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In this report, UNICEF, WFP and The Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium, describe the impact of recent crises on the key systems - food, health, education, water and sanitation, and social protection - that ensure access to nutritious foods, essential nutrition services, and positive care practices.  Drawing lessons learned from how …

Child hunger and malnutrition are violations of children’s rights. They are also significant contributors to mortality, causing an estimated 45 per cent of all deaths in children under 5 years of age. Despite reduction in global child mortality and malnutrition, just under 5 million children still die every year, mostly due to preventable causes…

Inequitable access to nutritious diets, nutrition services and positive nutrition and care practices has compounded global gender inequality, undermining women’s and girls’ ability to live healthy and productive lives. It also has devastating impacts on the survival and future health of their children. Good nutrition is fundamental for the health…

This brochure of inspiration is to make UNICEF's food consumption at events nutritious, safe, and sustainable. It is meant for all UNICEF offices globally, regionally and in countries and is inspired by previous UNICEF and WHO guidance on food, nutrition, health, and sustainability. While different regional contexts will present different cultural…

This Large Scale Fortification Guidance Note is to support governments to plan and implement LSFF programmes for the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies in children, women, and communities. Such programming should be implemented as part of a comprehensive approach to address micronutrient deficiencies, alongside other strategies such as…

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UNICEF works day in and day out, in some of the world’s toughest places, to protect children’s rights and safeguard their futures. On the ground in over 190 countries and territories, we reach more children and young people than any other international organization. Explore our nutrition programmes and initiatives., Global partnerships and initiatives, UNICEF collaborates with nutrition partners at global, regional and country levels to scale up nutrition policies, strategies and programmes that accelerate progress towards achieving the  Sustainable Development Goals Sustainable Development Goals , including Goal 2: to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition. As part of its convening role,…, Learn more

Nutritious diets and sustainable food systems have the potential to nourish children and nurture child and planetary wellbeing. Yet, in many parts of the world, poor diets and unsustainable food systems are driving child malnutrition, environmental degradation, and climate change. At the same time, the climate crisis is slowing, and at times…

UNICEF’s Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan 2023-2030 guides communities, governments and global leaders to work together to prioritize children’s needs. By 2030, UNICEF with partners, aspires to reach 500 million children in 100 countries with integrated climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction solutions, including 30…, Our commitments, UNICEF endorses the COP28 Relief, Recovery and Peace Declaration and has pledged the following commitments, Climate and disaster financing for children, To address the ever-widening finance gap for climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, UNICEF launched the Today & Tomorrow Initiative, the world’s first integrated climate and disaster risk finance solution for children. Today & Tomorrow combines climate resilience and risk prevention programmes “today” with an innovative use of…, Early warning systems and child-responsive preparedness, Child-responsive early warning systems are essential for protecting the most vulnerable members of society when disasters strike. Yet, half of countries globally are not protected by early warning systems, with the lowest coverage in Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries.   The Secretary General’s Early Warnings for All…, Child-focused climate and disaster risk analysis, Risk information is required to develop strategies and programmes that help build climate-resilient services for children, including preparedness, response and national and subnational recovery efforts. In many countries, there is a lack of disaggregated, timely, geo-referenced, subnational data at high resolution vital for targeted action (…, Conflict-sensitive and peacebuilding programming, Many of the most climate vulnerable countries are also affected by conflict, which undermines state capacity to prevent, mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. It is essential that we ensure support to countries to address conflict and climate risks. UNICEF’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025) elevates peacebuilding as a priority and aims to…, About the Declaration, The Climate Relief, Recovery, and Peace Declaration is a voluntary commitment to increase climate adaptation efforts and access to finance for communities and countries threatened or affected by fragility or conflict, or facing high humanitarian needs and insecurity; to strengthen knowledge and programmatic solutions for climate action in such…

LONDON, 20 November 2023 - "Excellencies, distinguished guests, it is an honor to be here today representing UNICEF at this important gathering.  "I come with a message of hope.  "It might seem strange to talk about hope right now, at a time when the world is facing an array of complex crises from conflicts to climate change, and when the media…

LONDON/NEW YORK, 16 November 2023 - "Today, rising global hunger and malnutrition pose one of the greatest threats to children’s futures. The youngest, poorest and most marginalised children are victims of a perfect storm of increasing conflict, poverty and climate shocks, which risks reversing the remarkable progress made on child survival and…

It was the middle of the night. Raneem Hani Ahmed Hasan was worried. She knew she had to do something immediately. “I was so scared when my son got sick. I jumped on a motorbike at 2 a.m.,” she remembers. Raneem’s 4-month-old son, Sanad, had been vomiting and suffering from diarrhoea. “Women in our town don’t ride bikes normally, but I didn’t care…