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Nurse holding infant in neonatal department in Central African Republic

Training Enhances Neonatal Care in Central African Republic

Maternal and newborn deaths can be reduced in the Central African Republic by strengthening health systems and training dedicated health workers.
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A Palestinian family prepares dinner in a makeshift tent camp on Gaza City's Omar Al Mokhtar Street.

Aid Blockade in Gaza Leaves Children at Grave Risk

No aid or commercial goods have been permitted to enter the Gaza Strip since March 2, 2025, putting 1 million children in serious danger. [video]
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On March 31, 2025, a woman with two small children poses for a photograph with a box of UNICEF hygiene kits distributed to earthquake survivors in the Sagaing region of Myanmar.

Children Hit Hardest by Earthquake in Myanmar

UNICEF is rushing emergency supplies to families struggling to survive the aftermath of Myanmar's deadliest earthquake in decades. [video]
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Female Village Health Workers with backpacks and backs turned to camera in Zimbabwe

Village Health Workers Key to Non-Communicable Disease Care in Zimbabwe

UNICEF works to increase support and understanding of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in childhood in low- and middle-income countries.
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ollapsed buildings in Mandalay Region, central Myanmar, reveals the devastating impact of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck at 1:00 p.m. on March 28, 2025.

Powerful Earthquake Rocks Myanmar

UNICEF teams are on the ground assessing damage and mobilizing emergency support for children cut off from essential services.
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For more than 36 years, medical nurse Jiydegul Rysbaeva has traveled on horseback across the Jon-Bulak Valley, Kyrgyzstan, delivering lifesaving vaccines and care to children and families on farmsteads across the region.

Delivering Measles Vaccines on Horseback in Kyrgyzstan

Dedicated health workers go the distance to keep children safe from disease outbreaks. [video]
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A malnourished child eats Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food after being screened and diagnosed at the UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Dhamar, Yemen.

Hope on Wheels: UNICEF Mobile Teams Save Lives in Yemen

UNICEF-supported mobile teams deliver essential health and nutrition services directly to families in remote parts of Yemen. More help is needed.
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On July 29, 2024, a severely malnourished child is fed ready-to-use therapeutic food at the UNICEF-supported Payuer Nutrition Center in Renk county, South Sudan.

Foreign Aid Funding Cuts Harm the World's Children

At least 14 million children are expected to face disruptions to essential nutrition support and services in 2025 because of global funding cuts.
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In June 2023, Mariam, a Sudanese refugee from the town of Tendelti, collects water from a borehole installed by UNICEF in the village of Koufroun, eastern Chad.

With Guinea Worm Eradication in Sight, a Celebration of a Humanitarian Legacy

In the 1980s, UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy Carter.
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