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Region highlights
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 contentPress release06 February 2025The silent killer: over 100 daily deaths of children under five linked to air pollution in East Asia and the Pacific
Visit the pageNews 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
Read nowStatement21 November 2024Urgent need to protect children amid escalating conflict in Myanmar
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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 contentPress release19 February 2025Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and Southern Africa
Visit the pagePress release17 September 2024One-third of mpox cases in Burundi among school-age children – UNICEF
Visit the pageArticleMpox and children
A new variant of the mpox (monkeypox) virus is spreading, putting children at risk.
Read the storyStatement22 August 2024UNICEF statement on execution of four youths in Puntland state, Somalia
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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 contentPress release15 April 2025Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years
Visit the pageStatement13 April 2025Attack in Sumy reportedly kills at least two children and injures 15
Read nowStatement05 April 2025UNICEF calls for immediate end to attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine as nine children reportedly killed in Kryvyi Rih
Read nowStatement24 March 2025Deadly attacks affecting children in Ukraine a tragic reminder that nowhere is safe
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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 contentArticleReaching every child: Vaccination in remote El Salvador
The daily journey of a community health promoter to build resiliency, one vaccination at a time.
Read the storyArticleCash transfers boost businesses and hopes in Haiti
UNICEF-supported cash transfers are helping small businesses – and the families that depend on them – to make ends meet.
Read the storyPress release03 July 2024At least 3 million children at risk as Hurricane Beryl hits the Caribbean
Visit the pagePress release02 July 2024One child displaced every minute in Haiti as armed violence persists – UNICEF
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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 contentPress release15 April 2025Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years
Visit the pagePress 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
Visit the pageStatement12 April 2025At least 23 children and 9 aid workers reportedly killed in Al Fasher, Abu Shouk and Zamzam camps in North Darfur, Sudan
Read nowArticleEarly moments shattered in Sudan
The first 1,000 days of life are critical to a child’s development. Two years of war have devastated this life-setting period
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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 contentPress 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
Visit the pagePhoto essayRohingya children face an emergency within an emergency
Seven years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, record numbers of children are experiencing a nutrition emergency
See the storyPress release11 March 202527 per cent surge in number of children admitted for severe acute malnutrition treatment in Rohingya refugee camps
Visit the pageArticlePreventing 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 contentBlog postPowering education for a sustainable future
How clean energy is transforming schools for a greener world
Read the storyPress release17 April 2025At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti
Visit the pagePress 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
Visit the pagePress release15 April 2025Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years
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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 contentPress 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
Visit the pageArticle4 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
Read the storyPress release14 March 2025Tens of thousands of families displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response
Visit the pagePress 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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