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06 September 2023

January - June 2023. UNICEF Venezuela Response

From January to June 2023, UNICEF Venezuela reached around 623,315 people, including 384,808 children (49.2 percent girls) with integrated lifesaving interventions. During the first semester, 101,751 children under five (50.2 percent girls) were screened for acute malnutrition, of which 6,819 children identified w...

January - December 2022. UNICEF Venezuela Response

Between January-December 2022, UNICEF's lifesaving interventions reached around 2.5 million people including 2.1 million children. 69% of 22,080 children with wasting in 21 states have been discharged as cured thanks to UNICEF nutrition-supported programmes. 160,000 children (19,200 children with disabilities)...

January - June 2022. UNICEF Venezuela Response

Between January and June 2022, UNICEF Venezuela life saving interventions reached around 1,099,115 people, including 612,848 children. UNICEF-supported hospital boat provided comprehensive care in the farthest parish of Antonio Díaz municipality in Delta Amacuro state where the population reports not having had ac...

09 February 2022

January - December 2021. UNICEF Venezuela Response

The complex humanitarian situation in Venezuela continued in 2021, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, clashes in border states, and heavy rains that led to more than 54,000 people being affected by flooding and landslides in 10 states. With the generous support from donors, between January and December, UNICEF ...

January - June 2021. UNICEF Venezuela Response

During the first semester of 2021, UNICEF distributed a total of 881.6 tons of relief supplies worth US$6.95 million from its warehouses to various partners throughout the country. In addition, vaccines worth US$4.7 million were directly distributed to the Ministry of Health’s main warehouse and counterparts. Betw...

May 2021. UNICEF Venezuela Response

In May 2021, 1,022 children under 15 years of age living with HIV (459 girls and 563 boys) received antiretroviral treatment (ART) according to their corresponding schemes, with UNICEF being the only provider of paediatric ART nationwide. UNICEF provided 5,326 children aged 6–59 months old (2,515 girls and 2,811 b...

April 2021. UNICEF Venezuela Response

On 10 April, the Venezuela Government made effective more than 50 percent of the first down payment to the COVAX facility. In addition, the country shifted from a committed to an optional vaccine purchasing modality. During April, 5,504 pregnant women, including some 1,696 pregnant adolescents, were treated during...

75 years supporting the most vulnerable children

In December 1946, a year after the end of World War II, millions of children suffered from deprivation of access to basic services and food, consequences of the war. Faced with this reality, the United Nations Assembly announced the creation of the United Nations International Emergency Fund for Children (UNICEF) ...

March 2021. UNICEF Venezuela Response

Thanks to UNICEF’s support to 94 health centres, a total of 2,846 first antenatal care consultations with 1,569 rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for HIV/Syphilis were performed; 2,023 normal and complicated deliveries were attended; 266 critically ill new-borns received services at neonatal intensive care units; some ...

February 2021. UNICEF Venezuela Response

During February, UNICEF and PAHO led the coordination of the National Technical Group (Mesa Técnica Nacional - MTN), to support the drafting of the national vaccination development plan, the resource mobilization strategy, and to increase COVID-19 vaccine availability in a shorter time through the COVAX mechanism....

Plane with UN humanitarian aid arrives today in Venezuela with supplies of nutrition, water, hygiene and sanitation

CARACAS, May 29, 2020.- A plane carrying 12 tons of humanitarian aid, aimed at providing nutritional support and improving access to safe water for thousands of families, arrives in the country today to support the United Nations humanitarian response. With this shipment, the United Nations has brought more than 1...

January 2021. UNICEF Venezuela Response

High level and technical negotiations have taken place to assess feasibility and options to receive vaccines through COVAX in Venezuela. Planning meetings have been conducted with authorities and stakeholders regarding Venezuela’s access to the COVAX facility and the increase in number of vaccines. During January,...