Nutrition

Children’s experiences provide powerful insights into how to build effective policy for transforming their food environments and diets with a view to addressing the different faces of child malnutrition.  Children’s health and development are profoundly affected by the foods they eat. Yet evidence shows that society is not giving infants, children…

This brief summarizes some of the findings of a rapid evidence assessment that examined the linkages between exposure to gender-based violence (GBV) and nutrition outcomes for children in fragile settings. While the full assessment includes a summary of the documented associations between GBV and nutrition outcomes for children more generally,…

NEW YORK, 21 September 2022 — Governments, philanthropies, and private donors have pledged approximately US$577 million since July in response to the deepening child malnutrition crisis – with at least 60 per cent of that amount committed to directly supporting UNICEF’s work. Roughly US$280 million of the over half billion raised was pledged today…

UNICEF Regional Offices in Eastern and Southern Africa and in Western and Central Africa jointly commissioned an assessment of Gender-transformative approaches and promising practices in Health, Nutrition, and HIV programming in Africa. As UNICEF adopted its new Gender Action Plan (2022-2025) , this study is promoting learning through empirical…

The number of children living in food and nutrition insecurity is rising because of the intersecting crisis of conflict, climate induced drought and the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic.  UNICEF’s No Time to Waste Acceleration Plan 2022–2023 aims to reach over 26 million children and women with a package of essential maternal and child…

With the climate crisis here and accelerating, every child on every continent is facing more frequent, severe,  and destructive climate hazards including air pollution, water scarcity, heatwaves, vector-borne disease, cyclones, and river and coastal flooding. There is a brief window of time to avoid the very worst of the climate crisis, and…

This checklist provides a package of essential actions required to ensure disability-inclusive nutrition humanitarian action in line with the IASC guideline, CCCs, UNICEF Emergency Procedures, and guidance. It is a companion to UNICEF’s Guidance on including children with disabilities in humanitarian action: nutrition.

ROME, 23 June 2022 – "Board President Ashan, Executive Director Beasley, Excellencies, Friends, "Thank you. I am honored to join you today and humbled by what I have heard. "I am very happy to be in Rome – home to the three most important global food and agriculture organizations: WFP, FAO, and IFAD. Individually and collectively, you are helping…

Around 235 million people globally required humanitarian assistance in 2021. For children, this alarming reality meant being malnourished, missing school, lacking clean water to drink or adequate facilities for hygiene and living at risk of violence. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused some of these harms and exacerbated…, UNICEF responded in 153 countries to 483 new or ongoing humanitarian crises. Altogether, UNICEF responded to 104 natural disasters, 84 socio-political crises, 226 health emergencies (including the COVID-19 pandemic response), 27 nutrition crises and 42 other critical situations., two-young-children-looking-AR-technology Key results from humanitarian responses, Ethiopia: More than 521,800 children under 5 years with severe acute malnutrition were admitted to treatment Yemen: More than 5.8 million conflict-affected people accessed explosive weapons-related and mine-risk risk education and survivor assistance interventions Central Sahel: 554 children were released from armed forces and groups and…, With thanks, This report highlights the achievements made possible by the generous contributions received from various partners. UNICEF would like to express its sincere appreciation for these contributions. In addition, UNICEF is grateful to all resource partners that contributed to global humanitarian thematic funding in 2021 and for their commitment to…, Read more and support our work, June 2022, Global Annual Results Report 2021 Humanitarian action Cover image: UNICEF/UN0551315/Hayyan Two girls celebrate World Childrens Day in November 2021 at Al Shaab School in Aden Governorate, Yemen. Expression of thanks: UNICEF/UN0588735/Coutinho A young girl enjoys a back-to-school moment in Lagoa dos Gatos, Pernambuco, Brazil. In August 2021, UNICEF…

Throughout 2021 countries around the world continued to combat and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. And while notable progress has been made in some of the results areas since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, the world remains significantly off-track towards meeting many of them. Despite significant global challenges,…, UNICEF’s work in health is focussed on reaching the most vulnerable children, the so called ‘zero-dose children’ who often face multiple deprivations. With a focus on these children, informed by human rights approaches and principles, UNICEF uses primary health care as a foundation to deliver results at-scale, through integrated and multisectoral…, Mother-and-baby HIV and AIDS, 25 years of success: Achievements that are saving and improving lives GARR2021-GA1-hiv-results-graphic Children’s survival and thriving was and will continue to be guiding principles behind UNICEF’s work. Throughout the 2018–2021 Strategic Plan period, UNICEF continued to be the voice for children and adolescents and provided direct service…, child-eating Nutrition, 335.9 million children  were reached with services to prevent stunting and other forms of malnutrition - a 38 per cent increase from 2020 67.4 million adolescents benefited from services and support to prevent anaemia and other forms of malnutrition – a 90 per cent increase from 2020 5.4 million children received treatment for life-threatening…, girl-painting Early childhood development, Only 71 per cent of children globally 36–59 months of age are developmentally on track 99 countries have established an ECD national policy or action plan 128 countries have government-owned multisectoral ECD programmes 1.6 million children accessed stimulation, care, play and learning in humanitarian settings in 2021 Early childhood remains one…,    With thanks, This report highlights the achievements made possible by the generous contributions of softly earmarked thematic funding received from various partners. UNICEF would like to express it's sincere appreciation for these contributions., Read more and support our work, June 2022, Global Annual Results Report 2021 GOAL AREA 1 Every child survives and thrives Cover image: UNICEF/UN0411648/Fazel Farida, 10, is in a child-friendly space in Mazar-e-Sharif. These centres help to restore childhoods by providing a safe, bright and stimulating environment for children whose lives have been disrupted by conflict, natural disasters…

Many people have never heard of severe wasting , also known as ‘severe acute malnutrition’. But that doesn’t change how excruciatingly painful the condition – which is caused by a lack of nutritious food and repeated bouts of diseases such as diarrhoea, measles and malaria – is for the millions of children battling it. Children with severe wasting…, Detection, A nurse weighs a child at a malnutrition rehabilitation centre in Nouakchott, Mauritania. A nurse weighs a child at a malnutrition rehabilitation centre in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Young children who have gone without food rapidly lose a lot of bodyweight, often exacerbated by bouts of infectious diarrhoea, until they become so thin and weak that…, Treatment, A mother comforts her severely malnourished child at stabilisation centre in Hargeisa, Somaliland. A mother comforts her severely malnourished child at a stabilization centre in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Hundreds of thousands of children in Somalia are at risk of developing severe wasting. Three consecutive seasons of failed rains, combined with…, Prevention, A mother in Yemen receives information on nutrition and other health issues in a village in Taizz governorate, Yemen. A mother in Yemen receives information on nutrition and other health issues in a village in Taiz governorate, Yemen. In Yemen, UNICEF is working with partners to empower new and expecting mothers with accurate information on…

NEW YORK, 17 May 2022 —  "Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends. "I am honored to welcome you to UNICEF House for this critical conversation.   "I want to acknowledge and thank the United States Government, and my co-host, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, for putting children at the center of the discussion on…