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Female Village Health Workers with backpacks and backs turned to camera in Zimbabwe

The Promise of Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination in Pakistan

With support from partners, UNICEF is bolstering Pakistan’s efforts to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus.

Aissata Dambélé, a nurse, holds 9-month-old Mohamed at Bernay-Fotoba health center in the Matoto commune of Conakry, Guinea.

Yellow Walls of Hope: Guinea Celebrates the Elimination of Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus

Guinea recently eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), making it the 49th out of 59 priority countries to achieve this remarkable milestone.

A pregnant woman is vaccinated against maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) by a UNICEF-supported Lady Health Care Worker in Pakistan.

Eliminating Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus in Pakistan

UNICEF is working to prevent maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), an excruciating disease that kills tens of thousands of infants each year.

In Mali, Aissata, got the tetanus vaccine to proactively protect the health of her future children.

Vaccines Protect Mothers and Babies in Mali From Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus

In 2023, Mali eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus, a vaccine-preventable disease that kills newborns whose mothers are not vaccinated.

Akosusu Siska kisses her one day old baby, Reagen, in the UNICEF-supported Jules Chevalier clinic in Mbandaka, Équateur Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The Democratic Republic of the Congo Eliminates MNT

Babies in the DRC are no longer at risk of contracting tetanus, thanks to immunization and education campaigns by UNICEF and partners.

UNICEF, Kiwanis International and partners worked to successfully eliminate maternal neonatal tetanus (MNT) in the Philippines in 2017.

Good News for Moms and Babies: the Philippines Has Eliminated MNT

UNICEF and partners combined education and immunization to fight maternal neonatal tetanus, an excruciating, completely preventable disease.

Children Gather Around Aid

How Can We Sustain the Child Survival Revolution?

Bill & Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett and UNICEF know one big part of the answer: vaccines work.

Angola Baby

How to Save 1.5 Million Lives a Year? Vaccinate the World's Children!

Vaccines are startlingly effective in reducing child deaths. Meet some of the children who benefit from them.

Medical assistant Yaye Aissa Boubacar injects a tetanus vaccination for pregnant mother Mariama Yacouba, at the Saguia health centre, Niamey, Niger.

The Frontline Worker Who Helped Guide Niger to MNT Elimination

A huge milestone in the global fight against an excruciating killer. This is Aichatou's story. She helped make it possible.