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Violence in al-Mayadin district, Deir ez-Zor, reportedly destroys cold room and vaccines

Likely setback to immunization activities in areas where health systems already devastated

Covering the Rohingya crisis for UNICEF: Three views

We asked three photographers and filmmakers who’ve been working for us in Cox’s Bazar to tell us what it’s been like to cover such a desperate situation for children.

UNICEF Canada and the 2018 G7 Summit: how we can educate and empower girls

Canadians Call for Action at G7 Summit

As momentum builds toward the G7 Summit in June, a coalition of leading Canadian development and humanitarian agencies is amplifying the voices of concerned Canadians who want G7 leaders to take action on the most neglected, yet critical, issue in the world today: the education of girls in crises and conflict.

Kids Boost Immunity and UNICEF encourage Canadian students to ‘Act Local to Vaccinate Global’

Federal Minister of Health, The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor kicked off National Immunization Awareness Week today by announcing a new Canadian health platform designed to raise literacy about immunization in schools.

UNICEF Canada partners with Waterloo region to prioritize well-being of children and youth

Through Smart Cities Challenge, Waterloo Region aims for better and fairer lives for children and youth

It hurts but it works!

Vaccines protect children against disease and death, saving up to three million lives a year. Despite the benefits, millions of young children around the world are missing out. UNICEF envisions a world where no child dies from a preventable cause and all children reach their full potential. That is why UNICEF is on the ground in 190 countries, immunizing millions of children every year.

World Malaria Day 2018: A newborn and a mosquito net

In Chad, 27% of child deaths are caused by malaria, making it the leading cause of death among children under five. Malaria is also a high risk for pregnant women and can result in premature births and stillbirths.

Aid workers released unharmed in South Sudan

Ten aid workers who had been detained by an armed group since Wednesday, 25 April, outside of South Sudan’s Yei town were released today. The group returned safely to Juba. They have undergone medical checks and are said to be in good health.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on deaths of 11 children in Kandahar, Afghanistan

I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the attack which reportedly killed 11 children this morning while they were studying at a religious school in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province.