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New UNICEF report shows decline in confidence in childhood vaccines in Canada during COVID-19

New data reveals 67 million children globally missed out on one or more vaccinations over three years due to service disruption caused by strained health systems and diversion of scarce resources, conflict and fragility, and decreased confidence.

On 18 August 2022 in Kraków, Poland, 6-year-old Mykyta receives his immunizations from Nurse Ewelina Tytula at the UNIMED medical center.

Escalating violence in Sudan puts millions of children at risk

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s statement on situation of children in Sudan

On 19 April 2023, people flee their neighbourhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum, Sudan.

Protecting every child from vaccine-preventable disease

UNICEF’s latest State of the World’s Children Report states 1 in 5 children are unvaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to a range of vaccine-preventable diseases.

A girl wearing a blue dress looks directly at the camera, holding a bandage up to her recently vaccinated arm. She is smiling.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the life of Goodwill Ambassador Harry Belafonte

We mourn the loss of Harry Belafonte, one of the world’s greatest actors, singers, producers, and champions of human rights – especially children.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Harry Belafonte waves to onlookers, standing amidst a crowd of children at the Kihumbuini primary school in Kangemi, a poor neighbourhood in Nairobi, the capital.

Fighting in Sudan rapidly worsening an already dire humanitarian situation for children, warn UNICEF, Save the Children and World Vision

As violent clashes in Sudan continue, UNICEF and the child-focused NGOs World Vision and Save the Children are highlighting the danger to children if the current ceasefire is not respected by all parties.

90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women in low-income countries are offline - UNICEF

On International Day of Girls in ICT, new analysis warns that girls* are being left behind in an increasingly connected world.

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

Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage – UNICEF

Slowing momentum toward eliminating child marriage most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which is now over 200 years from ending child marriage; 1 in 4 young women still married before 18th birthday in South Asia despite progress

Getrude Muge, 17, photographed at her home is a student at Tik Seed Secondary School .

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan

The situation in Sudan is teetering toward catastrophe, and children are increasingly caught in the crossfire.

On 27 April 2023, as conflict escalates in Sudan, refugees arrive in the Chadian village of Koufroun, which is situated on the Chad-Sudan border.

Geneva Palais Briefing Note: Horrifying numbers of children killed & injured in Sudan

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

On 27 April 2023, as conflict escalates in Sudan, a group of refugees, mostly women and children, rest under a tree to protect themselves from the high temperatures after crossing into the Chadian village of Koufroun, which is situated on the Chad-Sudan border.

Maternal health in focus in Ethiopia

A health centre in this Ethiopian village is tackling maternal malnutrition through supplements provided by UNICEF and partners, leading to improved nutrition in pregnant women and chances of a safe delivery and healthy, happy babies and mothers.