UNICEF in action

UNICEF acts to protect vulnerable children and communities as the deadly, contagious viral disease continues to spread.

An update on urgent humanitarian needs in Bangladesh and Myanmar, and what UNICEF is doing to support and protect children in both countries.

UNICEF and partners plan to vaccinate more than 640,000 children against polio in Gaza. To do that, they'll need a humanitarian pause. [video]

UNICEF-supported safe learning spaces offer children displaced by conflict a place to play, learn and just be kids. [video]

Soaring heat, drought and wildfires are threatening bee populations worldwide. The climate crisis is a child rights crisis. [video]

At age 9, Anayet was working all day instead of studying. By age 13, he was changing lives as an adolescent peer leader, with UNICEF support.

The number of acutely malnourished children under age 5 rose 34 percent in the past year across Government of Yemen-controlled areas.

A UNICEF-rehabilitated system brings clean, safe water to households in rural Alsabaat, Kassala state, Sudan. [video]

A different, deadlier form of the virus formerly known as monkeypox is killing children in countries across Africa. What UNICEF is doing about it.