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Crisis in Haiti: 1 in 3 Children in Urgent Need of Humanitarian Aid

With vulnerable children and families facing multiple threats to their health and safety, UNICEF seeks support to ramp up its response.

"As a frontline worker, it is paramount that we get vaccinated as we are most at risk of getting the virus. I am doing this to protect my family, my community, and Vanuatu," says Joanne, Acting Surveillance Manager at Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health.

In Vanuatu, Few COVID-19 Cases But UNICEF Isn’t Resting Easy

The island nation has remained relatively unscathed throughout the pandemic, but that presents new hurdles as vaccination efforts begin.

Reaching the 186 households in her Dimire village close to the Mozambican border is now much easier for UNICEF-supported village health worker Miranda Muyambo since receiving a bicycle in April 2020. UNICEFZimbabwe/2021/Timothy Manyange

Health Workers Endure Rugged Treks to Help Every Child

Despite the challenges facing our world, frontline health workers are not giving up hope or their fight to care for mothers and children.

Displaced by Violence in Ethiopia: A 9-Year-Old's Story

A trained vaccinator at Kurmitola General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, flashes V for victory — also V for vaccine — as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up in the country, with support from UNICEF and the COVAX Facility.

COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Donated by the U.S. Arrive in South Asia

A lifeline for a region ravaged by the global pandemic reaches Bangladesh and Pakistan via the COVAX Facility.

COVID-19 Vaccines Empower Superhero Health Workers in DRC

Donate When patients sick with COVID-19 started appearing at the Democratic Republic of Congo's Provincial Hospital in Goma, North Kivu, last year, nurse Jeanne Dusungu moved out of her family's home...

Older adults started to receive COVID-19 vaccines at a vaccination site in the district of San Martín de Porres in Lima, Peru on March 24, 2021.

Grandparents in Peru Can Hug Their Grandkids Again, Thanks to COVAX

Please Donate Eager to receive their COVID-19 shots, the elderly made their way to the vaccination center in Lima, Peru, leaning on canes or rolling up in wheelchairs pushed by family members and...

Legacy and Contributions From Caribbean-American Heritage Month

Caribbean-American Heritage Month provides a time for Americans to honor the achievements and contributions of Caribbean immigrants.

When their school was closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Kvas Em and Rocham Yhang kept up with their lessons via a radio provided by UNICEF in Paor Kekchong village, Borkeo District, Rattanakiri, Cambodia.

Core Resources Help UNICEF Achieve the Greatest Impact for Children

Vital unrestricted funding allows UNICEF to pioneer new solutions, take innovations to scale and respond rapidly to emergencies.