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7-month-old Kumbaba is carried by his mother, Oumou Sy, and accompanied by a health worker at the UNICEF-supported nutrition centre in Kaédi Hospital, in the city of Kaédi in the southern Gorgol Region.
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Putting children first all over the world

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) works in more than 190 countries and territories to put children first. UNICEF has helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization by providing health care and immunizations, safe water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more.

UNICEF USA supports UNICEF’s work through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States. Together, we are working
toward the day when no children die from preventable causes, and every child has a safe and healthy childhood.

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Fast Fact
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UNICEF helps immunize 45 percent of the world’s children.
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UNICEF's lifesaving interventions have helped cut child deaths by more than 50% since 1990.
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Despite progress, 16,000 children still die every day from causes we can prevent.
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UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save and protect children.
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Last year, UNICEF responded to nearly 300 humanitarian emergencies, many of them still ongoing.
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UNICEF can ship lifesaving supplies to children anywhere in the world within 48 to 72 hours.
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UNICEF works in more than 100 countries to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities.
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Since 2000, UNICEF has distributed 1 billion insecticide-treated bed nets across Africa.

What UNICEF USA Is Doing

UNICEF USA supports UNICEF, and other efforts in support of the world's children, through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States.

Where UNICEF Works

UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories all over the world. Here are a few regions where UNICEF has focused its work recently.

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What UNICEF Is Doing

Saving Children's Lives
Building Children's Futures
Emergency Relief

Stories About Our Mission

UNICEF Mexico Deputy Representative Pressia Arifin-Cabo kneels down to speak with a child at an encampment in Matamoros in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.
Children Seeking Asylum Deserve Protection
The U.S. must stop using COVID-19 as a pretext for deporting migrant children who have tested negative and pose no public health threat.
unicef, unicef usa, immigration, undocumented immigrants, immigrant children, migrant children, immigration reform, immigration policy
How UNICEF Supports and Protects Child Migrants Every Step of the Way
Children and young people are entitled to the same basic human rights wherever they are, regardless of borders.
Girls on the playground of their school in Toumodi-Sakassou, in central Côte d'Ivoire in 2020.
Back to the Books: Literacy Empowers Girls Around the World
A quality education can open doors for girls and break the cycle of poverty.
Protecting Child Migrants During a Pandemic
How UNICEF is protecting children on the move in northern Central America, Mexico and the U.S. in the context of COVID-19.
Why Coronavirus Is Hitting Black and Hispanic Children Especially Hard
Racism and health care inequities were already making families and children sick. The coronavirus pandemic is making a dire situation worse.
Children watch as UNICEF staff and partners install a water tank which will provide access to safe water to an estimated 24,000 people a month in San Antonio, Tachira state, Venezuela.
Fighting COVID-19 in Venezuela With Soap and Water and Expertise
UNICEF Venezuela's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program is working to keep children and their communities safe during the pandemic.
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