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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.
Programme
08/07/2019
Strengthening district health systems
UNICEF helps find local solutions for global health challenges.
A mother lies next to her one-day-old baby, covered in blankets.
Programme
08/01/2019
Maternal and newborn health
Newborns and mothers are still dying in appalling numbers – mostly from preventable causes.
A six-month-old, just vaccinated, lies peacefully in a health clinic.
Programme
08/08/2019
Health
Every child has the right to survive and thrive.
A happy mother gives her baby a kiss on the cheek.
Programme
08/01/2019
Maternal, newborn and child survival
Improving the survival chances of newborns, children and mothers is an urgent global challenge.
On 23 July, 2019, Clara, 8 months, is breastfed by her mother, Rosina, at their home in a rural area of the department of San José, Uruguay.
Statement
08/03/2020
Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet
Joint message for World Breastfeeding Week 2020 by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Document
06/25/2020
Investing in Health Workers to Save Lives
Vaccines Colombia
Press release
05/22/2020
At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts, warn Gavi, WHO and UNICEF
Agencies call for joint effort to safely deliver routine immunization and proceed with vaccination campaigns against deadly vaccine-preventable diseases.
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
On 1 January 2019 in Spain, newborn baby girl Sofia Karapetyan with her mother Lilit Grigoryan poses at the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus in Barcelona.
Article
05/11/2020
Navigating pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic
An expert midwife on how to best protect yourself and your baby
Masa’uda Abdullahi holds her daughter Rahama in Kebbi State, north-western Nigeria.
Article
05/08/2020
How a simple technique is saving babies’ lives in Nigeria
A team of health workers is bringing ‘kangaroo care’ to remote communities