UNICEF in action

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A UNICEF-supported health worker cares for multiple cholera patients at Area 18 Health Center in Lilongwe, Malawi.

UNICEF Responds to Cholera Emergency in Malawi

As cholera cases continue to rise, UNICEF scales up water, sanitation and hygiene support — helping schools reopen safely to students.
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A student raises his hand to answer a question in a classroom at Oasis Primary School in Hartcliffe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

UNICEF and Microsoft Prioritize Education Via the Learning Passport

UNICEF and Microsoft are partnering to improve equitable access to education for the most vulnerable. [VIDEO]
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In 1997 a girl, far right, guides her mother, who lost her sight from river blindness, past cooking utensils and debris in an alley where a neighbor sits, outside their home in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Progress in the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Efforts to tackle neglected tropical diseases are a global public health success story.
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UNICEF Communication Officer Moeed Hussain gives blankets to a family during UNICEF’s winter kits distribution in Zangi Brohi Village, Dadu District, Sindh Province.

'Children Are Still Dying' in Pakistan, UNICEF Warns World

A call for support to help build community resiliency in flood-impacted areas and advance longer-term goals for children.
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In Kotlyareve, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, 5-year-old Ulyana and her brothers were thrilled to open a box from UNICEF containing warm winter clothes.

UNICEF Provides Warm Winter Clothes for Ukraine's Children

Winter clothes delivered by UNICEF help keep children in Ukraine warm as temperatures plummet.
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Eight-year-old Eva shares a small room with her mother and sister in a modular complex for people who have lost their homes in Irpin, Ukraine.

Winter Relief for Ukraine's Children

UNICEF is scaling up life-sustaining programs to help children in Ukraine make it through the long winter. More help is needed.
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A child suffering from severe acute malnutrition is given Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food at a UNICEF-supported camp in Sindh province, Pakistan, where families displaced by catastrophic flooding are receiving emergency assistance..

As Floodwaters Recede, Grave Risks Remain for Children in Pakistan

UNICEF continues relief operations to help millions of children still suffering the effects of the catastrophic 2022 monsoon season.
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Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) are energy-dense, micronutrient-enriched pastes that have a nutritional profile and are often made of peanuts, oil, sugar and milk powder.

What Is Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food?

UNICEF is the global leader in RUTF procurement, purchasing and distributing almost 80 percent of the world's supply. [VIDEO]
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Women and children queue for health and nutrition services from UNICEF and partners at the Higlo site for displaced families in Ethiopia.

Dangers Deepening for Children Caught in Horn of Africa Drought Crisis

The number of lives threatened by catastrophic conditions has doubled in the last five months. A look at UNICEF's action plan for 2023.

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