Tag: UNICEF USA

After a catastrophic monsoon season, families who have already lost everything face a host of unseen dangers. UNICEF is providing lifesaving supplies and assistance.Rising floodwaters forced Nazira and her children out of their home in Balochistan Province, Pakistan. © UNICEF/UN0712731/d'Aki By Catherine Weibel JAFARABAD, Pakistan – From a distance, ...

UNICEF’s supply and logistics operation can deliver supplies to children and families in need anywhere in the world within 72 hours, from hard-to-reach disaster areas to war zones.On Aug. 30, 2022, 14-year-old Amjad carries a box of UNICEF supplies distributed to families impacted by catastrophic flooding in Nowshera Distrct, ...

We have been here before: Lessons learned in the fight against polio are informing the global COVID-19 response.  Health workers and volunteers participate in a polio immunization campaign in Kaduna, Nigeria in 2019. © Rotary International By Meghan Doetschman, Global Cause Partnerships, UNICEF USA and Stephanie Jacquier, Global Philanthropy, ...

Mekak, 11, sits with her grandmother near a community toilet in Mumbai, India. UNICEF and partners are working to sustain urban sanitation and hygiene preparedness in schools during the COVID-19 public health crisis. © Dhiraj Singh for UNICEF “Diwali used to be celebrated with the burning of firecrackers, a ...

While Covid-19 and related crises commanded the world's attention, some progress was achieved last year for children and families on several important fronts. Here's a look at some of the positive developments in 2020. Girls and women in many communities in the U.S. are often pressured, tricked, threatened or ...

A surge in coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm health systems in low- and middle-income countries and disrupt routine services, claiming the lives of 6,000 children every day from preventable causes over the next six months, according to startling evidence published by the Lancet. Left unchecked, these potential disruptions will ...

A health worker vaccinates 1-year-old Ahmad at the door of his family's home during a 2019 national immunization campaign in Pakistan. © UNICEF/UNI217679/Zaidi Polio once caused epidemics too. Before there was a vaccine, the virus would spread with abandon, preying on young children and leaving many of them crippled for ...