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UNICEF staff unloading emergency supplies in Port Moresby, Papua new Guinea for earthquake response efforts, in March 2018.

Responding to emergencies with life-saving supplies

See how UNICEF mobilizes life-saving supplies for children by working toward early recovery, long-term development and preparedness for the future.

Children from a pre-primary class wash their hands and learn about the importance of proper hygiene, in Doub primary school, Ta Oi District, in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in March 2019.

Water and sanitation

Supplies and services that provide access to clean water, basic toilets and good hygiene can save children’s lives.

Two girls, using with school supplies provided by UNICEF, sit at their classroom desk in a makeshift school that welcomed 900 displaced children in the Jibreen shelter, Syria, in December 2016.

Education

Appropriate learning supplies for children and adolescents help to fulfill their right to education and equip them for the future.

Kansiime Ruth (only partially shown) uses a spoon to give pediatric HIV medicine to her one-year old son Lighton, in Uganda, 2019.

Medicines

Medicines prevent and treat diseases that threaten the lives and well-being of children, adolescents and their caregivers.

Four-year old Fizza receives the oral vaccine against polio at DHA Collage School System, Neelum Campus during Polio D National Immunisation Day (NID) in Karachi Sindh Province, Pakistan, 2019.

Vaccines

Vaccines protect children from disabling and deadly diseases and contribute to healthier communities by shielding us from infectious diseases.

Margaret Agyapong, (6) in the bedroom where she and her siblings sleep under a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net (LLI) in the village of Ankaase in the Western Region of Ghana, in October 2012.

Influencing markets

Access to affordable and fit-for-purpose products from sustainable markets is essential for the survival and development of children.

A displaced child stands among hundreds of emergency supply kits picking up one of them. The kits were distributed by the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) Consortium, led by UNICEF and WFP.

Delivering products and services

Timely delivery of the right products and services today can change children’s lives for a better tomorrow.

Vaccination campaign against meningitis in Bouaké, in the center of Côte d'Ivoire.

Emergency stockpile availability - meningococcal vaccine

Access a report on the availability of the meningococcal vaccine through UNICEF emergency stockpiles.

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Khadra, 13 is vaccinated against cholera in Al Sawda IDP camp in AlDhale'e governorate, Yemen.. This was part of the door to door oral cholera vaccination campaign in the governorate. This campaign was supported and funded by the world bank.

Emergency stockpile availability - oral cholera vaccine

Access a report on the availability of oral cholera vaccine through UNICEF emergency stockpiles

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An immunization specialist opens the first box containing doses of yellow fever vaccine inside the cold room of the national warehouse of vaccines in Venezuela.

Emergency stockpile availability - yellow fever vaccine

Access a report on the yellow fever vaccine availability through UNICEF emergency stockpiles.

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