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Mr. Ma Xinmin, Chinese ambassador to Sudan, and Madam Mandeep O’Brien, UNICEF Sudan Representative, present the project completion certificates at the closing ceremony of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Project under the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund.
Press release
04 August 2022
China joins hands with UNICEF to increase access to lifesaving health services for almost 59,400 mothers and children in West Darfur in Sudan
Training to Improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Eight African Countries
Report
20 July 2022
Deliver result for children
Sharing knowledge and practices from China

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Training to Improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Eight African Countries (PDF, 8 MB)
Press release
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.
Press release
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.
Press release
29 May 2020
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.
Press release
16 May 2020
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.
Press release
09 May 2020
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.
Page
27 April 2020
Vaccinations and COVID-19: What parents need to know
How to safely get routine vaccinations for your child during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Press release
08 April 2020
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.
Press release
26 March 2020
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic