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09 September 2024

African children deserve safe, healthy, and joyful growth environment, says UNICEF ambassador

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ambassador Wang Yuan interacts with children in Therere Village, Nsanje District in southern Malawi on Aug. 27, 2024. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ambassador Wang Yuan interacts with children in Therere Village, Nsanje District in southern Malawi on Aug. 27, 2024. BLANTYRE, Malawi, Sept. 4 (Xinhua…

When renovations and supplies modify behaviour

This article was first published on the UNICEF Nigeria website in 2021. When two-year old Adamu Mohammed fell ill again with a fever, his mother, Hawawu, 32, wondered whether to return to the same primary health care centre in Komfulata, a community about 20 kilometres outside the city of Gombe, in northeast Nig...

As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 6,000 additional children under five could die a day, without urgent action

NEW YORK, 13 MAY 2020 – An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services, UNICEF said today. The estimate is based on an analysis by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...

Pregnant mothers and babies born during COVID-19 pandemic threatened by strained health systems and disruptions in services

NEW YORK, 7 May 2020 – An estimated 116 million babies will be born under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF said today ahead of Mother’s Day. These babies are projected to be born up to 40 weeks after COVID-19 – currently straining health systems and medical supply chains all over the world – was recogni...

Child Survival

Challenges, Many children in China, particularly the poorest and most disadvantaged, still lack the basic right to health, including lack of opportunities to thrive and participate in life to their fullest potential. Every year, 190,000 children under five, especially those in the first few months of life, die fro...

Facts for Life

Nearly 9 million children died in 2008 from preventable illnesses before reaching their fifth birthday – more than two thirds of them during the first year of life. Millions more survive only to face diminished lives, unable to develop to their full potential. Five diseases – pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, measles...

Consolidated Executive Summary on China Child Survival Strategy Studies

Background Children are the hope of families and the future of our country and nation. Childhood is a critical period for lifelong development. Providing opportunities for child survival, development, protection and participation, and meeting children's needs for development, protection and participation will fulfill their full potential and provide a solid foundation for lifelong development. Improving child health status and reducing child mort...

Committing to Child Survival

Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed is a global movement to end preventable child deaths. Under the leadership of participating governments and in support of the United Nations Secretary-General's Every Woman Every Child strategy, A Promise Renewed brings together public, private and civil society acto...

A Promise Renewed

In support of A Promise Renewed , this year's annual report focuses on newborn survival. Neonatal deaths account for 44 per cent of all under-five deaths, so addressing neonatal mortality is a crucial component to ending preventable child deaths. This report not only discusses levels and trends in under-five and ...