families, a new UNICEF-World Bank report shows that many children are going a day or more without eating

24 January 2022

UNICEF and UNESCO call for concerted action on learning in the COVID era on the International Day of Education 2022

Joint statement from UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Mohamed Fall, and UNESCO Regional Director for Eastern Africa, Prof. Hubert Gijzen

A woman receives a vaccine jab

24 January 2022

Phase II of the RTA of UNICEF’S Response to COVID-19 in ESA

Lessons from a regional real-time assessment

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School children line up to wash their hands

24 January 2022

UNICEF’S response to COVID-19 in Eastern and Southern Africa

Lessons from a regional real-time assessment

07 December 2021

European Union provides fresh funding to support COVID-19 vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa

The programme will reach more than 189 million people

A child eating his lunch and smiling.

15 October 2021

World Food Day

COVID-19 pushed children further into a nutrition crisis in Eastern and Southern Africa

12 October 2021

UNICEF meets with the African Council of Religious Leaders in shared support of keeping schools open in Eastern & Southern Africa

15 year old Margaret Aluel Joseph

30 September 2021

The Looming Debt Crisis in Eastern and Southern Africa

What it means for social sector investments and children

(PDF, 1,10 MB)

18 September 2021

UNICEF supporter and rugby star Tendai Mtawarira ‘The Beast’ urges schools to remain open during COVID-19 pandemic

A woman in a protective face mask looks out over a view of the countryside

14 September 2021

UNICEF’s HIV Programming in the Context of COVID-19

Building back better for children, adolescents

(PDF, 9,57 MB)