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Immunization: one of the most effective ways to keep children healthy

UNICEF ensures children around the world have access to the vaccines they need, so they can thrive and grow to their full potential.

Young child smiling at camera while getting vaccinated in Yemen.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warns of a deepening crisis for children following a visit to Sudan

More than 400 children reportedly killed or injured in Sudan’s El Fasher in the past seven weeks while hunger continues to haunt the country’s children.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell hugs 11-year-old Yomna after meeting with her and other adolescent girls displaced by the war, at Abdullah Naj internally displaced people's gathering point in Port Sudan.

Sudan is facing an unprecedented hunger catastrophe, say UN agency chiefs

New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger

One child displaced every minute in Haiti as armed violence persists – UNICEF

Over 300,000 children now internally displaced in the country, a 60 per cent increase since March

10 YEARS OF CRISES: THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Palais Briefing remarks by UNICEF Representative in the Central African Republic Meritxell Relaño Arana.

At least 3 million children at risk as Hurricane Beryl hits the Caribbean

UNICEF and partners have pre-positioned life-saving supplies and stand ready to provide services to children and families in several countries

Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023 leaving many without life-saving protection

New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks

Children in Kiribati are undergoing routine vaccinations, following the introduction of life-saving vaccines in the Pacific through a partnership between Rotary International and UNICEF.

Pride Month Is a Revolution

The celebration of Pride and Pride Month is the celebration of the revolution that led us to being able to be ourselves and to love who we love. We honour and cherish those before us who have helped us get to where we are today.

A crowd cheering and dancing at a Pride Festival.

Under The Knife

A razorblade should not be a rite of passage for a child. And yet, globally, 2 million girls under age 5 each year are held down, their bodies cut, carved and stitched up in unnatural form. Around the world today, at least 230 million girls and women have survived FGM and live with its lasting physical and psychological effects.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on deadly strikes in Ukraine

I am horrified by the news out of Ukraine today that at least 150 people have reportedly been killed or injured, and a children’s hospital severely damaged in Kyiv, during a wave of deadly missile strikes across the country