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UNICEF has been supporting Serbia to respond to the various challenges caused by the pandemic in the areas of health, education and protection

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20 December 2022

Matej is a winner!

Leskovac, November 2022 – Matej is a fighter! This is the first thing anyone who knows this quiet five-year-old boy from Leskovac will say about him. What Matej likes the most in his preschool Kolibri are puppet shows. When he takes his favourite stick puppet, Matej becomes a wolf. The story goes on, and Matej and...

Kosta, mom and dad – three superheroes

Bor, Serbia - “ I wanted to breastfeed from the very beginning. It was very important to me because of how important breastmilk is for the immune system, for the baby, for bonding with the baby, ” explains Valentina, as she begins the story of her pregnancy, childbirth, persistence in breastfeeding and the first m...

Serbia receives a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility

Belgrade, 18 March 2022 - A new delivery of COVID-19 vaccines procured through the COVAX Facility has arrived in Serbia. The new delivery of 67,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine has arrived at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport. The Government of the Republic of Serbia has financed the procurement of these vaccin...

07 February 2022

UNICEF delivers new shipment of protective equipment for the health system in Serbia

Belgrade, 7 February 2022 - The distribution of protective equipment provided by UNICEF to support the health system in the fight against the COVID-19 virus begins today. The equipment includes 350,000 surgical masks, 80,000 surgical gloves, 18,000 protective coveralls, 10,000 gowns, 1,330 visors, 890 protective g...

21 January 2022

New shipment of COVID-19 vaccines procured through the COVAX Facility arrives in Serbia

Belgrade, 21 January 2022 - Serbia has received a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines procured through the COVAX Facility. This delivery of 100,800 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines has arrived at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport this morning. This is important as evidence continues to show that high vaccination rat...

15 January 2022

What we know about the Omicron variant

16 January 2022 The highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 is driving an unprecedented surge of infections globally. We’ve gathered the latest expert information about this variant and will continue to update this article as more information becomes available. For more tips and information on COVID-19, s...

10 January 2022

COVID-19 Response

Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, more than 230 million cases have been confirmed worldwide, with more than 4.5 million confirmed deaths up to September 2021, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history. The first known COVID-19-related death in Serbia was registered in March 2020. U...

04 November 2021

Results of UNICEF's survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with children in Serbia presented

Belgrade, 4 November 2021 - The results of UNICEF's survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with children in Serbia , presented today, show that the negative impact of the pandemic on household income has been somewhat mitigated but is still present. The survey was conducted by UNICEF, with fina...

04 November 2021

Research on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with children in Serbia

In 2020, the whole world experienced a challenge without a precedent in recent history, caused by the health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to enable identification of areas most severely struck by the pandemic and the prolonged crisis; and groups that have been most hit by the effects of the...

20 October 2021

Innovative support provided at the right time

20 October 2021, Kikinda, Serbia – Thirty-three-year-old Sandra Obucinski is Stefan’s mother. While getting ready to celebrate his first birthday, she recalls how much Olivera, a visiting nurse, helped and supported her after her miscarriage, but also in her second pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Ste...

05 October 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on poor mental health in children and young people ‘tip of the iceberg’

NEW YORK, 5 October 2021 – Children and young people could feel the impact of COVID-19 on their mental health and well-being for many years to come, UNICEF warned in its flagship report today. According to The State of the World’s Children 2021; On My Mind: promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental he...

Third shipment of COVID-19 vaccines procured through the COVAX Facility arrives in Serbia

Belgrade, 25 August 2021 - Serbia has received a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines procured through the COVAX Facility. The third delivery of 115,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines has arrived at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport this morning. This is important as evidence shows that high vaccination rates are a...