Child Survival

A child suffering from acute malnutrition drinks therapeutic milk provided by UNICEF at a site for displaced people in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Crisis in Ethiopia: UNICEF Seeks Support to Step Up Tigray Relief
UNICEF's emergency response plan in the embattled region requires closing a significant funding gap.
Immediate Humanitarian Access Needed to Protect 1M Children in Gaza
UNICEF is calling for a halt to hostilities and the establishment of humanitarian corridors for supply delivery and medical care.
Powerful Cyclone Hits India, Already Reeling From COVID-19 Outbreak
An "extremely severe" storm, Cyclone Tauktae made landfall in India's western state of Gujarat, complicating COVID-19 relief efforts.
An escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip that began on May 10, 2021 has taken a terrible toll on children, killing dozens and injuring and traumatizing many more.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Killing Children
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore called for an immediate end to the violence, killing and hatred.
In the city of El Alto, Bolivia, Julia Condori cradles her son, Aaron, as they wait their turn in the UNICEF-supported Mercedes Health Center for the child’s latest round of vaccinations.
Getting Vaccines Where They Need to Be to Keep Children Safe
In Bolivia, UNICEF works with partners to supply and deliver the vaccines needed to protect children from preventable diseases.
A father and child arrive in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, after crossing the Darien Gap, one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world.
Amid Migration Surge, UNICEF Acts to Protect Kids at Every Step
The number of children passing through the Darien Gap, the most dangerous migration route in the world, has increased 15-fold since 2017.
Bodoor, 17, in the science lab of her UNICEF-supported school in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan in 2018. She and her family settled in Azraq after fleeing violence in Syria in 2014.
For a Young Syrian Refugee, Dreams of Space Flight & Family Reunions
Violence chased Bodoor's family out of Syria and into Jordan's Azraq Refugee Camp. Seven years later, she's still hanging on to her dreams.
Mitthi Jirel (left), staff at the district hospital in Jiri in Dolakha District in northeastern Nepal, shows UNICEF staff Preena Shrestha a vaccine carrier in the hospital's vaccine storage room on February 26, 2021.
Ask the Expert: How to Keep Vaccines Safe in Nepal
Safe vaccine storage & transport requires meticulous attention to detail. Just ask Mitthi Bahadur Jirel, a 29-year hospital staff veteran.
Natan, the youngest member of a family displaced by the violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region, eats a nutritional biscuit supplied by UNICEF.
UNICEF Acts as Crisis Deepens in Tigray
UNICEF accelerates humanitarian relief efforts amid intensifying violence in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region.
In El Alto, Bolivia, 6-year-old Noelia gently touches her arm where she received a flu shot from a member of a UNICEF-supported vaccination team that goes door-to-door.
In Bolivia, Vaccination Brigades Make House Calls to Reach Every Child
As fears of coronavirus keep some parents from bringing their children to health centers for immunizations, UNICEF vaccinators go to them.
Ten-year-old Abdulkarim participates in psychosocial support activities at the Child-Friendly Space set up by UNICEF at the Karantina public garden in Beirut, Lebanon on September 1, 2020.
Ramadan in Lebanon: After a Deadly Explosion, Trauma Lingers
The devastating blast that rocked Beirut in August 2020 left lasting scars. UNICEF and partners are working to help the community recover.
Ten-year-old Ali is a Syrian refugee living in Mafraq, Jordan with his four brothers, two sisters and parents. His grandparents still live in Syria. "I miss them and really want to meet them," he said.
This Ramadan, a Generation of Syrian Children Need Our Support
Children born during Syria's decade-long civil war have no memory of peace. UNICEF is working to ensure they grow up healthy, and with hope.

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