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Inside an Underground Newborn Intensive Care Unit in War-Torn Ukraine

To protect fragile newborns from bombardment in Lviv, UNICEF transformed a hospital basement into a fully operational NICU. [VIDEO]

Margaret Gwada of UNICEF Ghana assists a mother who has just received a birth certificate for her child at the Births and Deaths Registry in Tamale.

UNICEF: Pandemic Year 3 Represents a ‘Crucial Moment’

What needs to happen next to safeguard the health and future well-being of the world's children.

Folk musicians in Rajasthan, India, sing a traditional song rewritten to convey key messages about defeating COVID-19 with the vaccine.

In India, Traditional Tunes Bind Communities Against COVID-19

How folk musicians helped boost vaccination rates in Rajasthan. [VIDEO]

In San Julián, Sonsonate, El Salvador, a mother brings her baby to the pediatrician for a routine checkup arranged through Care for Child Development (CCD), a program implemented by UNICEF in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Strengthening Health Systems to Prevent the Next Global Health Crisis

UNICEF USA asked three global health experts — Manisha Bhinge, Managing Director of Global Networks and Partnerships for the Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute; Abou Kampo...

Davyd, 7, sits with his mother and uncle at a temporary shelter in a Kyiv church in March 2022.

A Child'S Eye View of War in Bucha, Ukraine

Seven-year-old Davyd recalls the terrifying events of the bombardment of Bucha and his family's evacuation. [VIDEO]

Dr Iryna Kondratova tends to a newborn in a patient care room

Hero Health Workers Care for Babies Born Under Siege in Ukraine

As the war rages on, babies keep being born. UNICEF is supporting the doctors & nurses who are giving their all to keep them alive. [VIDEO]

Liudmyla Voloshenko, 41, combs her 10-year-old daughter Sonia’s hair in one of the trains that have become home for thousands of civilians in the Kharkiv, Ukraine metro.

A Child’s Life Underground in Kharkiv, Ukraine

UNICEF is helping to turn Ukrainian subway stations into emergency support spaces for children caught in a brutal war.

child peering out a window in a darkened room

6 Ways Explosive Weapons Threaten Children

When explosive weapons are used in these places, over 90 per cent of victims are civilians — many of them children or their parents. Child survivors endure staggering physical injury and psychological...

7-year-old Maksym wears a red winter coat and dark red cap.

Escape From Mariupol

Fleeing air strikes and artillery fire in Mariupol, 7-year-old Maksym and his family left home in a broken car.