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A diverse region, with some of the world’s most dynamic economies as well as its least developed countries. Great progress for children, with areas of great need and new challenges, including climate change.Showcased content
Press release06 February 2025The silent killer: over 100 daily deaths of children under five linked to air pollution in East Asia and the Pacific
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News note16 January 2025UNICEF sends supplies to help children and pregnant women affected by Xizang earthquake
Read nowStatement18 December 2024An estimated 40,000 children impacted in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Vanuatu
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Blog postA ray of sunshine for families in crisis in Myanmar
A field diary by June Kunugi, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific
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A diverse region with some of the world’s poorest countries as well as richer countries where progress meets striking inequalities. Challenges include the impact of conflict and natural disasters.Showcased content
Press release08 May 2025Lifesaving humanitarian supply route cut in South Sudan leaving malnourished children at risk
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Press release11 March 2025UNICEF Executive Director visits Tanzania to recognise progress for children despite continued challenges
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Press release19 February 2025Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and Southern Africa
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Press release17 September 2024One-third of mpox cases in Burundi among school-age children – UNICEF
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Great transformations over the past decades, and great gains for children. Those living in poverty, in rural areas, and ethnic minorities like the Roma have a harder time realizing their rights.Showcased content
Statement24 April 2025Horrific strikes reportedly kill three children and injure at least six others in Kyiv
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Press release15 April 2025Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years
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Statement13 April 2025Attack in Sumy reportedly kills at least two children and injures 15
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Statement05 April 2025UNICEF calls for immediate end to attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine as nine children reportedly killed in Kryvyi Rih
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The world’s most unequal region, huge progress has improved the lives of many children, but left behind others, including children living in poverty and those of African or indigenous descent.Showcased content
Press release17 April 2025At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti
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Press release17 January 2025Almost one in eight children internally displaced in Haiti as armed violence continues – UNICEF
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ArticleReaching every child: Vaccination in remote El Salvador
The daily journey of a community health promoter to build resiliency, one vaccination at a time.
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Marked by disparities, with some of the world’s richest countries and others contending with widespread poverty and conflict. Inequities based on wealth, gender, and residence leave many children vulnerable.Showcased content
ArticleLives changed forever by war in Gaza
Gaza’s children remain trapped in the jaws of conflict. Even for those who survive their injuries, life will never be the same
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Statement01 May 2025Civilians trapped, children at risk, amid escalating violence in Darfur
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Press release15 April 2025Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years
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Press release15 April 2025Number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan doubles as conflict enters third year amid ‘perfect storm’ of threats to children
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Countries in South Asia have made impressive gains for children, but there are huge disparities. Millions of children contend with poverty and discrimination due to gender or ethnicity.Showcased content
Press release21 March 2025As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million
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Photo essayRohingya children face an emergency within an emergency
Seven years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, record numbers of children are experiencing a nutrition emergency
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Press release11 March 202527 per cent surge in number of children admitted for severe acute malnutrition treatment in Rohingya refugee camps
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ArticlePreventing health system collapse in Afghanistan
UNICEF and partners have kept Afghanistan’s health system going through a time of upheaval
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National committees work locally to promote children’s rights, raise funds to support UNICEF’s work, and provide visibility to children’s issues worldwide.Showcased content
Press release13 May 2025Children’s wellbeing in world’s wealthiest countries took sharp turn for the worse in wake of COVID-19 pandemic - UNICEF
Visit the pageStatement12 May 2025Two young children die from dehydration after dinghy loses power in the central Mediterranean
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West and Central Africa is home to 403 million people – half of them children. The region will experience a sharp rise in its child and youth populations over the next few decades – a demographic transition that offers a huge opportunity for growth and poverty reduction.Showcased content
Press release16 April 2025UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Article4 ways UNICEF is supporting children in DRC
Conflict and displacement are taking a heavy toll on families. UNICEF is working with partners to support them
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Press release14 March 2025Tens of thousands of families displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response
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Press release03 March 2025UNICEF reaches 364,000 children daily in Goma with clean water and sanitation after escalation in DR Congo conflict
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