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01 January 2021

New Year’s Babies: Over 35,000 children will be born in China on New Year’s Day - UNICEF

With the calendar flipping to 2021, UNICEF dedicates its 75th year to reimagining a better world for children.

A child and his mother while waiting to receive medical care in a health facility supported by UNICEF in Tachira, Venezuela on June 26, 2020.

10 September 2020

COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn

With the number of under-five deaths at an all-time recorded low of 5.2 million in 2019, disruptions in child and maternal health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at stake

On 3 April, (right) Zainab Kamara, supported by her mother, breastfeeds one of her twin sons, 3-month-old Alhassan Cargo, in Karineh Village in Magbema Chiefdom, Kambia District.

Countries failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warn WHO and UNICEF

Agencies encourage women to continue to breastfeed during the COVID-19 pandemic

Soro Sali, a 39 years old woman is practicing Kangaroo, at the Regional Hospital of Korhogo, in the North of Côte d'Ivoire.

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

UNICEF launches #Reimagine, a global campaign to prevent the pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children

[NOTE: This is a file photo] On 1 January 2019 in Spain, newborn baby girl Sofia Karapetyan with her mother Lilit Grigoryan poses at the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus in Barcelona.

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

With 116 million expected births in the approximately 9 months since the COVID pandemic was recognized, UNICEF calls on governments and donors to maintain lifesaving services for pregnant women and newborns

A 6-month baby receives a delayed vaccine shot at a community health centre in Beijing, China, on 26 March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the baby didn’t get her DTP shot when she turned five months old. “We were worried that a vaccine visit may cause infection,” said the mother. Provinces other than Hubei, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, gradually resumed full vaccination services that had been halted due to the outbreak.

Vaccinations and COVID-19: What parents need to know

How to safely get routine vaccinations for your child during the COVID-19 pandemic.

USD One million contribution from the People’s Republic of China to improve neonatal health in Ethiopia

Ethiopia among eight African countries to receive funding from the China International Development Cooperation Agency to improve health services for mothers and newborn babies

A 6-month baby receives a delayed vaccine shot at a community health centre in Beijing, China, on 26 March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the baby didn’t get her DTP shot when she turned five months old. “We were worried that a vaccine visit may cause infection,” said the mother. Provinces other than Hubei, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, gradually resumed full vaccination services that had been halted due to the outbreak.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic

A newborn

A Healthy Start for Every Newborn - Factsheet

Learn about how newborns can survive and thrive.

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31 January 2019

Ratios of the poorest and the richest quintile indicators

However, the gap between the highest quintile and the lowest quintile in catastrophic health expenses is still growing.