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Protecting children and mothers with vaccine

Through the timely distribution of vaccines and a strengthened cold chain system

Children sit beside a pond of contaminated flood water near Zangi Brohi Village, Dadu District, Sindh.

17 January 2023

UNICEF: Pakistan’s rains may have stopped, but children are still dying

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, Abdullah Fadil – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Nava Vaghpura Primary Health Centre

10 January 2023

Three children or youth died every minute in South Asia in 2021 – UN report

1,287,000 children in South Asia died before their 5th birthday in 2021. 802,000 were newborns.

Humaira 8 years old, who have taken refuge with her family on higher roadside in Mirpur Khas District, Sindh Province, Pakistan.

09 January 2023

Up to 4 million children in Pakistan still living next to stagnant and contaminated floodwater

Child survival crisis remains acute in flood-affected areas as rates of respiratory infections and severe acute malnutrition soar

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20 December 2021

Latest child mortality estimates reveal world remains off track to meeting Sustainable Development Goals

New report by the UN IGME reveals an urgent need to invest in strengthening data systems to track newborn and child health and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, two thirds of which have had no reliable mortality data in the past three years

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24 December 2019

For a baby, the first year is an amazing time of growth...

A lot can happen in a year. In their first year, babies learn to roll over, eat their first solid foods, speak their first words and may even take...