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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations

Publication date: March 25, 2025

Number of under-five deaths declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths remained around 1.9 million, according to two new UN reports.

A newborn sleeps in their mother's lap in a HBPNC (Home-based postnatal care) in Balolabadi, Jhabhua, Madhya Pradesh, India.

The enduring hope of Haiti’s children in the midst of chaos

Publication date: March 25, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban upon conclusion of his visit to Haiti

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban sits in a classroom with students in a school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

As Syria’s children step out of the shadows of war, securing their future is more critical than ever – UNICEF

Publication date: March 25, 2025

More than 75 per cent of the country’s 10.5 million children were born into war

Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation for children in Yemen after 10 years of conflict

Publication date: March 25, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Yemen Representative Peter Hawkins – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Three-year-old Loli Abdel Qader stands at the UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Yemen.

Deadly attacks affecting children in Ukraine a tragic reminder that nowhere is safe

Publication date: March 24, 2025

This is a statement attributable to Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine.

Eight-year-old Myroslava stands in front of a bombed-out residential building, one of several damaged in a missile strike on 7 March in Eastern Ukraine.

As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million

Publication date: March 22, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the third anniversary of the ban on secondary education for girls in Afghanistan.

On February 10 2025, Ramzia*, 15, is drawing at home. She has been out of school for the past three and a half years. She was in eighth grade when girls were banned from school.

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Kitty van der Heijden Palais Briefing on Ethiopia, Nigeria and the global funding crisis

Publication date: March 21, 2025

In 2024, UNICEF and our partners reached 441 million children under five with services to prevent all forms of malnutrition, while 9.3 million children received treatment for severe wasting and others forms of severe acute malnutrition.

Kitty van der Heijden speaking at an event.

UNICEF condemns looting of life-saving supplies for children from Al Bashair hospital in Khartoum State

Publication date: March 21, 2025

UNICEF condemns in the strongest possible terms the looting of vital humanitarian supplies—intended to save the lives of malnourished children and provide critical healthcare to mothers and newborns from Al Bashair Hospital in Jabal Awlia, Khartoum.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the attacks in Gaza

Publication date: March 18, 2025

Today, Gaza’s one million children – who have endured more than 15 months of war – have been plunged back into a world of fear and death. The attacks and the violence must stop – now.

Palestinian children remain deprived of the most essential supplies and services

Publication date: March 17, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder

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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations

The enduring hope of Haiti’s children in the midst of chaos

As Syria’s children step out of the shadows of war, securing their future is more critical than ever – UNICEF

Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation for children in Yemen after 10 years of conflict

Deadly attacks affecting children in Ukraine a tragic reminder that nowhere is safe

As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Kitty van der Heijden Palais Briefing on Ethiopia, Nigeria and the global funding crisis

UNICEF condemns looting of life-saving supplies for children from Al Bashair hospital in Khartoum State

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the attacks in Gaza

Palestinian children remain deprived of the most essential supplies and services

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