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Report
08 December 2022
Good nutrition, bright futures
Towards an Africa without malnutrition by 2030

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A mother holds her baby as a nurse register her baby's birth
Press release
24 October 2022
More than half of world’s unregistered children under 5 in Africa - UNICEF
Concerted efforts and focus are urgently needed to raise birth registration levels among the poorest children
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Press release
10 October 2022
UNICEF & WHO call for end to historic underfunding of mental health services in Africa
On World Mental Health Day partners confirm commitment to joint action to make mental health a priority
A young girl drinking water from a yellow bucket
Press release
24 August 2022
Children suffering dire drought across parts of Africa are ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ – warns UNICEF
The number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya and 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 vulner
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Article
27 May 2022
Calling for a rapid scale-up to tackle malnutrition
UNICEF, the AU and the Democratic Republic of Congo call for stronger commitments from African leaders to strengthen multi-sectoral nutrition investments
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Press release
24 May 2022
African leaders and development partners called to combine scaled-up humanitarian response with prevention, as the situation worsens for millions of children facing severe wasting - UNICEF
Global food price rises, low harvests, climate change and conflict mean concerted action is needed by African Heads of State meeting this week in Equatorial Guinea to build long-term resilience
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Report
20 March 2022
Progress on WASH in Africa (2000-2020)
The JMP Snapshot Report, 5 years into the SDGs

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A child leans over to fillsup water cans through water taps
Press release
20 March 2022
Africa to drastically accelerate progress on water, sanitation and hygiene – report
If current progress trends continue, very few African Union member states may achieve universal access to safely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation or basic hygiene services by 2030
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Press release
26 January 2022
UNICEF Launches First Ever U-Report Challenge to Boost Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake in Africa
‘Be the hero your community needs!’ say Nigeria and South Africa Celebrities, also U-Report supporters, Kate Henshaw and Maps Maponyane
Press release
08 December 2021
European Union provides fresh funding to support COVID-19 vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa
The programme will reach more than 189 million people