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Malaria bringing distress to families in Sierra Leone

Malaria bringing distress to families in Sierra Leone

Data and research

By Harriet Mason

Ebola deaths in Sierra Leone made international headlines. But there’s no doubt what the bigger killer is: malaria. Each death is its own tragedy. I felt it immediately when stepping into the Koroma’s home. Family members were trying to cope with the loss of Kadiatu, their breadwinner who, after a brief illness, had died two… Read more →←
Breastfeeding: The Best $5 Investment We Can Make

Breastfeeding: The Best $5 Investment We Can Make

Data and research

By Victor Aguayo

Story also available in: 中文
New research shows that an investment of just $4.70 per newborn over the next 10 years would be enough to increase the rate of children under six months who are exclusively breastfed to at least 50 percent, the global target. The result of this $5-per-child investment? Saving more than 500,000 children’s lives. The research was… Read more →←
A mother breastfeed and a another woman smiles.
Commitment and action – for every newborn

Commitment and action – for every newborn

Data and research

By Stefan Swartling Peterson, Anthony Costello

Last year, close to one million babies died on their first day of life, and 2.7 million during their first 28 days. Almost half of all under-five deaths took place during this newborn period. And 2.6 million babies were stillborn. These first hours, days and weeks constitute the most dangerous period in a human life. In the poorest, most… Read more →←
Little girls poke their heads around a corner, smiling.
Unleashing the power of data for children

Unleashing the power of data for children

Data and research

By UNICEF Connect

Data hold more potential than ever before to shape the lives and living conditions of children. Much of that potential is the result of the rapid expan­sion of data sources and uses. We’ve seen firsthand what those results can be. Whether it is improving government data systems to improve the delivery of education and social… Read more →←
No one left behind: Linking families to essential social services

No one left behind: Linking families to essential social services

Data and research

By Remy Pigois

For the last three years, I’ve been working to make Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net (PSNP) both more nutrition sensitive and better connected to health services. PSNP is the main tool to help forward Ethiopia’s Social Protection Policy and Strategy, which provides regular cash or food transfers to over 8 million people in need.… Read more →←
Close up of a woman's face.
Cash transfers: What’s gender got to do with it?

Cash transfers: What’s gender got to do with it?

Data and research

By Jennifer Yablonski, Amber Peterman

UNICEF works on social protection programs in over 100 countries, and many are expanding rapidly. In discussions with stakeholders, there are two gender assumptions we hear repeatedly: giving benefits to women (rather than men) will result in better outcomes – particularly for children transfers will increase women’s empowerment. In… Read more →←
A woman with her child showing a paper.
Explaining the importance of birth registration in Angola

Explaining the importance of birth registration in Angola

Data and research

By Heitor Lourenco

Story also available in: Español العربية
Registering a child in Angola is sometimes a real challenge. The lack of information, the weaknesses of the services and the bureaucracy of the system are among the main constraints. These problems caught the attention of a group of 40 students of Law at the Mandume Ya Ndemufayo Public University who decided to create what they called… Read more →←
A woman texts test results on her phone.
Developing UNICEF’s Data Strategy

Developing UNICEF’s Data Strategy

Data and research

By Emily Garin

Story also available in: Français
In the sprawling urban settlement, a young mother deftly shells beans while answering survey questions and keeping an eye on her toddler. 300 kilometres outside the capital, a community health worker hits send on her mobile phone and an SMS transmits her day’s vaccination numbers to the Ministry of Health. 36,000 kilometres above the… Read more →←
Mapping inequality for child well-being in rich countries

Mapping inequality for child well-being in rich countries

Data and research

By Yekaterina Chzhen

Story also available in: Français
Research on inequality often loses sight of where children stand in relation to one another. The new Innocenti Report Card Fairness for Children: A league table of inequality in child well-being in rich countries looks at differences between children at the bottom of the inequality ladder, and their peers in the middle, across 41… Read more →←
Close-up of a smiling girl's face.
A new way to measure government investment in early childhood

A new way to measure government investment in early childhood

Data and research

By UNICEF Connect

Story also available in: Español
It is often said that the real commitment of a government to any issue can be measured by the money it spends. But measuring government investment is not always easy, especially when it is an issue as complex as early childhood development. Over the past decades in Latin America, early childhood has received increased government… Read more →←
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