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Surge in violent attacks during COVID-19 lockdown puts children’s lives at risk in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

UN Children’s Agency calls for all parties to the conflict to join global ceasefire and end more than six years of fighting

Lera Nagormay, 10, sits for a photograph in a classroom at school in Marinka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

2.3 million children in need of protection in the Central Sahel region in 2020, a more than 80 per cent increase in one year

Existing child protection crisis worsens amid COVID-19

COVID-19: A Double Emergency

COVID-19 is bringing a new threat to already battered countries – and makes delivering life-saving assistance even harder.

A child stands in front of her tin house in Bangladesh.

At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts, warn Gavi, WHO and UNICEF

Agencies call for joint effort to safely deliver routine immunization and proceed with vaccination campaigns against deadly vaccine-preventable diseases.

On 3 December 2019, [NAME CHANGED] Nabyla (centre), 13, waits to enter school with her classmates in Kaya, Burkina Faso, the town in which her family found refuge after being displaced.

A Day in the Life: Internally Displaced Children in Yemen

Muna is 10 years old and is one of the many children living in Al Sha’ab camp in Aden, Yemen. Due to COVID-19, her school in the camp is currently closed but she is trying to make the best of her days at home.

A Silent Crisis

A nationwide lockdown across Bangladesh brings an increased risk of gender-based violence for Rohingya and Bangladeshi women and girls.

A woman and her daughter stand outside a makeshift home in Bangladesh.

Countries failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warn WHO and UNICEF

Agencies encourage women to continue to breastfeed during the COVID-19 pandemic

Grandmother Mampu Drami hold her grandson Mohamed after his mom Mohamed Mama Drami (34) who gave birth to twins two weeks ago at the paediatric ward in the Bafata hospital, Guinea Bissau, Thursday,17 January 2020. Unicef support the hospital by providing nutrition counselling, prevention and treatment of nutrition , HIV family testing and birth registration. Unicef Photo/Prinsloo

Food crisis likely to worsen in the Middle East and North Africa as COVID-19 continues

From the Regional Directors of UNICEF, FAO, WFP and WHO

Girl smiling beside small plastic bags of food

Call 1166: Vital Support During COVID-19

A COVID-19 helpline in Pakistan is providing vital support to communities in need during the pandemic.

A community volunteer at the helpline offices.

COVID-19: Number of children living in household poverty to soar by up to 86 million by end of year

New analysis from Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that without urgent action, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 15 per cent, to reach 672 million