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Conflict, climate crisis and COVID-19 pose great threats to the health of women and children

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150 million additional children plunged into poverty due to COVID-19, UNICEF, Save the Children say

New analysis reveals the number of children living in multidimensional poverty – without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, or water – has increased by 15 per cent since the start of the pandemic

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COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn

With the number of under-five deaths at an all-time recorded low of 5.2 million in 2019, disruptions in child and maternal health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at stake

Clean the air for children

This report looks at how children, particularly the most disadvantaged, are affected by air pollution.

Vaccine

UNICEF to lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in world’s largest and fastest ever operation of its kind

UNICEF will work with manufacturers and partners on the procurement of vaccine doses as well as freight, logistics and storage of COVID-19 vaccines, on behalf of global COVAX Facility

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Video diary series

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people all around the world and has received extensive media attention. But too often, the voices...

Zainab Jan (12) raises hand to answer the question asked by the teacher during her class in UNICEF-supported camp schools.

Marley family to ‘reimagine’ Bob Marley’s One Love in support of UNICEF

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

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Financial Benchmark for Child Protection

This manual provides the user with a methodology to develop a robust measurement of child protection expenditure in a country, and thereby engage...

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Guidance on Distance Learning Modalities

Key considerations and recommendations on ensuring continuity of learning during school closures focusing on reaching the most marginalized children

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Pneumonia vaccine price drops dramatically for lower-income countries thanks to the Gavi pneumococcal Advance Market Commitment

New supply agreement between UNICEF and Serum Institute of India (SII) makes pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) available at US$2.00 per dose, a 43 per cent reduction from the Gavi price at the start of the Advance Market Commitment