Child Survival

Sisters Anya, 10, left, and Polina, 11, evacuate their home in eastern Ukraine with their mother and siblings.
Cash Assistance Program Brings Hope to Ukrainian Families in Crisis
Flexible humanitarian cash transfers help families devastated by war in Ukraine meet their most urgent needs.
Eight-month-old Jouri waits to see a health worker at a UNICEF-supported facility in Hudaydah, Yemen, where she is being treated for severe acute malnutrition..
Yemen War
Children continue to suffer severe consequences due to prolonged conflict in Yemen. Help UNICEF meet urgent humanitarian needs.
In Bucha, Ukraine, 7-year-old Varvara reads her favorite fairy tale, the story of a fox who is afraid of the spring, by candlelight.
A Cold, Dark Winter for the Children of Ukraine
Attacks on energy infrastructure are causing heat and power outages across Ukraine. [VIDEO]
On Dec. 20, 2022, a Ukrainian child receives a UNICEF backpack at the Sloviansk rail station in the Kramatorsk district of Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. 
Holiday Train Brings Hope & Support to Children Caught in Ukraine War
UNICEF is working with Ukraine's Ministry of Social Policy and Ukrainian Railways to reach children affected by a year filled with war.
Four-year-old Theona, who has autism spectrum disorder, receives services at a child development center supported by UNICEF in Lviv, Ukraine.
Helping Children With Disabilities in Wartime Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine rages on, UNICEF and partners are helping children with disabilities get the support they need to thrive.
Children at Sopel Primary School in Turkana County, Kenya, get safe water from a solar water system rehabilitated by UNICEF.
UNICEF-Supported Water Systems a Lifeline in Drought-Stricken Kenya
A dispatch from the front lines of the climate emergency unfolding in Kenya's Turkana County and across the Horn of Africa.
In Ladan IDP camp, in Dollow, Somalia, UNICEF ensures that people have access to safe water by increasing the number of people served by existing water sources through pipeline extensions, including health facilities.
Climate-Induced Drought Endangering Children's Lives in Somalia
Families in Somalia are struggling to survive the region's worst drought in 40 years. UNICEF is providing emergency water access. [VIDEO]
Bainor, 6, eats a snack inside a gymnasium serving as an evacuation center for children and families displaced by Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae in Parang municipality, Maguindanao province, in Southern Philippines.
Tropical Storm Nalgae Batters Philippines
UNICEF and partners are conducting rapid needs assessment to aid children affected by the latest of over 20 storms this season.
Rising floodwaters forced Nazira and her children out of their home in Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
Scorpions, Snakes and Waterborne Diseases in Flood-Stricken Pakistan
New dangers lurk beneath stagnant floodwaters after a catastrophic monsoon season.
Brenda Ekiru holds her 10-month-old son, Kevin, as he gets a medical check-up from a health officer while UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas, center, looks on.
Drought Emergency in Kenya: 'This Is What Climate Change Looks Like'
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas's firsthand report on the drought-related crisis unfolding in the Horn of Africa.
Abbas, 2, receives his polio vaccine from a UNICEF-supported vaccinator in Afghanistan's Herat Province.
Afghanistan's Female Vaccinators Protect Hard-to-Reach Kids From Polio
Female vaccination teams in Afghanistan go where men cannot to protect every child against polio. [VIDEO]
A father holds his 2-year-old son while he receives his polio vaccine in Masulama village, Karonga District, northern Malawi.
UNICEF and Rotary Double Down in the Fight Against Polio
Despite recent setbacks, UNICEF and partners are determined to finish the job of eradicating polio.

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