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UNICEF Executive Director calls for urgent action and sustained investments for children in South Sudan

Publication date: December 6, 2025

Climate shocks, conflict and instability are putting millions of children at risk across the world’s youngest nation.

A woman in a UNICEF sweater and a man converse with a smiling woman holding a child, seated on mats in a metal-walled room, conveying warmth and hope.

Fast Facts: World risks reversing HIV progress as children continue to face treatment gap – UNICEF

Publication date: December 5, 2025

Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment, and care, as shrinking funding threatens to increase their risks and reverse decades of progress, UNICEF warned today ahead of World AIDS Day.

Mother living with HIV holds her baby at a testing centre

Surge in violence pushes children to the breaking point in northern Mozambique

Publication date: December 5, 2025

Tens of thousands of children displaced as families forced to flee in wake of attacks by armed non-state actors

Mother holds her baby at a health centre with others gathered

Millions of children in Southeast Asia affected by relentless climate-related disasters

Publication date: December 5, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Deputy Spokesperson Ricardo Pires – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Child stands in flood waters beside his home in Viet Nam

More than 10 children reportedly killed in attack on kindergarten in South Kordofan, Sudan

Publication date: December 5, 2025

Drone strikes in Ghadeer locality, Kalogi, South Kordofan, have reportedly killed more than 10 children aged between 5 and 7 years, inside a kindergarten yesterday.

Malnutrition persists as winter sets in, threatening children’s lives and wellbeing in Gaza

Publication date: December 2, 2025

High levels of malnutrition continue to endanger the lives and wellbeing of children in the Gaza Strip, compounded by the onset of winter weather accelerating the spread of disease and increasing the risk of death among the most vulnerable children.

Over 275,000 children affected in Sri Lanka following devastating Cyclone

Publication date: December 2, 2025

Cyclone Ditwah has left children across Sri Lanka facing an escalating humanitarian crisis. After making landfall on the East Coast early on 28 November, the storm caused widespread floods and devastating landslides. Initial estimates suggest that over 275,000 children are among the 1.4 million people affected, although disrupted communications and blocked access routes imply the actual number may be even higher.

Sri Lankan rescue workers help transport stranded family with baby onto rescue boat

More than 340 educational facilities damaged or destroyed in Ukraine this year

Publication date: November 26, 2025

Education continues to come under attack, as the growing toll of the war on children’s learning and development places their future at risk

Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence against their mothers pervasive worldwide – UNICEF

Publication date: November 25, 2025

First-ever regional analysis shows that over half of children in Oceania and around a third in both sub-Saharan Africa and Central and Southern Asia are victims of violence in the home

Gavi and UNICEF announce equitable pricing deal for malaria vaccine to protect 7 million more children by end of decade

Publication date: November 24, 2025

Gavi and UNICEF announce equitable pricing deal for malaria vaccine to protect 7 million more children by end of decade

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UNICEF Executive Director calls for urgent action and sustained investments for children in South Sudan

Fast Facts: World risks reversing HIV progress as children continue to face treatment gap – UNICEF

Surge in violence pushes children to the breaking point in northern Mozambique

Millions of children in Southeast Asia affected by relentless climate-related disasters

More than 10 children reportedly killed in attack on kindergarten in South Kordofan, Sudan

Malnutrition persists as winter sets in, threatening children’s lives and wellbeing in Gaza

Over 275,000 children affected in Sri Lanka following devastating Cyclone

More than 340 educational facilities damaged or destroyed in Ukraine this year

Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence against their mothers pervasive worldwide – UNICEF

Gavi and UNICEF announce equitable pricing deal for malaria vaccine to protect 7 million more children by end of decade

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