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22 December 2023

Primary Health Care Centre in Bor received a vehicle for the visiting nurses to visit families with children

Bor, 22 December 2023 – Today, the visiting nurse service at the Primary Health Care Centre in Bor received a vehicle that will enable the visiting nurses to regularly visit families with children in Bor and the surrounding area. The vehicle, a Ford Fiesta, was secured from dm’s donation to UNICEF to support the e...

Empowering Families: The Transformative Impact of Visiting Nurses

Vrsac/Uljma, Serbia, May 2023 - With curious green eyes, six-month-old Lara cheerfully responds to her mom’s voice. She sings along with her mother as she is changing her. Miljana and Lara like to sing. And they talk a lot. “Many people, including me, think, it's a little baby, she can't understand anything at fi...

22 December 2022

UNICEF warns of conditions of possible measles outbreak in Serbia

Belgrade, 22 December 2022 – As the Institute of Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut Public Health of Serbia reported on the drop in immunization coverage rates against all paediatric vaccines in Serbia for 2020 and 2021, UNICEF warns of possible measles outbreak and other vaccine preventable diseases in the country. This dr...

10 November 2022

United for Little Giants conference

Minister Kisić, Ms. Bikicki Ivezić (president of the Association Mali Div), dear professionals and parents, it is my great pleasure to open this important conference on such a touching topic. We are approaching November 17 th , World Prematurity Day. This is another good opportunity to raise awareness about the ch...

26 January 2022

UNICEF Delivers a Transport Vehicle to the Centre for Neonatology in Kragujevac

Kragujevac, 26 January 2022 - The Centre for Neonatology in Kragujevac received a transport vehicle designed to transport prematurely born and sick babies from maternity wards to the Centre for Neonatology and other relevant children’s hospitals in Serbia. The vehicle, worth 10,104,920 dinars, was provided through...

11 January 2022

Healthy Start for Every Child

UNICEF advocates for strong infant and young child policies to ensure quality and continuity of life-saving maternal, newborn and childcare services, from conception through the first six years of life. Nurturing care, which includes care for good health, adequate nutrition, safety and security, responsive careg...

17 November 2021

UNICEF delivered a life-saving device for newborn babies to the Paediatric Clinic in Kragujevac

Kragujevac, 17 November 2021 - World Prematurity Day was celebrated today in all four neonatal units in Serbia, and the Paediatric Clinic in Kragujevac received a therapeutic hypothermia device for asphyxiated newborns from UNICEF. This donation was provided by Delhaize Serbia as part of the So Small They Could F...

17 November 2021

UNICEF delivered two incubators to the Institute for Neonatology in Belgrade

Belgrade, 17 November 2021 - UNICEF donated today, on the World Prematurity Day, two incubators to the Institute for Neonatology in Belgrade, our leading institution providing care to premature babies. The donation was provided by UNICEF from its own funds, responding to increased needs for the care of babies and ...

Delhaize Serbia donates funds to UNICEF for modernising and equipping neonatal units in Serbia

Belgrade, 2 August 2021 – The country’s largest retail chain Delhaize Serbia has donated 200,000 euros to UNICEF for modernising and equipping neonatal units in Serbia. This is this year’s largest private sector donation that will enable the procurement of the first transportation vehicle for children and therapeu...

13 September 2019

The big touch of little heroes

Lenka and Miona are identical twins. They were born two months early. The girls are lively and it’s already obvious to their parents that they have different personalities. However, they are the same in one aspect: they love skin-to-skin contact. Their mother, Milana Pasic, is staying in the unit for mothers accom...

30 October 2017

The most beautiful job in the world

Ivanka Djordjevic is an experienced visiting nurse, who has just finished her visit to the Jovanovic family in Pirot, Serbia. Tea, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl nestled in her mother's arms, is saying goodbye to Ivanka, cheerfully waving and sending her kisses. The two of them have known each other since Tea was ...