Global

After years of steady decline, cholera has made a devastating comeback. A deadly combination of climate change, underinvestment in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, and in some cases armed conflict, has put over 1.1 billion people at risk, with children under five particularly vulnerable. UNICEF has established a Global Cholera…

What’s happening in Sudan?, Sudan is facing a humanitarian catastrophe. Heavy fighting broke out in the capital, Khartoum, in April 2023, and quickly extended throughout the country. A year later, the conflict continues to threaten the health and well-being of Sudan’s 24 million children, pushing already vulnerable families deeper into hardship. Even before the current…, How is the crisis affecting children in Sudan?, The brutal war is creating the perfect storm for famine and a catastrophic loss of children’s lives. Almost 4 million children under five are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition, including 730,000 projected to suffer severe acute malnutrition – the most lethal form of undernutrition, and one of the top threats to child survival. With…, How is UNICEF supporting children in Sudan?, أطفال نازحون يشاركون في جلسة تعليمية رقمية في مخيم السلام للنازحين في ولاية كسلا بالسودان. أطفال نازحون يشاركون في جلسة تعليمية رقمية في مخيم السلام للنازحين في ولاية كسلا بالسودان. UNICEF continues to call for an immediate ceasefire across Sudan, and reiterates its call for all parties to the conflict to respect international humanitarian and…, Results for children, In 2023, UNICEF and partners:

Humanitarian Action is at the core of UNICEF’s mandate to realize the rights of every child. This edition of  Humanitarian Action for Children  – UNICEF’s annual humanitarian fundraising appeal – describes the ongoing global Access to COVID19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) collaboration; the strategies that we are using to respond to this situation;…, The COVID-19 pandemic remains a crisis on an unprecedented scale. National governments continue to grapple with the challenges of implementing public health measures, maintaining essential health and social services, and reaching populations—especially the hardest to reach—with COVID-19 tools. New variants continue to emerge as the pandemic…, Funding requirements for 2022, Humanitarian needs and strategy, Humanitarian needs Humanitarian needs, Since the start of the pandemic, 629 million COVID-19 cases and 6.6 million deaths have been reported globally. Yet these figures likely under-report the devastation, especially in low-and middle-income countries, where data availability, surveillance and testing capacity are limited. Disruptions to education and essential health services remain…, UNICEF's strategy UNICEF’s strategy, UNICEF’s strategy to deliver on its ACT-A commitments complements the agency’s ongoing work to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, deliver essential health and social services, and build more resilient systems. In 2022, through this appeal, UNICEF will focus on the following key priorities: In all low- and middle-income countries where UNICEF…, Programme targets, UNICEF in action, 2021-HAC-ACT-A-Revision-Story-from-the-field-photo UNICEF/2021/Ntabadde The Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF visited health centres which are in a hard to reach area of in Kabale District to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. Delivering vaccines to hard-to-reach locations: The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX arrived in Uganda on…, Find out more about UNICEF's work, November 2022, 2022 Revision 2 (November 2022) www.unicef.org/appeals/act-a HumanitarianAction for Children ACT-AHIGHLIGHTSThe COVID-19 pandemic remains a crisis on an unprecedented scale. National governments continue to grapple with the challenges of implementing public health measures, maintaining essential health and social services, and reaching…

A deadly surge in COVID-19 cases has placed an enormous strain on health and critical care facilities in India, leaving vulnerable families paying a particularly steep price.  “Urgent action is needed to avert further tragic loss of life.” UNICEF has already sent critical lifesaving supplies  including oxygen concentrators, diagnostic tests and…, UNICEF’s support, UNICEF and partners are doing everything they can to keep children and their families safe and healthy. UNICEF is  delivering thousands of life-saving oxygen concentrators procured as part of the  Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A)  initiative for the immediate response. India. Oxygen concentrators are brought into a community health…

Ambitious agenda to address the major challenges facing children living through conflict and crisis

Welcome to the world Daisy Dove Bloom! We are honoured to introduce Goodwill Ambassadors Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's new bundle of joy and to share this message from the proud parents with the world: We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter.   But we know we’re the lucky ones and not everyone can…, Introducing Daisy Dove Bloom, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom baby Daisy Dove Bloom, A gift from you today can help UNICEF provide essential supplies, A newborn baby smiles A midwifery kit with essential birth supplies, sterile equipment, medicines and newborn support items to equip a maternity ward.  在尼泊尔廓尔喀区由联合国儿童基金会支持的初级医疗中心，祖母金玛雅 · 什雷斯塔温暖着刚出生三天孙子的双脚。 Soap and clean water. They are simple interventions, yet many facilities lack the necessary hygiene supplies to ensure a safe birth for mother…, For every child, a safe and healthy birth, Nearly 116 million babies are expected to be born during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic and, for many families, this is a daunting and dangerous experience without support from a trained health worker. Even before COVID-19 struck, more than 7,000 newborn babies were dying every day. These children weren’t dying because we don’t…, Katy and Orlando, advocates for every child, Katy Perry is a UNICEF Good Will Ambassador who is determined to be an advocate for every child UNICEF/UN020129/Quan In 2013, Katy was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for her commitment to improving the lives of children. From traveling to Madagascar and Viet Nam to highlight the needs of some of the world’s most vulnerable children to…