The biggest challenge in controlling any epidemic is separating those infected from those that are not. This breaks the cycle of transmission. In the case of Ebola, this is especially difficult. First, the symptoms of Ebola are not specific. Fever, weakness, and headaches could be anything from the flu to malaria. But once a person has… Read more →←
Topic: Experts speak
Data is central to our work for children – as many stories on this blog illustrate: Accounting for the growing number of children orphaned by Ebola in the middle of Guinea’s dense rain-forest helps bring them the care and support they desperately need. The field of early childhood development is being redesigned thanks to recent… Read more →←
On 23 September, UNICEF hosted a historic event that brought together the President of Chile, leaders of four United Nations organizations, eight country ministers, representatives from at least 28 countries, company executives, prominent academics, media, and the first ladies of Colombia and Honduras. The Breakfast of Champions for… Read more →←
Eric Turyasingura chases after a ball made from plastic bags outside his home in the mountains of southern Uganda. Yelling “Arsenal with the ball! Arsenal with the ball!” in his mother tongue, Nkore, he jostles with his younger brothers for possession. At five years old, Eric’s body already tells a story of poverty and lost… Read more →←
Climate change is not only about weather. Climate change is about people, their rights and future. A truly global challenge of our time. The world is struggling with huge problems like poverty eradication, conflict and discrimination. The majority of people living on Earth still lack decent conditions of life and protection of their… Read more →←
The Great Recession of 2008 prompted many traditional donor countries to cut back foreign aid budgets. Pressure from lawmakers is now greater than ever for aid dollars to go further, and for development programmes to prove that aid is linked to tangible changes in the lives of children in the poorest regions of the world. Well, it turns… Read more →←
Social Accountability for Children’s Rights: Evidence, Practice and Impact Evidence Earlier this year,Jonathan Fox, Professor at the American University and renowned expert on social accountability, gave a talk at the World Bank entitled “Social Accountability: What does the Evidence Really Say?” In his talk, Professor Fox… Read more →←
Dressed proudly in their blue shirts, Team India walks onto the field, two of the players holding their large, crayon-coloured paper flag of India. The four players pose for a group photo and then step aside as Team Paraguay, Team Kenya, Team Chile, Team Brazil and the other teams participating in today’s championships follow with… Read more →←
The indigenous peoples of the Republic of the Congo, who constitute approximately 10 per cent of the country’s total population, lead a semi-nomadic life based on hunting and gathering deep within the nation’s dense forests. They are a widely marginalized population affected by extreme poverty, lack of access to basic social… Read more →←
7.5 million young people aged 15-24 — roughly the total population of Switzerland — were not in employment, education or training (referred to as ‘NEET’) across the European Union in 2013. In Greece alone it was one in five, nearly a quarter of a million young people. The UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti will later… Read more →←
