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A mother carries her child on her back to make her way through an area of Guerrero state, southwestern Mexico, in wake of Hurricane Otis. Photo by Getty Images.

UNICEF Delivers Relief After Hurricane Otis Slams Mexico

An estimated 300,000 children in southwestern Guerrero state are in need of emergency assistance.

Students at the UNICEF-supported République des Etats Unis national school in the Canape-Vert neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

UNICEF: Children in Haiti Need More Help Now

UNICEF warned world leaders of a rapidly deteriorating situation in Haiti, appealing for more international support to meet urgent needs.

Child smiles while sitting at his desk in middle school in India

Support Kids in India

Millions of children in India need health care, nutrition, education, protection, water and sanitation and other support. UNICEF is there.

Chifundo, 10, receives treatment for type 1 diabetes at Neno District Hospital in Malawi.

A Life Transformed by Noncommunicable Disease Screening

UNICEF works with governments, partners and donors to strengthen primary health systems and improve detection and treatment of childhood NCDs.

A UNICEF-supported visiting nurse greets Valeriia and her son Vladik in Pavlohrad, Ukraine on July 3, 2023.

Helping Moms & Babies Thrive in Wartime Ukraine

A joint initiative by UNICEF and Ukraine's Ministry of Health sends trained nurses to visit families at home to give children the best start. [VIDEO]

Dr. Dharma Raj Regmi is the medical superintendent at the Dailekh District Hospital Health Service in Nepal.

A Silent Threat: Battling the Rising Tide of NCDs in Nepal

UNICEF is collaborating with Eli Lilly and Company and the Kathmandu Institute of Child Health to fight noncommunicable diseases in Nepal.

Fanta Kone, a UNICEF staff member, with 10-month-old twins Adama and Awa, refugees from Burkina Faso, in Tougbo, in the north of Côte d’Ivoire.

Inside Look: UNICEF's Role in the Sahel Humanitarian Crisis Nobody's Talking About

A conversation with UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire Representative Marc Vincent about building community resilience amid an influx of refugees from Burkina Faso.

A mother attends a child nutrition class in Karamoja, Uganda.

Mothers, Community Volunteers First Line of Defense Against Child Malnutrition

A firsthand look at UNICEF's community-based programs in Uganda, helping to ensure children are eating a well-balanced diet of nutritious foods.

A girl sleeps on her mother’s shoulder at a mobile clinic organized by UNICEF and the Ministry of Health for families displaced due to violence in Cité Soleil, a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

5 Ways UNICEF Is Helping Children in Haiti

Violence, poverty, school closures and a resurgence of cholera and malnutrition are pushing children and their families to the breaking point. [VIDEO]