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18 September 2023

UNICEF calls for more investment as South Asia remains a global epicentre for undernourished and anaemic adolescent girls and women

Despite progress, South Asia has over one third of the world’s stunted children (nearly 54 million) and over 25 million children suffer from wasting.

villages in Sylhet remain submerged underwater

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change

In the face of the deepening climate crisis, the Committee specified obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Noor Khatoon, 22, in front of her destroyed house

One year on from catastrophic floods, millions of children in Pakistan still need urgent support

UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia, Sachin Tendulkar, handing over games and learning materials designed to boost early childhood development.

UNICEF Regional Ambassador for South Asia Sachin Tendulkar teams up with Sri Lanka’s children

As the country’s economy makes gradual recovery, 3.9 million people, including children, are unable to afford adequate food, and 4.8 million children are struggling to keep learning.

four months pregnant mother Noor

76 per cent of children exposed to extreme high temperatures in South Asia - UNICEF

With heat and high humidity in South Asia, UNICEF urges local authorities, frontline health workers and caregivers to help vulnerable children and families

breastfeeding

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

children lining up in front of the learning centre

UNICEF: Against the odds, children begin the new school year in Rohingya refugee camps

Despite fires burning down learning centres and Cyclone Mocha’s wrath, a record 300,000 Rohingya refugee children attend first day of school

GPEI delegation concludes visit to Pakistan

Says commitment to polio eradication remains commendable, interruption of wild poliovirus is possible in six months with support from communities, government, administrative and security leadership

Sheetal, a zero-dose child

Childhood immunization bounces back to pre-COVID-19 levels in five South Asian countries

New WHO and UNICEF data show immunization coverage is now higher than 2019 levels in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, and the Maldives

122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report

Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019

Funds for world’s climate hotspots woefully neglect the needs of children, new report finds

Over 625,000 children at risk as Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall

Statement by Noala Skinner, UNICEF Regional Director ai for South Asia

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