Maternal health

A mother lies on her side, head in hand, with her baby seated in front of her outside a health centre in Uganda.

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Strengthening district health systems

UNICEF helps find local solutions for global health challenges.

07/08/2019

A mother lies next to her one-day-old baby, covered in blankets.

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Maternal and newborn health

Newborns and mothers are still dying in appalling numbers – mostly from preventable causes.

01/08/2019

A six-month-old, just vaccinated, lies peacefully in a health clinic.

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Health

Every child has the right to survive and thrive.

08/08/2019

A happy mother gives her baby a kiss on the cheek.

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Maternal, newborn and child survival

Improving the survival chances of newborns, children and mothers is an urgent global challenge.

01/08/2019

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Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore at the launch of the Lancet Commission

19/02/2020

A Ka Thanh, a baby boy from the Bana ethnic group was born at 8am on the 1st of January 2020.

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New life brings new hope in Viet Nam

Simple measures are saving newborn lives

18/02/2020

Health worker Nsiri Lowoso vaccinate three month old Zoe Nukandila as his mom, Arellete Ytshika, hold him, Saturday 10 Nov, 2018 at the Centre De Sante Le Rocher Maternity in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. He was vaccinated against measles and rubella, tetanus and polio.

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Global measles vaccination drive to protect upto 45 million children

Vaccination campaigns in seven countries to tackle rise in measles cases worldwide

05/02/2020

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New Year’s babies: Over 392,000 children will be born worldwide on New Year’s Day

In 2020, UNICEF is calling for world leaders and nations to invest in health workers with the know-how and equipment to save every newborn

01/01/2020

Sugarmaa Batjargal as a newborn (left) and 1-year-old (right).

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What a difference a year makes!

For a baby, the first year is an amazing time of growth and discovery. Meet four babies, from four countries, who thrived this past year

23/12/2019

A mother awaiting immunization of their children at Nabilatuk H/C IV, Kaabong District. Uganda

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More women and children survive today than ever before – UN report

Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds

19/09/2019

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