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1 in 3 children under 2 years of age are today acutely malnourished in the north, according to nutrition screenings conducted by UNICEF and partners

A new milestone in the history of the fourteen-year partnership: The MSC Foundation has raised $14 million to date to help UNICEF improve the lives of children around the world.

A steep rise in malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Gaza strip poses grave threats to their health, according to a comprehensive new analysis released by the Global Nutrition Cluster.

Without additional resources and humanitarian access, more children could die due to malnutrition and disease than conflict

One year after the deadliest earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria’s recent history, the impacts of the catastrophe continue to reverberate for children. For those in Syria, the impact is compounded by the effects of a wider ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Cases of diarrhea in children up 50 per cent in just one week, with 90 per cent of children under two now subject to ‘severe food poverty’.

The UNICEF Photo of the Year 2023 depicts a carefree moment below the black clouds of war, in a meadow in northwestern Ukraine.

Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns.

Children and adolescents face significant treatment gaps in testing and access to medication

Today is World Children’s Day. We celebrate the United Nations’ historic adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20, 1989, creating the foundation for a child-friendly society.