Report

West and Central Africa’s Consolidated Emergency Report

How UNICEF delivered for children in emergencies in 2017

Hawa Oimar, 15, who is in grade CM1, writes on a blackboard in a classroom at the school she attends in Danamadja, southern Chad, Tuesday 13 June 2017.
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Highlights

Amid political instability, conflict and human rights violations, women and children bear the burden in West and Central Africa when an emergency strikes. This report covers UNICEF’s regional response in 2017 to emergencies in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Lake Chad basin, as well as the Congo, Mali and Sierra Leone.

The Cover of the 2017 Consolidated Emergency Report
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UNICEF WCARO
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English

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Child protection
Child rights
Health
Education
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Emergency relief and response
Humanitarian action and emergencies
West and Central Africa

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