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COVID-19: Education transformed through remote learning

A new collaboration between UNICEF and HITCH will provide a boost to children’s education through a dynamic video platform

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In northeast Nigeria, husbands’ support boosts breastfeeding

UNICEF works with government and other partners to promote exclusive breastfeeding in Nigeria through infant and young child feeding support groups

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Going mobile to combat misinformation on breastfeeding

Nearly one million Nigerians in Enugu receive direct messages on COVID-19 prevention and breastfeeding

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Breastfeeding still best for mothers and babies during the COVID-19 pandemic

UNICEF urges support for mothers to continue to breastfeed during the current pandemic while observing all necessary safety and hygiene precautions

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“I have spent my whole life fetching water”

Access to water remains a mirage for millions in Africa’s wealthiest country

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Displaced children navigate COVID-19 in north-east Nigeria

In north-east Nigeria, an estimated 1.9 million people are displaced – and about 60 per cent of them are children

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COVID-19 brings unexpected rewards for children in Zamfara

With support from UNICEF and the Zamfara State Government, more than sixty former Almajiri children have had their births registered for the first time

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Patoranking helps UNICEF ‘reimagine’ the world with Bob Marley’s One Love

Re-recording of iconic anthem will support UNICEF’s Reimagine campaign, a global appeal to respond, recover and reimagine a post-COVID-19 world fit for children

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UNICEF urges Nigeria to ‘seize the moment’ for routine vaccination

Children’s rights organization calls for Nigeria to “reimagine” how it delivers routine immunization during COVID-19 pandemic

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Young Nigerians develop solutions to their country’s problem

Young people submitted more than 50,000 ideas on how to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in their communities