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UNICEF deploys staff and life-saving supplies for children and families affected by Tropical Storm Ana in Mozambique

Publication date: January 27, 2022

UNICEF is deploying staff and preparing medical and nutrition supplies, water, sanitation and hygiene kits, as well as setting up temporary learning spaces to support children and families affected by Tropical Storm Ana, which made landfall in central and northern Mozambique on 24 January.

UNICEF provides lifesaving assistance to displaced children and families in northeast Syria

Publication date: January 27, 2022

Nearly 45,000 people fled violence in Ghwayran, northeast Syria

No excuses. Keep schools open. Children can’t wait.

Publication date: January 27, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Children learn with tablets and computers in the Public Melen School of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon.

COVID-19: Scale of education loss ‘nearly insurmountable’, warns UNICEF

Publication date: January 24, 2022

On the International Day of Education and as the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year mark, UNICEF shares the latest available data on the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning.

A group portrait of students wearing masks inside the school premises at Gandaria Mohila Shomity Government Primary School, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 12 September 2021.

UNICEF enters supply agreements for COVID-19 oral antiviral medicine Molnupiravir

Publication date: January 18, 2022

UNICEF has signed several long term agreements (LTA) with suppliers for the procurement of the new antiviral medicine Molnupiravir.

Grave violations of children’s rights in conflict on the rise around the world, warns UNICEF

Publication date: December 31, 2021

Less than half of parties to conflict globally have committed to protect children

UNICEF calls for US$ 11M to respond to children’s needs affected by Typhoon Odette

Publication date: December 24, 2021

UN children’s agency identifies key interventions needed to save lives and safeguard children’s rights

Gwendolyn Miano, 2, stands in the house her family has already started rebuilding December 20, 2021 in Barangay Fatima, Purok 1 in Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.

UNICEF sends supplies to areas impacted by Typhoon Odette; advocates needs of children

Publication date: December 21, 2021

UN children’s agency sends preliminary aid as joint assessments on children’s needs are taking place

After Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) brought widespread destruction to the Philippines on 16 December, the needs of children and families in affected areas are becoming clear. Based on initial assessments, around 845,000 children need urgent assistance.

Even as Omicron variant takes hold, school closures must be a measure of last resort

Publication date: December 17, 2021

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Skopje, 24 March 2020: Twins Ana (7) and Kaja (7) follow the TV-classroom programme with the same level of seriousness they usually do when at school.

UNICEF concerned for children in the Philippines as Typhoon Rai/Odette strike

Publication date: December 16, 2021

UN children’s agency prepares supplies for families, especially those in vulnerable and high-risk communities on the typhoon’s track

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UNICEF deploys staff and life-saving supplies for children and families affected by Tropical Storm Ana in Mozambique

UNICEF provides lifesaving assistance to displaced children and families in northeast Syria

No excuses. Keep schools open. Children can’t wait.

COVID-19: Scale of education loss ‘nearly insurmountable’, warns UNICEF

UNICEF enters supply agreements for COVID-19 oral antiviral medicine Molnupiravir

Grave violations of children’s rights in conflict on the rise around the world, warns UNICEF

UNICEF calls for US$ 11M to respond to children’s needs affected by Typhoon Odette

UNICEF sends supplies to areas impacted by Typhoon Odette; advocates needs of children

Even as Omicron variant takes hold, school closures must be a measure of last resort

UNICEF concerned for children in the Philippines as Typhoon Rai/Odette strike

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