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A doctor visits patients during his daily morning rounds at a hospital in Somalia

New study finds that 43,000 “excess deaths” may have occurred in 2022 from the drought in Somalia

Half of the drought-related deaths occurred among children under the age of 5

Children help each other carry water from the well of the health center where their families are receiving sanitation and hygiene materials from UNICEF for water treatment to prevent cholera disease

In wake of Cyclone Freddy, amid disruption to critical services, cholera surges in Mozambique

Flooded land in Mozambique

Children at risk of cholera in aftermath of Cyclone Freddy - UNICEF

From insight to action: Examining mortality in Somalia

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Women and their children wait to receive assistance at a health Centre in Dolow, Somalia on 24th May 2021.

Horn of Africa Drought Crisis

Regional call to action

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Ilanivato district, Antananarivo, Analamanga Region (19/01/2022) : the main road is waterlogged, everyone manages to cross it.

26 January 2022

Tropical Storm Ana wreaks havoc for children in Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, alerts UNICEF

Overall number of affected families still not confirmed; UNICEF is on the ground mitigating the impact and addressing most urgent needs

Nechye Aygaliye

22 February 2021

“I thought he was going to die”

Displaced by floods, and now homeless, a proud Ethiopian mother narrates her son’s battle with a deadly cholera infection

A girl looks backwards over a bench

27 January 2021

Communities in Mozambique devastated by Cyclone Eloise

Tens of thousands of children expected to need humanitarian assistance in wake of powerful storm

Satellite view of a cyclone

26 November 2020

Cyclone Idai: Integration of multisectoral C4D interventions

Into the humanitarian response in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

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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.

11 December 2019

China provides US$1 million for flood relief in Malawi

Supporting families recovering from floods earlier this year