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Afghanistan. A girls' robotics team show off their project

Afghan girls' robotics team dreams of success

The team hopes its project will help address the shortage of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic

Afghanistan. A health worker checks on a small child at a hospital.

In Afghanistan, COVID-19 deepens malnutrition crisis

The pandemic is exacerbating the challenges facing the country's most vulnerable children

A UNICEF shipment of 3.7 cubic metres of vital health supplies lands in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on a flight organised by the European Union (EU) to transport vital humanitarian supplies and other supplies to support the COVID-19 response. An additional flight carrying 183 cubic metres of supplies will land in Kinshasa, on 19 June 2020

COVID-19: EU Humanitarian Air Bridge helps deliver over 50 tonnes of UNICEF supplies for vulnerable children and families

Afghanistan. A child is screened for malnutrition.

UNICEF comment on malnutrition in Afghanistan at the Geneva Palais briefing

This is a summary of what was said by Marixie Mercado, UNICEF spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Naina Patel with her daughter at Mamta Diwas at Chanota Fadia, AW Baria, Gujarat as routine immunisations and checkups resume post-COVID-19 lockdown

Urgent action needed to safeguard futures of 600 million South Asian children threatened by COVID-19: UNICEF

Cash transfers and other measures can prevent families slipping into poverty

Afghanistan. Workers talk to a parent about childhood immunizations.

Scaling up routine immunization in Afghanistan

Despite the pandemic, workers are supporting families to ensure that children still receive routine immunizations

Afghanistan. A child walks around a displacement camp.

Deafening silence and uncertainty in Afghanistan

As parts of the country have locked down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the situation has become even more dire for internally-displaced children

Afghanistan. Women and children stand outside a home.

Female-headed households hit hard by COVID-19 in Afghanistan

The pandemic poses a serious threat to women’s engagement in economic activities

Mama Bwanga at a health centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic

On 21 November 2019, Hanifa and her husband Nabih and five of their six children sit on the floor of their one-room house in Shayadee camp for internally displaced people near Herat in Afghanistan.

Preserving hope in Afghanistan

Protecting children in the world’s most lethal conflict