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Dr. Elvis Badianga Kumbu holds a young girl in his arms after she underwent treatment at the Presbyterian Hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasaï region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sunday 28 January 2018.

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Child Survival and Development

Every child has a right to survive

21/06/2018

vaccination of a child carried by his mother

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Vaccination to contain severe measles outbreak underway in DR Congo amidst Ebola and mass displacement

Campaign led by the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and MSF

11/07/2019

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How the harmful practice affects millions of girls worldwide

06/02/2019

UNICEF’s WASH Officer, demonstrates to children how to correctly wash their hands in order to prevent the spread of Ebola

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Six months on, Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo now second largest in history

With children accounting for 30% of the confirmed and probable Ebola cases, UNICEF scales up its response to halt spread of the disease

30/01/2019

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New Year’s Babies: Over 65,000 children will be born in West and Central Africa on New Year’s Day - UNICEF

As the calendar turns to 2019, UNICEF calls on nations to meet every newborn’s right to health and survival

31/12/2018

Boy has his temperature taken in order to monitor fevers in Ebola-hit Mangina, North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Children account for more than one third of Ebola cases in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo – UNICEF

11/12/2018

Children are carrying water from a source built by the UNICEF in Tshinyama, a village near Miabi, located 30 km north-west of Mbuji-mayi, in the direction of Kananga, in the province of Kasai Orientale, in the south Of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a region plagued by conflict between the militia of the traditional leader Kamuina Nsapu and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) since June 2016.

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More than 80,000 children returned from Angola to DR Congo in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - UNICEF

30/10/2018

Pregnant and displaced in north-east Nigeria

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Pregnant and displaced in north-east Nigeria

After fleeing violence in their hometowns, women face giving birth in dangerous, overcrowded camps

17/10/2018

A girl stands outside her house in Rebu Village in Tarime District, Mara Region.

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A child under 15 dies every five seconds around the world – UN report

Children from the highest mortality countries are up to 60 times more likely to die in the first five years of life than those from the lowest mortality countries, report also says

18/09/2018

On 28 March, (foreground) Tenneh Mansaray breastfeeds her son, 9-day-old Manso Turay, in Bambaya Village in Fiama Chiefdom, Kono District.

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3 in 5 babies not breastfed in the first hour of life

Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives

31/07/2018

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