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What you need to know about measles

Here's what you need to know about the outbreaks and their impact on children.

A child looks on as it is vaccinated in the informal tented settlement in Jarish, north Jordan through UNICEF-supported immunization drive.

Let's Raise our Hands For Every Child

This election, we have an opportunity to stand up for millions of children and make them a priority in electoral promises and platforms. Join UNICEF Canada as we #RaiseOurHands for five wins that can help kids the most.

Children smiling with their hands raised in the air.

Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts

9-month-old Amara is vaccinated against polio in South Kivu province, DR Congo

Horrific strikes reportedly kill three children and injure at least six others in Kyiv

Statement by Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine

A bouquet of yellow flowers and soft toys lie on the ground near the site of a missile strike, left in memory of the children killed in the early morning attack.

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UNICEF is the world’s farthest-reaching humanitarian organization for children. Across 190 countries and territories, and in the world’s toughest places, we work to help children survive, defend their rights, keep them protected, healthy and educated, and give them a fair chance to fulfill their potential.

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade

For two months, children in the Gaza Strip have faced relentless bombardments while being deprived of essential goods, services and lifesaving care. With each passing day of the aid blockade, they face the growing risk of starvation, illness and death – nothing can justify this.

Civilians trapped, children at risk, amid escalating violence in Darfur

Statement by UNICEF Representative to Sudan Sheldon Yett

Canada barely getting a passing grade in UNICEF’s latest Report Card on child well-being

UNICEF Report Card 19 reveals troubling mental health trends for children and young people across Canada.

Seven children running towards the camera in a playground

Risk of famine for children across Gaza, new report says

UNICEF and WFP warn of looming catastrophe as 71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers are threatened by acute malnutrition.

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the killing of at least 45 children in the Gaza Strip

Children's rights in Gaza are being gravely violated every day and urgent action is needed to protect children from widespread grave violations of their rights and threats to their survival.