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2.3 million children in need of protection in the Central Sahel region in 2020, a more than 80 per cent increase in one year

Publication date: May 22, 2020

Existing child protection crisis worsens amid COVID-19

At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts, warn Gavi, WHO and UNICEF

Publication date: May 22, 2020

Agencies call for joint effort to safely deliver routine immunization and proceed with vaccination campaigns against deadly vaccine-preventable diseases.

On 3 December 2019, [NAME CHANGED] Nabyla (centre), 13, waits to enter school with her classmates in Kaya, Burkina Faso, the town in which her family found refuge after being displaced.

Surge in violent attacks during COVID-19 lockdown puts children’s lives at risk in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

Publication date: May 22, 2020

UN Children’s Agency calls for all parties to the conflict to join global ceasefire and end more than six years of fighting

Lera Nagormay, 10, sits for a photograph in a classroom at school in Marinka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

COVID-19: Dangers mount for migrant children forcibly returned to northern Central America and Mexico during pandemic

Publication date: May 21, 2020

Virus fears compound existing discrimination and violence for returned migrant children, leaving them doubly at risk, UNICEF warns

Escalating violence in eastern DRC is straining humanitarian assistance to women and children: UNICEF

Publication date: May 20, 2020

Over a quarter of a million people, the majority of them children, have fled intensifying violence in Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the beginning of the year, UNICEF warned today.

Loda camp is one of around 87 displacement camps in Ituri province. The population includes around 1,500 children.

At least 19 million children at imminent risk as Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in Bangladesh and India

Publication date: May 20, 2020

Cyclone and COVID-19 present dual threats to children and families in the region, warns UNICEF

Young girl under shelter bracing for Cyclone Amphan

As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 6,000 additional children under five could die a day, without urgent action

Publication date: May 13, 2020

UNICEF launches #Reimagine, a global campaign to prevent the pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children

A nurse gives the first care, with a mouth mask, to a newborn in the health center of Port Bouet, a suburban f Abidjan, in the South of Côte d'Ivoire

Seven in 10 young people in Canada say pandemic having negative impact on their mental health

Publication date: May 12, 2020

U-Report Canada polls over 600 young people across Canada on the impact of COVID-19

Smiling teen girl holding megaphone in front of a white brick wall

UNICEF appeals for $1.6 billion to meet growing needs of children impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

Publication date: May 12, 2020

New funding request is $1 billion more than March appeal, as countries reel from socioeconomic impact of COVID-19

Sharon helps Jonathan to wash his hands with the water and soap mixture at the entrance of their house. In Uganda, the COVID-19 pandemic and lock down has left many families with no option but to stay home and keep stay safe.

New ‘Pata Pata’ music video released by UNICEF spreads COVID-19 awareness - and joy - around the globe

Publication date: May 11, 2020

Fans across all continents join Angelique Kidjo in sharing hope and joy by dancing to Pata Pata

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2.3 million children in need of protection in the Central Sahel region in 2020, a more than 80 per cent increase in one year

At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts, warn Gavi, WHO and UNICEF

Surge in violent attacks during COVID-19 lockdown puts children’s lives at risk in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

COVID-19: Dangers mount for migrant children forcibly returned to northern Central America and Mexico during pandemic

Escalating violence in eastern DRC is straining humanitarian assistance to women and children: UNICEF

At least 19 million children at imminent risk as Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in Bangladesh and India

As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 6,000 additional children under five could die a day, without urgent action

Seven in 10 young people in Canada say pandemic having negative impact on their mental health

UNICEF appeals for $1.6 billion to meet growing needs of children impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

New ‘Pata Pata’ music video released by UNICEF spreads COVID-19 awareness - and joy - around the globe

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