UNICEF is ready to reach children affected by the Philippines earthquake.Earlier this week, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the northern Philippines. Early reports from the epicenter have confirmed damage to homes, hospitals, roads and other infrastructure. UNICEF and partners are addressing the immediate needs of affected communities and prepositioned emergency supplies are on standby to support relief efforts.
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School offers Ukrainian children some normalcy amid war.Sasha, 10, and Vanea, 14, are two Ukrainian siblings who attend a school in Moldova that is practically swelling with displaced students. As war broke out, Sasha, Vanea and their mother were forced to flee their home in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, and cross the border. The siblings have begun to settle into their school, making friends and building community — but they miss their lives back home.
Hear Sasha and Vanea describe their school experience >> |
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Declines in routine childhood vaccinations threaten progress.Since 1990, immunization has helped reduce deaths among children aged 5 and under by 61 percent. However, as a result of the pandemic and compounding challenges, we are now witnessing the most sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in three decades. This historic backslide is accompanied by rapidly rising rates of severe acute malnutrition — a convergence that’s creating the conditions for a child survival crisis.
What happened, why it matters — and how we can turn things around >> |
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In Burkina Faso, malnutrition rates soar as access to treatment becomes limited.As levels of food insecurity rise in Burkina Faso, so has the price of the Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) used to treat severely malnourished children — increasing by 16 percent in the past three months. This increase, due to the soaring costs of the ingredients used to make and fortify RUTF and the extra charges for transport, could have a devastating effect on children's health worldwide.
Food insecurity is on the rise in Burkina Faso >> |
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