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Regional Nutrition Situation Analysis in the Middle East and North Africa - 2024
Well-nourished children survive, grow and develop to their full potential, and well-nourished adolescents and adults are healthier, more productive and better equipped to contribute to society. In contrast, poor nutrition across the lifecycle can have devastating and often lifelong consequences on health and devel...
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Social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA:
"Social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity - cover COVID-19 has affected all countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and groups already vulnerable before the crisis, such as children, have been particularly affected. Social protection can promote children’s well-being and…, The One Pagers series, Yemen: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection respon...
Appeal
Humanitarian action for children in the Middle East and North Africa for 2023
Total number of children in the region: over 191.2 million Total refugee children: 6.4 million Children in need: around 52.7 million Total internally displaced children: over 6.9 million UNICEF MENA is appealing for US$ 2.6 billion to respond to the ongoing humanitarian crises and children’s humanitarian needs aro...
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Middle East and North Africa country factsheets:
__________________________________________, The UNICEF MENA Country Factsheets offer a concise overview of the state of children, adolescents, and youth on each of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The factsheets are framed around child rights, aligning with the Convention on the Rights of the ...
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UNICEF Libya September 2022 Newsletter
Issue no. 2 September 2022 UNICEF Libya Monthly Newsletter
Flagship report
UNICEF Syria’s Series of Think Pieces
To navigate the complex and continuously changing context and attain sustainable results for children, UNICEF – along with other UN agencies - seeks to make a shift in its programming towards early recovery while maintaining the delivery of humanitarian assistance based on needs on the ground. This will help stren...
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School reopening status, progress and challenges
Schools across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have started to emerge from the lockdowns imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventeen countries have resumed the 2021-2022 academic year, combining both in-person and remote learning. These are Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Mo...
Annual report
Syrian Arab Republic: 2021 Needs and Response Summary
Ten years into the Syria crisis, humanitarian needs are deepening. Ongoing insecurity and the compounded impact of displacement, combined with worsening socio-economic conditions characterized by sharp currency depreciation, record-level price increases and cuts in subsidized goods have prompted an almost 20 per c...
Appeal
Humanitarian Action for Children in the Middle East and North Africa
Total number of children in the region: over 178 million. Children in need: 38 million (one in five children) – 20 per cent of the children in need globally. Total internally displaced children: over 6 million. Total refugee children: 6.3 million. The region is home to the highest unemployment rates among young pe...
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Not just numbers : Survey findings
Across all 3 countries surveyed: Syrians agree that children are the greatest victims of the conflict OPTIMISM: People WITH CHILDREN are significantly less optimistic about the future for Syrian children, compared to those without children Syrians IN SYRIA are more optimistic about the future for children than t...
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Syria 9: Facts and figures
GRAVE VIOLATIONS AGAINST CHILDREN IN SYRIA 5,427 children killed 3,639 children injured 4,691 children recruited into the fighting 542 attacks on education facilities 533 attacks on medical facilities Nearly 6 million children were born since the start of the war in Syria in 2011. Over 7.5 million children are in ...
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): UNICEF support to the Middle East and North Africa
Situation in Numbers 19 out of 20 countries in the MENA region reported laboratory-confirmed cases 67,542 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,848 associated deaths in the MENA region 40.4 million people reached by UNICEF 70.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in MENA 110 million school-aged students out...