Â鶹´«Ã½

Despite being preventable and treatable, children continue to suffer from Cholera, a potentially fatal disease. works to ensure vaccines and treatments reach the children most in need.

Katia’s son Myron was born under two lamps powered by a generator provided by . Ukraine unstable situation presents an anxious moment for pregnant women. Constant blackouts means hospitals are not equipped to handle emergency conditions for mothers in labor. UNICEF and partners are working to expand programmes to save the lives of children and their families in Ukraine. In addition to items, such as clothing, boots, and blankets, they are providing about 300 generators to children's hospitals, maternity hospitals and other medical facilities.

A red alert for children’s health: Routine immunization coverage dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest edition of  report launched today explores the causes and the steps we must take to make sure that no child is left behind. As the flagship publication of the , the report was first published in 1980, focusing each year on a key issue affecting children. These have ranged from children with disabilities, conflict and war, child labour, urbanization, and early childhood development. 

Safe water is essential to life itself. No one stands to suffer from the consequences of water insecurity more than children. By 2030, half of the global population is expected to be living in water-stressed conditions. A deadly combination of disease, climate risks, and unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene creates a for children. Competition for water resources will only intensify with increasing urbanization, population growth and the threat of climate change. examines the countries that face the greatest risk and where the WASH investments are at its lowest and how to mitigate these factors.

190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); related diseases; and climate hazards – according to a new . Many of the worst-affected countries, particularly in the Sahel, are also facing instability and armed conflict, further aggravating children’s access to clean water and sanitation. Across the 10 hotspots, nearly one-third of children do not have access to at least basic water at home, and two-thirds do not have basic sanitation services.

The Leading Minds Conference by  brings together some of the world’s leading thinkers — scholars, scientists, innovators, influencers, philanthropists, governments and of course young people — to understand the challenges that children and young people face globally.

One year into the Ukraine war, an estimated 1.5 million children are at risk of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental conditions. Not many are lucky as Kateryna who left Kyiv with her children at the beginning of the war. Once again, children are paying the price of a war not of their own making. has been working with national and local authorities, as well as civil society organizations in Ukraine and neighboring countries to deliver emergency assistance, access to education, health and mental health support, and life-saving information to children and their families.

Children worldwide are being denied their basic human right to an education. -financed Education Cannot Wait brings us the stories of perseverance and hope emerging on the frontlines.

Children from the poorest households from national public education funding, said in a , while calling for additional, more equitable investment to lift millions out of a learning crisis. The report, , notes that on average, the poorest quintile of learners benefits from 16% of public funding for education, compared to the richest, who benefit from 28%. Among low-income countries, 11% goes to the poorest learners, while 42% goes to the richest.

A 1% point increase in the allocation of public education resources to the poorest 20% may pull 35 million primary school-aged children out of learning poverty globally, according to the report, which sets out.

Today, there are more children in need of humanitarian assistance than at any other time since the Second World War. Across the globe, children and their families are facing a deadly mix of crises, from conflict and displacement to disease outbreaks and soaring rates of malnutrition. But with on the ground, it’s far from hopeless. They know how to reach these children at greatest risk and in greatest need by distributing winter clothing, providing safe spaces for displaced families and delivering treatments like Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF).

Human rights are standards that recognize and protect the dignity of all human beings. Human rights govern how individual human beings live in society, as well as their relationship with the State and the obligations that the State has towards them. Human rights law obliges governments to do some things and prevents them from doing others. Individuals also have responsibilities: in using their human rights, they must respect the rights of others. By integrating human rights in development cooperation, ensures inclusive processes where those most vulnerable are not forgotten.

Smiling is contagious and these happy children from around the world are sure to put a smile on your face! procures and distributes vaccines and other essential supplies, including solar-powered refrigerators, and helps train health workers to prevent future outbreaks of diseases. Babies are also screened for malnourishment and mothers taught about nutrition at their funded health centres. In addition, UNICEF has established more than 200 temporary learning centres, to look after the protection and psychosocial well-being of children caught up in the climate change-related crisis.

As winter approaches, millions of Ukrainians remain displaced from their homes. Now, as the biting winds and sub-zero temperatures of winter take hold, Ukraine’s children confront new threats to their well-being. They are in desperate need of protection and shelter. is working with partners providing much-needed winter items, such as clothing, boots and blankets. UNICEF is also extending child-care services and life-saving cash transfers to particularly vulnerable families, while supporting schools and hospitals with generators and heating.

New UNICEF shows the extent to which racism and discrimination impact children’s education, health, and access to a fair and equal justice system.