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Survive and Thrives
Programme
24 May 2018
Every child survives and thrives
Ensuring that all children and adolescents have good health, wellbeing and reach their full potential.
News note
20 September 2023
Novo Nordisk and UNICEF to extend joint initiative to prevent global childhood obesity
Dos niños sentados a la mesa de una casa, desayunando
Press release
31 August 2023
More than 4 million children under 5 have overweight in Latin America and the Caribbean
In the region, prevalence of childhood overweight, including its most severe form, obesity, is above the global average, warns the latest regional report from UNICEF
Una madre y su hija en una tienda, rodeadas de carteles
Report
30 August 2023
Childhood overweight on the rise
Is it too late to turn the tide in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Files available for download (2)

Childhood overweight on the rise - 2023 Report (PDF, 7 MB)
Ola de sobrepeso en la niñez - Reporte 2023 (PDF, 8 MB)
A young girl looks down at her arm while receiving a vaccination.
Article
31 July 2023
Reaching children who missed out on vaccines in Brazil
Discover how community health workers navigate rural rivers and bustling cities to reach those who need vaccines most
Servicios inclusivos
Press release
01 May 2023
UNICEF and the European Union, with support from the Academy of Mayan Languages, launch two culturally relevant technologies to promote adolescent health and prevent chronic malnutrition in children
In Guatemala, 1 out of every 2 children under 5 years of age suffers from chronic malnutrition. And 1 in 5 women between 15 and 19 years of age has already had children or has been pregnant.
En Les Cayes, Haití, Rosemirlande, de 27 años, sostiene en brazos a su hijo de seis meses, Jamesly, durante una visita al centro de salud de Sacre Couer para que reciba sus vacunas rutinarias.
Flagship report
19 April 2023
The State of the World's Children 2023
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, progress in childhood immunization was set back worldwide

Files available for download (5)

Full report in English (PDF, 9 MB)
Excecutive summary in English (PDF, 13 MB)
Executive summary in Spanish (PDF, 7 MB)
Latin America and the Caribbean regional brief in English (PDF, 9 MB)
Latin America and the Caribbean regional brief in Spanish (PDF, 3 MB)
Mayra de Jesús Herrera Ortiz, a prominent volunteer health brigade member in the fight against the pandemic, recounts her experience during an interview at her home in Barrio Nuevo, in the city of Sébaco, Matagalpa department.
Article
18 April 2023
The story of a brigade member who gives without measure
Mayra Herrera, the passion for saving lives in Nicaragua
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.
Article
18 April 2023
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 girl choosing products from the store near her house.
Report
14 February 2023
UNICEF advocacy packages for food environment policies
UNICEF priority policies for the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity

Files available for download (6)

Publicidad de alimentos y bebidas no alcoholicas no saludables (PDF, 2 MB)
Publicidad de alimentos y bebidas no alcoholicas no saludables - Historieta (PDF, 4 MB)
Impuesto a las bebidas azucaradas (PDF, 1 MB)
Impuesto a las bebidas azucaradas - Historieta (PDF, 3 MB)
Etiquetado frontal nutricional de alimentos y bebidas (PDF, 2 MB)
Etiquetado frontal nutricional de alimentos y bebidas - Historieta (PDF, 3 MB)