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South 2 South collaboration for health

UNICEF builds strong regional networks for sharing practical experiences and knowledge.

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Health

We work to improve maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health through collaboration with communities, governments and partners in South Asia.

5-year-old Arbella smiles for a portait

12 January 2023

8 reasons to have hope in 2023

Looking back on the last year, here’s why we’re hopeful for the year ahead.

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.

children from Mazar, in the north of Afghanistan

02 December 2022

This new 24-hour clinic is a prescription for good health

With support from UNICEF, nurses work a new night shift to provide relief and reassurance for underserved mothers and infants

students at the Mahendra Secondary School in Dadeldhura District

18 October 2022

Staggering backsliding across women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health revealed in new UN analysis

COVID-19, conflict, climate crises exacerbate setbacks for childhood and adolescent prospects, women’s rights

Nursing staff follow all handwashing safety protocol before examining a patient for delivery

Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services – WHO, UNICEF

Newly established global estimate on hygiene reveals the risk of disease spread and infections to patients and health care providers

breastfeeding mother

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

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Improving the survival and well-being of new-borns

Kangaroo Mother Care supports the survival of low-weight and premature babies

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Making sure your child gets all their lifesaving vaccines

UNICEF experts answer parents’ questions on childhood vaccinations