Learn more about UNICEF'S fight against COVID-19

During the pandemic lockdown in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 11-year-old Imran started working 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at a paper recycling shop, making paper bags. He longs to return to school.
In South Asia, the Impacts of School Closures May Last a Lifetime
Pandemic-related school closures have had a profound impact on children's learning & mental well-being. Three children share their stories.
Margaret Gwada of UNICEF Ghana assists a mother who has just received a birth certificate for her child at the Births and Deaths Registry in Tamale.
UNICEF: Pandemic Year 3 Represents a 'Crucial Moment'
What needs to happen next to safeguard the health and future well-being of the world's children.
Folk musicians in Rajasthan, India, sing a traditional song rewritten to convey key messages about defeating COVID-19 with the vaccine.
In India, Traditional Tunes Bind Communities Against COVID-19
How folk musicians helped boost vaccination rates in Rajasthan. [VIDEO]
In October 2020, an agent holds a boy while registering vulnerable families in Moro, a suburb of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
UNICEF: Pandemic Pushing More Families Deeper Into Poverty
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the social and economic devastation is weighing most heavily on children.
Children use their tablet and work with each other at the UNICEF supported Debate e-Learning Center in a village on the outskirts of Kassala, the capital of the state of Kassala in Eastern Sudan.
Giga Initiative: Connecting the World's Schools to the Internet
COVID-19 deepened the digital divide. Time to ensure that every student has access to information, opportunity & choice
Thirteen-year-old Ashutosh Chhetry received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, delivered by UNICEF via COVAX, in Lalitpur District, central Nepal on December 14, 2021.
Getting COVID-19 Vaccines to the Most Vulnerable in Nepal
Thirteen-year-old Ashitosh can breathe easier now that he's been vaccinated against COVID-19. [VIDEO]
UNICEF delivered a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Rwanda's Kigali International Airport on January 15, 2022 containing the billionth dose delivered to 144 countries through COVAX.
COVAX COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries Hit 1 Billion Doses — and Counting
Mission Unstoppable: The most ambitious vaccination campaign in history forges ahead in 2022, with UNICEF leading on procurement and supply.
Nilam Bamaniya, a 23-year-old general nursing midwife, holds a vaccine carrier filled with vaccine doses for a COVID-19 vaccination session at a UNICEF-supported public health center in Samlaya, Vadodra, Gujarat, India on July 20. 2021.
Why We Need Equitable Vaccine Delivery Now
To end the pandemic, the whole world must have access to COVID-19 vaccine doses. As part of COVAX, UNICEF is working to make that happen.
Six-year-old Asal is excited for her first day of formal education with other children staying in a temporary reception center for migrants and refugees in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2021.
Schools Should Be the Last to Close and the First to Reopen
Keeping schools safe and open must be a global priority. The harms to children from being out of school are severe and can last a lifetime.
UNICEF mobile vaccination vans deliver COVID-19 vaccines and information to hard-to-reach communities in rural Malawi.
In Malawi, Vaccination Vans Protect Pregnant Women From COVID-19
UNICEF mobile vaccination vans bring lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines and information to people in rural Malawi. [VIDEO]
Jeanine Nijimbere at her stall at the central market in Mahama Refugee Camp in eastern Rwanda.
Turning COVID-19 Skeptics Into Health Champions in Rwanda
Through radio and road shows, a UNICEF community outreach campaign shares information on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids: What Parents Need to Know
Pediatricians from Massachusetts General Hospital talk about vaccine safety and COVID-19's dangers, symptoms, treatment and prevention.

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