UNICEF in action

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A UNICEF-supported health worker in Zimbabwe.

UNICEF, Eli Lilly and Company Take on Childhood Noncommunicable Diseases in Zimbabwe

A partnership-supported initiative to educate community health workers and increase support and understanding of NCDs.

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Children carry water at the Qurdubey camp in Dollow, Somalia, where UNICEF is providing humanitarian aid to families displaced by severe drought in the Horn of Africa, one of the world's worst climate change-related disasters.

Earth Day 2023

For UNICEF, an opportunity to highlight urgent needs of vulnerable children already suffering the worst effects of climate change.

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A child recovers from cholera at a UNICEF treatment center in Ethiopia's Oromia Region.

UNICEF Fights Fast-Spreading Cholera Outbreaks in Africa

Cholera cases are on the rise in eastern and southern Africa, leaving 28.4 million people in need across 11 countries. [VIDEO]

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A young boy collects what little water he can from a dried up riverbed in Dollow Somalia, where severe drought has taken hold..

UNICEF: Water Crises Pose Triple Threat to 190M Children Worldwide

Devastating impacts of water-related crises on children calls for greater investment in climate-resilient WASH services. [VIDEO]

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A young mother sits with her 2-month-old son and 22-month-old daughter Marie, who is being treated for severe acute malnutrition, outside their room at the UNICEF-supported nutrition center at Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital, Tanguiéta, northern Benin.

UNICEF: 10M Children in Extreme Jeopardy in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

UNICEF explains the urgent and growing humanitarian needs in the central Sahel region of Africa as problems spill into neighboring countries.

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On Jan. 28, 2022, in Ndjamena, Chad, a child's upper arm circumference is measured by a health worker to screen for malnutrition at a UNICEF-supported outpatient nutrition unit.

Inside Look: How UNICEF Delivers in Complex Crises

UNICEF’s Chief of Emergencies for West and Central Africa explains how UNICEF delivers humanitarian aid to children in conflict settings.

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Woman Holding Baby

Famine Conditions Loom in Somalia

Severe drought has left more than 500,000 children under age 5 at risk of death from famine this year in Somalia. [VIDEO]

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Ten-year-old Hibo carries water in a jerrycan to her temporary home at the UNICEF-supported Kaharey IDP camp in Dollow, Somalia.

Struggling to Survive Severe Drought

In Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the number of people without access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in just five months.

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Bringing Malnourished Children Back to Health in Burkina Faso

Escalating violence in Burkina Faso has pushed almost 2 million people out of their homes and made it harder for families to feed their children.

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