UNICEF in action

UNICEF has been battling polio for decades . In 1988, UNICEF teamed up with a coalition of organizations and governments to launch a hugely ambitious partnership called the Global Polio Eradication...

The question echoes throughout war-torn Afghanistan: What are you doing for peace?

We shouldn't be talking about polio anymore. More than 50 years ago, this crippling, potentially deadly disease afflicted scores of people around the world, including countless victims in the United...

© UNICEF/03-0188/ Pirozzi ANGOLA: A woman health worker fills a syringe with measles vaccine to inoculate a boy against the disease. An insulated cold case was used to transport the vaccines at a...