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 caregiving and opportunities for…, Programme Area Goals, UNICEF’s goal is to ensure that children, from conception to 6 years, especially the most marginalized and those living in humanitarian settings, and their parents/families, benefit from high-impact health, nutrition and other interventions that support nurturing care for early childhood development.  Healthy start 2 UNICEF Srbija / 2021 / Pančić, CPD Target, By 2025, national policies, evidence, and institutional and professional capacities are in place to provide quality, evidence-based, equity-focused, fiscally sustainable perinatal and immunization services to all mothers, newborns and young children.   Our goal is that by 2025:  95% of children have been vaccinated with the Measles-containing…, Challenge, To respond to the urgent needs of young children and their families and tackle the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health protection system, accelerated intervention across communities is needed to improve the overall effectiveness of health care services so that no child is left behind.    Data collected before the COVID-19 pandemic…, Solution, UNICEF is strengthening national policies, evidence, and institutional and professional capacities for providing quality, evidence-based, equity-focused, fiscally sustainable perinatal and immunization services to all mothers, newborns and young children.  Efforts are ongoing in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health to improve perinatal…