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UNICEF's regional offices help coordinate ongoing work and initiatives with the country offices
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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 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 release04 November 2025Hunger and malnutrition deepen as conflict and access constraints persist in South Sudan
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Press release26 October 2025UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson travels to South Sudan to meet children in a country under threat from global funding cuts
Read nowStatement09 July 2025UNICEF statement on the loss of lives, including a young girl, during the Saba Saba protests in Kenya
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Press release12 June 2025Conflict, displacement and disease drive food insecurity and malnutrition to alarming levels in parts of South Sudan
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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
Statement28 August 2025Four children reportedly killed in wave of deadly attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine
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Press release09 July 202570 per cent of children in Ukraine lack access to basic goods and services as material deprivation soars
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Press release04 July 2025Threefold increase in the number of children killed or injured in Ukraine over the past three months
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Statement26 May 2025Horrific strikes in Ukraine reportedly kill three children, injure at least 13
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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 release30 October 2025Over 700,000 children affected after Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean
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Press release26 October 2025At least 1.6 million children at risk as Hurricane Melissa moves through the Caribbean
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Press release08 October 2025Number of displaced children in Haiti almost doubles in one year
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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
Press release04 November 2025Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides
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Statement26 October 2025Gaza’s ceasefire offers a vital chance for children – it must be seized
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Press release23 October 2025IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP urge immediate action to address escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan
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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
ArticleIn Afghanistan, children reclaim childhood after earthquake
Child-friendly spaces provide children with a sense of stability amid loss and uncertainty
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Press release15 October 2025More than 212,000 children at risk of acute watery diarrhoea and other deadly waterborne diseases in earthquake-hit eastern Afghanistan
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Statement01 September 2025Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan
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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 release04 November 2025Hunger and malnutrition deepen as conflict and access constraints persist in South Sudan
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Press release04 November 2025Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides
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Press release30 October 2025Over 700,000 children affected after Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean
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Statement30 October 2025Statement by Gilles Fagninou, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, on the occasion of the Great Lakes Conference
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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
Statement30 October 2025Statement by Gilles Fagninou, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, on the occasion of the Great Lakes Conference
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Press release24 September 2025DR Congo: UNICEF delivers vaccines and life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits Kasai
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ArticleIn Sierra Leone, child labour leaves childhoods on hold
Child labour is having a devastating impact on children’s rights, well-beings and futures
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Press release30 July 202580,000 children at high risk of cholera as outbreaks spread across 12 countries in West and Central Africa
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