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Omayra Casamá sits on the ground and peels plantains to prepare breakfast for about 30 members of her family during the morning in the Ipetí Emberá community in Panama’s Darién Province.

A pioneer woman chief who helped her community in pandemic

Omayra, the indigenous leader who embodied the strength of Ancoré at the height of the pandemic

A child smiles at the camera while he attends to the comprehensive care program for academic leveling in Bolívar, Venezuela, on October 17, 2022.

13 January 2023

UNICEF welcomes Canada’s contribution of US$188 million to support COVID-19 response and health systems strengthening

25 October 2022

Real-Time Assessment of UNICEF's response to COVID-19 in LAC

Familia con niño y bebé

18 October 2022

Families in Latin America and the Caribbean are still struggling to recover from the pandemic

UNICEF survey finds half of households with children in the region are putting less food on their plates.

Protección social y respuesta al COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe

Social protection and response to COVID-19

Innovations in registration and payment systems for social protection interventions

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A baby boy after been vaccinated.

More than 2.4 million children have not been vaccinated in Latin America and the Caribbean

According to new data from WHO and UNICEF, since 2019 there are 400,000 more infants who have not received the complete vaccination schedule that protects them from serious diseases.

A girl is vaccinated during a mass vaccination day in San Vicente community, Miranda state, Venezuela, on September 03, 2021.

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades

WHO and UNICEF sound the alarm as new data shows global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing out on lifesaving vaccines.

Students with masks in the classroom.

Two years after: Saving a generation

First evidence-based assessment of this educational catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Spanish (PDF, 10 MB)

English (PDF, 10 MB)

Mother and teenage daughter smile at the camera.

Managing the long-term effects of the pandemic on your child

Advice from an expert psychologist on supporting your child

Children with masks in a classroom.

Heads of State of Latin America and the Caribbean and international organizations call for a commitment to learning recovery across the region

Students in the region have lost between one and 1.8 years of learning during the pandemic.