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Children drinking water from a UNICEF water pump.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Clean water, basic toilets and good hygiene practices are essential for the survival and development of children and women.

A mother and child waiting outside the Family Support Centre.

Child protection

Protection from violence, exploitation and abuse.

A nurse prepares the medicine to inject.

Health

We work to ensure the survival and health of children and women

A young child on a nutrition programme and recovering from severe acute malnutrition shows good progress at her review.

Nutrition

Giving children a fair start in life

A child reading a book.

Education

For every child access to quality education

A child hiding her face with the hand.

COVID-19 causes disruptions to child protection services in more than 100 countries, UNICEF survey finds

Loading PPE to be delivered to Port Moresby General Hospital.

UNICEF distributes essential PPE for front line health workers

A child receiving oral polio drops

WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19

WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly

St John Ambulance CEO, Matt Cannon, Acting Health Secretary, Dr. Paison Dakulala and UNICEF Representative, David Mcloughlin at the signing event.

UNICEF, NDoH and St John team up to enhance coverage in maternal, newborn and child health services

An elderly woman minds a pot of food on an open fire inside a Highlands hut.

As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

Securing healthy diets for the billions who cannot afford them would save trillions in costs