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Health workers and volunteers participate in a polio immunization campaign in Kaduna, Nigeria in 2019.

Vaccinating the World Against a Virus: What It Will Take

We have been here before: Lessons learned in the fight against polio are informing the global COVID-19 response.

In the Bolivian Amazon, COVID-19 Vaccines Keep Communities Safe

Yeshialem Gebreegziabher, 27, holds her daughter, 6-month-old Kalkidan Yeman, who is suffering from malnutrition, at Aby Adi Health Center in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on June 7, 2021.

UN Report: 350,000 Ethiopians Are Living in Famine Conditions

Alarming new data shows a growing hunger emergency in Tigray, where violent conflict has raged since November 2020, endangering millions.

On 24 February 2021, an employee holds a COVID-19 vaccine vial produced for the COVAX facility at a manufacturer in Pune, a city located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

Joint Letter to G7 Countries

Give 20% of available vaccines by August. Protect us all. #DonateDosesNow

People listen to Joseph Borgen, a recent victim of a hate crime, speak during a rally denouncing antisemitic violence on May 27, 2021 in Cedarhurst, New York.

UNICEF USA Condemns Antisemitism

Children and their families have the right to be free from discrimination and to feel safe in their communities.

One-year-old baby Moses and father Ponsilio Phiri playing in Zambia in 2020. Baby Moses is enrolled in the LEGO Playful Parenting program implemented by UNICEF.

In Zambia, Playful Parenting Brings Fathers and Children Closer

A look at how a community-based parenting program supported by UNICEF and the LEGO Foundation has helped families thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Young Girl Sitting on Floor in White Dress

UNICEF USA Applauds Passage of Rhode Island Child Marriage Bill

With the passage of H5387/S398, Rhode Island becomes the fifth U.S. state to end child marriage without exceptions.

Ms. Palwasha Rafi Najemi, 40, principal of the Khwajah Rawash Girls High School receives the COVAX-facilitated COVID-19 vaccine at the Al-Fateh girls’ high school in Kabul, Afghanistan.

COVAX COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries Make Schools Safer in Afghanistan

Donate Facing the twin threat of violence and COVID-19, Afghanistan's students are still determined to learn. UNICEF is there to help. On March 8, Afghanistan became the first country in Central Asia...

UNICEF USA Hails U.S. Plan to Share COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

The Biden Administration commits to support the COVAX Facility’s mission to distribute COVID-19 vaccines equitably around the world..