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Children at increased risk of harm online during global COVID-19 pandemic

Publication date: April 15, 2020

Newly released technical note aims to help governments, ICT companies, educators and parents protect children in lockdown.

A child's face is reflected in a tablet screen.

The European Union and Belgium support UNICEF in shipping vital supplies to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: April 14, 2020

A UNICEF shipment of 63 cubic metres of vital health supplies landed yesterday in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on a Belgian repatriation flight, co-financed by the European Union (EU).

A UNICEF worker prepares to move supplies to be shipped to the DRC.

More than 117 million children at risk of missing out on measles vaccines, as COVID-19 surges

Publication date: April 14, 2020

Statement by the Measles & Rubella Initiative: American Red Cross, U.S. CDC, UNICEF, UN Foundation and WHO.

A young baby receives a measles vaccine.

Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19

Publication date: April 7, 2020

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

COVID-19 pandemic could devastate refugee, migrant and internally displaced populations without urgent international action

Publication date: April 6, 2020

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Children wait in a crowded processing area for refugees.

WHO and UNICEF to partner on pandemic response through COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

Publication date: April 3, 2020

Unprecedented fund an ‘all hands on deck’ approach to tackle COVID-19 pandemic

Baby wearing mask looking a doctor in a cap and mask holding a cotton swab with gloved hands

IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read the World on International Children’s Book Day to support children and young people in isolation

Publication date: April 2, 2020

Geronimo Stilton author to kickstart exclusive children’s book reading initiative amid COVID-19 pandemic

Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at risk from killer measles, cholera epidemics: UNICEF

Publication date: March 31, 2020

COVID-19 latest challenge facing battered health services

Baby in the DRC receiving liquid vaccine

Singer-Songwriter Stephen Voyce releases new track in support of UNICEF

Publication date: March 31, 2020

Song draws attention to injustices facing vulnerable children around the world.

Greater support needed for working families as COVID-19 takes hold – UNICEF and ILO

Publication date: March 31, 2020

Newly released recommendations for businesses aim to help employers strengthen support for families during the pandemic.

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Children at increased risk of harm online during global COVID-19 pandemic

The European Union and Belgium support UNICEF in shipping vital supplies to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

More than 117 million children at risk of missing out on measles vaccines, as COVID-19 surges

Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic could devastate refugee, migrant and internally displaced populations without urgent international action

WHO and UNICEF to partner on pandemic response through COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read the World on International Children’s Book Day to support children and young people in isolation

Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at risk from killer measles, cholera epidemics: UNICEF

Singer-Songwriter Stephen Voyce releases new track in support of UNICEF

Greater support needed for working families as COVID-19 takes hold – UNICEF and ILO

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