Eastern and Southern Africa

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Treating HIV-positive children with speed and skill

How innovations in rapid testing and child-friendly medicines are saving lives in Uganda.

29/11/2019

South Sudan. A baby sits strapped to his mother's back.

Article

From one crisis to another

More than 900,000 people in eastern South Sudan have been displaced by massive flooding. UNICEF is on the ground bringing relief

15/11/2019

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Press release

200,000 children affected as heavy flooding in Somalia brings increased risk of malnutrition and disease outbreak

UNICEF and partners working to meet urgent needs of most vulnerable children

05/11/2019

A UNICEF staff member with children in flood-affected Pibor Town, South Sudan

Press release

UNICEF appeals for US$10 million to support flood affected children in South Sudan

05/11/2019

Press release

490,000 children affected by devastating floods in South Sudan

25/10/2019

Angola. A child collects water from a pond.

Article

Where drinking water is a 90-minute walk away

An ongoing drought in southern Angola has left families desperate – and children with no time for an education

30/09/2019

Mozambique. A family stands by a destroyed house.

Press release

Mozambique: Children living in storm-affected areas face worsening food insecurity and nutrition crisis six months after Cyclone Idai

UNICEF projects more than 38,000 children could become severely malnourished by early 2020

14/09/2019

Portrait of Mohamed Moustapha Malick Fall

Biography

Mohamed Moustapha Malick Fall

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa

12/09/2019

Madagascar. A boy checks his arm after receiving a vaccination.

Blog post

Keeping families informed and children healthy

A researcher in Madagascar discusses "some of the noblest work a person can do"

06/09/2019

A health worker is doffing the personal protection suit he has been wearing. There are specific protocols for donning and doffing in the context of Ebola to ensure the health worker is not infected. For every layer of clothes, a sprayer is disinfecting the health worker with a chlorine solution. UNICEF is training frontline health workers on correct infection prevention and control (IPC) as part of the preparedness activities in South Sudan.

Press release

UNICEF ramps up Ebola prevention efforts as South Sudan assessed as ‘high-risk’ country

UN children’s agency reaches 3 million with Ebola prevention messages

29/07/2019

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