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Eastern and Southern Africa

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Press release
23 August 2022
Children suffering dire drought across parts of Africa are ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ – warns UNICEF
Number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia without reliable access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in the space of five months, meanwhile children in the Sahel also facing extremely high levels of water vulnerability
Statement
10 January 2022
Children feared dead and injured in recent attacks on refugee and internal displacement camps in northern Ethiopia
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
Press release
09 July 2021
UNICEF signs first COVID-19 vaccine agreement to supply African Union
The agreement will supply up to 220 million single-dose vaccines by 2022 as part of UNICEF’s broader support for the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to help provide vaccines for the 55 AU Member States
ethiopia
Press release
14 June 2021
UN agencies concerned by looming famine in northern Ethiopia, call for urgent life-saving action to avert it
Over 350 000 people already face catastrophic conditions in Tigray
Statement
14 June 2021
At least 33,000 children in parts of Tigray, Ethiopia, at imminent risk of death as conflict increases famine threat
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
Statement
30 May 2020
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the killing of health workers in Somalia
mother rand child
Press release
21 April 2020
Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries
Annual report on acute food insecurity and malnutrition published today
Press release
29 March 2020
Despite challenges, UNICEF continues to ship vital supplies to affected countries amid soaring number of COVID-19 cases
Press release
26 March 2020
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Bu alandaki ilerleme İngiltere, Finlandiya, Fransa, Almanya, ABD, Avustralya ve Yeni Zelanda gibi yüksek gelir düzeyindeki ülkelerde de yavaş gerçekleşiyor.
Press release
15 May 2019
1 in 7 babies worldwide born with a low birthweight - The Lancet Global Health, UNICEF, WHO
Progress is also slow in high-income countries including the UK, Finland, France, Germany, USA, Australia, and New Zealand.