UNICEF in action

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Narmin, 10, lies in a bed at Al Nau hospital in Khartoum where she is being treated for an injury suffered during a shelling.

The Cost of Inaction in Sudan: Catastrophic Loss of Children's Lives

Tens of thousands of Sudanese children may die over the coming months, UNICEF warns.

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Loyce Msowoya, a health worker at St John's Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi, carries a box of vaccines during a door-to door polio vaccination campaign on March 8, 2024.

UNICEF's Catherine Russell: Women Are the Key to Eradicating Polio

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on why Rotary International and UNICEF make great partners and what’s ahead for polio eradication.

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Fatima, 17, at her vocational training center in Gonidamgari Primary School, Maiduguri, Nigeria.

A Bright Future for Fatima in Nigeria

Students in Nigeria's North East region are benefitting from a hybrid learning program that combines catch-up classes and vocational training.

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Kylie Smith, 21, an Environmental Studies student at the University of Central Florida, and colleagues organized a voter registration drive for fellow students.

Youth Day, Every Day

Imagine a world where young people are not just the future but also the present heroes of public health.

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Fatima Mahamat, 20, holds her 23-day-old baby girl Amina in her lap and the child's new birth certificate in her hand, having completed the registration in just a few minutes using a digital app, at the health center in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, where the child was vaccinated.

UNICEF and Child Protection: Birth Registration as First Line of Defense of Children's Rights

How UNICEF helped increase birth registration rates in Chad with digital innovation. [video]

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Seven-month-old Genan drinks after eating Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food at Damazine Children's Hospital in Blue Nile State, Sudan.

Famine Confirmed in Sudan: UNICEF Calls for Expanded Humanitarian Access

Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by Sudan's ongoing conflict need urgent assistance in North Darfur. [video]

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A pediatrician shows a mother a breastfeeding position at a UNICEF-supported health and nutrition center in Harasta, Rural Damascus, Syria.

In Emergencies, Breastfeeding Keeps Babies Alive

During humanitarian crises, breastfeeding can be even more important for a baby's survival.

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Children attend class at the Armenia Government School in Armenia, in the Cayo District of Belize.

Children's Right to Online Safety Must Be Protected

The bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) aims to protect children from the harms of social media.

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J. Khuvituguldur, 4, peeks over the fence behind his family's ger home in the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

How UNICEF Is Supporting a Green Transition in Mongolia to Improve Children's Health

Tackling air pollution by replacing coal-burning stoves with electric ones. [video]

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