This year marks 30 years since the development of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), a small sachet of fortified 'peanut ...

FLORENCE/SYDNEY – Economic inequality in wealthy countries is linked to worse physical health and poorer academic outcomes among children, according to an analysis published today by UNICEF Office of ...

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My name is Lara Perera, and I have been working in UNICEF Sri Lanka since 2005. I joined UNICEF soon after the tsunami hit Sri Lanka, where over 35,000 people were killed and up to 1 million people ...

As his friends start counting down from three, Liveti sizes up his approach. He's barefoot but doesn't seem to notice the crushed corals and the rough, densely packed sand he's standing on. When his ...

Nauru and Manus Island are just the beginning. This should be reason enough to change how Australia responds to people seeking asylum. But the problems run far beyond these two remote islands. The ...

They aren’t. Each ingredient in a vaccine serves a specific purpose to keep the vaccine safe, effective and long lasting. For example, the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine contains a weakened ...

In countries all over the world, climate-related disasters are wreaking havoc on homes, destroying schools and playgrounds, and forcing children and young people to experience crises beyond their ...

Over 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a newly released UNICEF report. The updated global estimates show a 15 per cent increase in ...

For more than two years, children and their families have been living through a brutal conflict. Now, on top of mass displacement and ongoing violence, they are facing a devastating hunger crisis, cut ...

Here in Australia and around the world, young people are raising their voices on issues they care passionately about. From the environment to gender equality and everything in between, people like you ...

UNICEF Australia commends the commitment of Education Ministers today putting children first, and for the range of measures agreed to protect children in childcare settings. A national register of ...