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A newborn baby girl born on 31 Dec 2018 lies in nursery at 22 May Hospital in Dolaa Hamdan, Sana'a Governorate. More than four years of armed conflict in Yemen have served to worsen the situation of women and children at birth within a country that was already the poorest in the Middle East and one of the world’s most impoverished even before the war escalated early in 2015.
Press release
11/12/2020
Severe pneumonia leaves 4.2 million children desperate for oxygen each year
Statement
09/30/2020
Remarks by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, at the high-level side event on the ACT-Accelerator at the 75th session of UN General Assembly
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Child and mother
Press release
09/08/2020
COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn
With the number of under-five deaths at an all-time recorded low of 5.2 million in 2019, disruptions in child and maternal health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at stake
baby with pneumonia
Press release
06/16/2020
Pneumonia vaccine price drops dramatically for lower-income countries thanks to the Gavi pneumococcal Advance Market Commitment
New supply agreement between UNICEF and Serum Institute of India (SII) makes pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) available at US$2.00 per dose, a 43 per cent reduction from the Gavi price at the start of the Advance Market Commitment
Press release
06/04/2020
HPV vaccine manufacturers commit to provide enough supply to immunize at least 84 million girls in Gavi countries
On the eve of the Global Vaccine Summit 2020, five manufacturers commit to increasing and prioritising HPV vaccine supply to Gavi-supported countries, which have among the highest cervical cancer burdens in the world
A UNICEF chartered plane landed at Sana’a airport on Saturday 30 May with lifesaving supplies to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in Yemen
Press release
05/30/2020
UNICEF airlifts essential supplies to respond to COVID-19 in Yemen as cases increase
Mother and baby in Côte d'Ivoire.
Press release
05/12/2020
As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 6,000 additional children under five could die a day, without urgent action
UNICEF launches #Reimagine, a global campaign to prevent the pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children
Supplies arrive at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria
Press release
05/01/2020
Geneva Palais briefing note on the impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on vaccine supply and logistics
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson Marixie Mercado – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Supplies arrive at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria
Press release
04/28/2020
COVID-19: Gavi and UNICEF to secure equipment and diagnostics for lower-income countries
A porter carries UNICEF-provided vaccines on difficult terrains on the way to a measles, rubella and polio vaccination campaign to be conducted at Barpak Village Development Committee (VDC) health post in Gorkha District, the epicentre of the April 25 earthquake.
Article
04/21/2020
The lengths to which health workers go to reach every child
Vaccines can prevent disease outbreaks now and in the future