Examples of our work
Comprehensive newborn care initiative launched in Bihar
Health Minister Chandra Mohan Rai was also present at the inauguration and lauded the initiative. Reaffirming the commitment of the government towards children, he declared that similar units will be opened in 23 districts of Bihar in the next one year.
Village Health Planning creates demand for health services
The women had been deprived of health services and benefits meant for them for so long, that they had accepted the occasional complications and hygiene related problems arising out of home deliveries as part and package of their destiny
Adani Foundation joins hands with UNICEF to promote Child Survival and Development in Kutch district
It was a historic day, when the Adani Foundation, one of the top ranking corporate houses of Gujarat, and UNICEF signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to work together on improving the well-being of children in the district of Kutch
Safe Motherhood Day 2008
It is a little known fact that Mumtaz Mahal, Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan’s favorite queen died due to complications related to repeated childbirth.
Guidance Booklet on Menstrual Hygiene Management
Issues associated with menstruation are never discussed openly and the silence surrounding menstruation burdens young girls by keeping them ignorant of this biological function.
Jharkhand welcomes Red Ribbon Express
On it’s journey across northern India, the Red Ribbon Express, carrying information, education and communication materials and messages on HIV/AIDS, arrived in Ranchi on Saturday 16th February 2007.
5,000 run for polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh
Over 5,000 citizens ran for polio eradication in a mini-marathon in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh.
Teaming up to wipe out polio
This is a different “bulawa toli” unlike many others as not only does it have young volunteers but also their teacher
UNICEF partners with Neonatology Forum for Newborn Survival Revolution in Karnataka
At the recent Annual Conference of the Neonatology Forum (NNF) on 17th and 18th November 2007 in Bangalore, leading members of the 300 participants decided to take on a mission to save newborns in the state of Karnataka
A Vending Machine Radicalises Girls’ Personal Hygiene Choices
The adolescent girls of Nemmeli School, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, are well informed when it comes to menstrual hygiene.
Avian Flu in India - Government seeks UNICEF assistance for medicines
Amidst continuing culling operations, the Maharashtra government asked UNICEF to supply additional stock of 50,000 tablets of Tamiflu in its preparedness efforts to combat possible human infection.
Dealing with adolescent anaemia – a success story from Valsad district, Gujarat
A survey among adolescent girls in Gujarat's Vadodara district showed that about 75 per cent of the girls were anaemic. UNICEF then initiated a project to reduce anaemia among girls in Vadodara.
Vaccination on wheels
The search for “missing children” has taken UNICEF and other partners in the polio programme to bus stations, railway platforms, road intersections, and now into the passenger carriages of trains speeding across the plains of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
The red tablet is the secret of my energy
A success story of Adolescent Girls’ Anemia Control Programme in Vadodara (Gujarat)
More than 1 million child deaths in India can easily be prevented every year
Scientific evidence available today tells us that in India alone more than 1 million child lives could be saved from scaling up known and proven cost effective interventions.
Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI)
Close to 50 per cent of newborn deaths in India occur during the first seven days of birth.
