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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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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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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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A vaccinator carrying a vaccine cold box travels by foot to reach communities where children are waiting to be immunized against polio as part of a national campaign..

Moving Toward the Finish Line in the Polio Fight

A nationwide immunization campaign backed by UNICEF and partners kicked off this month in Pakistan, one of the last two endemic countries.
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A family displaced by conflict in Kachin State, Myanmar, sits inside their makeshift room at the Shamari IDP camp in Myitkyina, where Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban paid a visit to witness impacts of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.

Children, Families at Risk in Myanmar Need Urgent Assistance

Myanmar's humanitarian crisis, fueled by escalating conflict and climate shocks, is reaching a critical inflection point. UNICEF is there.
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On July 15, 2024, UNICEF-trained Rohingya community nutrition volunteer Taslima visits Noor Bibi, 28, to provide nutrition counseling and to assess the nutritional status of her daughter Jishan, 2, at their shelter in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Inside Look: How UNICEF Supports Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

A UNICEF USA Q&A with Sayed Ezatullah Majeed, Chief of the UNICEF Field Office in Cox's Bazar.
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J. Khuvituguldur, 4, peeks over the fence behind his family's ger home in the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

How UNICEF Is Supporting a Green Transition in Mongolia to Improve Children's Health

Tackling air pollution by replacing coal-burning stoves with electric ones. [video]
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Khurshed, 13, stays cool on his way home at the fountain at the Spartak park when temperatures reach 35 degrees Celsius in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in early July., 2024

UNICEF: Extreme Heat Kills Hundreds of Children Every Year in Europe and Central Asia

A new policy brief from UNICEF outlines six policy recommendations for governments to protect young children from the deadly impacts of heat waves.
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