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A nurse administers the oral polio vaccine (OPV) vaccine to Samuel, a 4-year-old boy in Brazil.

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24 April 2024

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

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Hanna, who is 3-years-old, washes her hands at a water station at the Los Planes Migration Station in Gualaca Panama

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19 April 2024

Finance Ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean Target $372 Billion Investment in Water and Sanitation

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A group of adolescents with different types of foods

Press release

18 April 2024

BNP Paribas Cardif and UNICEF extend their joint efforts in preventing overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Latin America

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Image that shows an adult yelling to a child and reads 2 in 3 children and adolescents from Latin America and the Caribbean experience violence at home as a form of parenting.

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#CutTheVIolence

Violence is always violence. Nothing and no one justifies it.

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How to keep your child safe online

5 ways to help keep your child’s online experiences positive and safe

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papá y mamá hablan con su hija mientras le enseñan un libro.

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How to talk to your children about hate speech

How to help your child recognize hate speech and know what to do when they encounter it

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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

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26 April 2024

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

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Press release

24 April 2024

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launch “Humanly Possible” campaign to scale up vaccination programmes around the world during World Immunization Week 2024

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Press release

19 April 2024

Finance Ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean Target $372 Billion Investment in Water and Sanitation

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Press release

18 April 2024

BNP Paribas Cardif and UNICEF extend their joint efforts in preventing overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Latin America

The partnership has benefitted directly more than 66,500 children, adolescents, their caregivers, and teachers. The renewal will help instill fundamental healthy behaviors in close to 400,000 children and their families in five countries in the region

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Maribel is sitting on the beach next to her prosthesis

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04 April 2024

Critical supplies for children looted at the armed-group-controlled main port of Port-au-Prince

The incident further burdens an already collapsing health system in Haiti

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Press release

15 March 2024

Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF

1 in 3 children under 2 years of age are today acutely malnourished in the north, according to nutrition screenings conducted by UNICEF and partners

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A nurse uses a stethoscope to listen to the breathing of Antonia, a five-year-old girl

Press release

13 March 2024

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022 – UN report

Despite progress, an estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday somewhere in the world, or 1 death every 6 seconds

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Un grupo de mujeres, niños y niñas esperan afueran de un centro nutricional en el barrio de Delmas en Puerto Príncipe, la capital de Haití.

Statement

06 March 2024

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in Haiti

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Ukraine. A girl stands in front of the destroyed boiler room at her kindergarten.

Press release

26 February 2024

Ukraine two years: Children in frontline areas forced to spend up to 5,000 hours – equivalent to nearly 7 months - sheltering underground

Three-quarters of children and young people aged 14 to 34 recently reported needing emotional or psychological support

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Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

Finance Ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean Target $372 Billion Investment in Water and Sanitation

BNP Paribas Cardif and UNICEF extend their joint efforts in preventing overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Latin America

Colombia mine action, an essential step to consolidate peace

UNICEF condemns school arson by armed groups in downtown Port-au-Prince

Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti

Critical supplies for children looted at the armed-group-controlled main port of Port-au-Prince

Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022 – UN report

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in Haiti

Ukraine two years: Children in frontline areas forced to spend up to 5,000 hours – equivalent to nearly 7 months - sheltering underground

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Inspirational stories about children, their families and the people we work with from across the region.

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

#CutTheVIolence

How to keep your child safe online

How to talk to your children about hate speech

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

Finance Ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean Target $372 Billion Investment in Water and Sanitation

BNP Paribas Cardif and UNICEF extend their joint efforts in preventing overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Latin America

Colombia mine action, an essential step to consolidate peace

UNICEF condemns school arson by armed groups in downtown Port-au-Prince

Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti

Critical supplies for children looted at the armed-group-controlled main port of Port-au-Prince

Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022 – UN report

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in Haiti

Ukraine two years: Children in frontline areas forced to spend up to 5,000 hours – equivalent to nearly 7 months - sheltering underground

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