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Reaching out to remote communities in Zimbabwe on two wheels
In the remote corners of Zimbabwe, where healthcare facilities are scarce and distances are vast, the humble bicycle and training programmes are making a world of difference. With support of the Government of China and UNICEF, village health workers are providing lifesaving care to women and children, bringing ess...
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Uniting for Maternal and Child Health: 16 African and Asian countries visit China
Inside the ‘kangaroo care’ room at the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guangxi MCH Hospital), an atmosphere of warmth and tenderness enveloped mothers cradling their prematurely born babies. Soft light filtered through yellow curtains, creating intimate spaces for mothers to bond with their little ones.…, Laying a foundation for further cooperation, China's rapid expansion of public health infrastructure an...
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Roundtable on South-South Cooperation in Maternal and Child Health Experience Exchange - China-Africa Health Cooperation
Beijing China, 24 November 2023 —, Maternal and child health is an important aspect of China-Africa health cooperation. On 21 November 2023, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-organized a roundtable discussion titled ‘A South-South Cooperation in Maternal...
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China joins hands with UNICEF to increase access to lifesaving health services for almost 59,400 mothers and children in West Darfur in Sudan
This article was first published on the UNICEF Sudan website., Khartoum, 29 June 2022 –, With generous support from China, UNICEF Sudan implemented the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Project under the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund. At the closing ceremony Mr. Ma Xinmin, Chinese ambassador to Sudan, a...
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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...
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Training to Improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Eight African Countries
In December 2019, UNICEF and the Government of China signed an agreement on the implementation of maternal newborn and child health projects in eight countries in Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Zimbabwe. The projects were launched with support fro...
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COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn
NEW YORK/ GENEVA, 9 September 2020 –, The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 – down to 5.2 million from 12.5 million in 1990, according to new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Population Division of the United Nations D...
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Niger receives US$1 million in aid from China
NIAMEY (Niger), 1st June 2020 –, In Niger, the Government of China donates US$ 1 million to accelerate UNICEF’s efforts to improve maternal and child health in the country. Niger is among the eight African countries benefiting from this funding support, which is part of the China’s South-South Cooperation Assistan...
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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 Bloo...
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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 recogn...
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USD One million contribution from the People’s Republic of China to improve neonatal health in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 2, April, 2020 –, The People’s Republic of China, through its international aid agency the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), has contributed USD One Million to improve the quality of health care provided to newborn babies in Ethiopia. The contribution is part of a larger, USD 8 million grant that CIDCA has made to eight African countries…