Eastern and Southern Africa

Angola. A child collects water from a pond.

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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.

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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

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Mohamed Moustapha Malick Fall

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa

12/09/2019

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

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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.

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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

A girl holds a jerry can under a tap, Madagascar

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Turning on the tap in Madagascar

In a drought-hit region of Madagascar, a new pipeline brings water to thousands of people

25/07/2019

On 17 April 2018 in Yambio, South Sudan, [NAMES CHANGED] (right-left) Ganiko, 12 yrs, and Jackson, 13 yrs, stand during a ceremony to release children from the ranks of armed groups and start a process of reintegration. Jackson and Ganiko were best friends when they served together with the armed group.

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32 children released from opposition groups in South Sudan

24/07/2019

Jane Tiko feeds a therapeutic formula to her nine-month-old son Simon Ladok in the malnutrition ward in the Al-Sabbah children's hospital in Juba, South Sudan, Wednesday 15 March 2017. The ward is for children who suffer from malnutrition and associated complications.

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Record number of people facing critical lack of food in South Sudan

61 per cent of the population are projected to face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse

14/06/2019

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UNICEF launches swift response as first Ebola cases and deaths confirmed in Uganda

5-year-old boy and his grandmother die from Ebola virus in western Uganda

13/06/2019

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Pocket-sized innovation, giant impact: New app and online system launches in South Sudan to support most vulnerable children

The innovations will support case workers helping unaccompanied and separated children, child survivors of sexual violence, and children associated with armed groups.

06/06/2019

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