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Nurse Lillian Nimaya, 45, fills a syringe with a vaccine at Nyakuron Primary Health Care Centre in Juba, South Sudan

UNICEF to stockpile over half a billion syringes by year end, as part of efforts to prepare for eventual COVID-19 vaccinations

Initial preparatory work – in partnership with Gavi and WHO – will include purchasing boxes for the safe disposal of syringes and mapping out cold chain equipment to ensure delivery of effective vaccines

UNICEF staff inspect documents as they receive vaccines at Banjul airport

UNICEF to lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in world’s largest and fastest ever operation of its kind

UNICEF will work with manufacturers and partners on the procurement of vaccine doses as well as freight, logistics and storage of COVID-19 vaccines, on behalf of global COVAX Facility

A student wearing a mask sits in class

Your child's mental health during COVID-19 school reopening

How parents can help their children navigate their feelings during school reopenings

A child leans on a bike

COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF

Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat

A mother gives her baby suplementary breastfeeding

Countries failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warn WHO and UNICEF

Agencies encourage women to continue to breastfeed during the COVID-19 pandemic

A newborn kept in an incubator

As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 6,000 additional children under five could die a day, without urgent action

UNICEF launches #Reimagine, a global campaign to prevent the pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children

A boy washes his hands with tippy taps

UNICEF appeals for $1.6 billion to meet growing needs of children impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

UNICEF appeals for $1.6 billion to meet growing needs of children impacted by COVID-19 pandemic. New funding request is $1 billion more than March appeal, as countries reel from socioeconomic impact of COVID-19

A woman holds her newly born baby

Pregnant mothers and babies born during COVID-19 pandemic threatened by strained health systems and disruptions in services

With 116 million expected births in the approximately 9 months since the COVID pandemic was recognized, UNICEF calls on governments and donors to maintain lifesaving services for pregnant women and newborns

A health officer injects a child with a syringe

Over 13 million children did not receive any vaccines at all even before COVID-19 disrupted global immunization – UNICEF

Mass measles immunization campaigns suspended in 25 largely high-burden countries due to pandemic