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A teacher at Mpamba Community Day Secondary School helping a student in class

Statement

17 December 2020

Teachers should be prioritized for vaccination against COVID-19

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Social cash transfer beneficiaries in Balaka district

Press release

03 December 2020

UNICEF issues record US$6.4 billion emergency funding appeal to reach more than 190 million children impacted by humanitarian crises and the COVID-19 pandemic

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A child learning from home in the Ivory Coast

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How many children and young people have internet access at h

Estimating digital connectivity during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Children pose for a photo with State President, His Excellency Dr. Lazurus Chakwera, First Lady Monica Chakwera, Ministry of Gender, Children Dissability and Social Welfare, Hon Patricia Kaliati, UN Resident Coordinator, Maria Jose-Torres, UNICEF Representative, Rudolf Schwenk

Press release

20 November 2020

Malawi’s President reconfirms the Government’s commitment to child rights

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Besina Phingo, a single mother of four, and a Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) beneficiary poses with her children, Christopher Jerald, 16, who has just sat for the Primary School Leaving Certificate Examinations, right, Anderson Mphambo, eight years old and in Standard three,near left, and Chikondi Mphambo, 13, who is in Standard Four, far left, at their home Kunyungwi Village, Sub Traditional Authority Tsikulamowa soon after coming back from receiving her monthly cash lot of Social Cash Transfer Prog

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COVID-19 awareness campaigns at cash pay points

Educating families about COVID-19

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Health Surveillance Assistant Joseph Kutchona responsible for Simeon Catchment Area under Mitundu Rural Hospital shows his Vitamin A a and Abendazol supplies to Mau Mtukula Zgambo, an Environmental Health Officer at Mitundu Rural Hospital during Child Health Week at Madzaitsa CCAP Church at Chidzulumbi Village in the area of traditional Authority Chitseka in Lilongwe rural

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Nutrition support to vulnerable children

Child Health Days

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Infants with a caregiver at Makankhula CBCC

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A boy reading notes at Phaloni Primary School in Machinga

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UNICEF Malawi/2020/HD Plus

Traditional and religious leaders in Malawi are encouraging communities to wear masks to protect themselves from COVID-19. This video was produced by UNICEF with support from the Government of Ireland.