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HIV: Impact on mental health & quality of life in time of COVID-19

Adolescence Health and nutrition HIV/Aids

By By UNICEF & partners

As the coronavirus pandemic has unfurled across the world, the public health crisis has brought with it considerable social and economic aftershocks, which may be felt disproportionately by populations which are likely to be left behind.  Aside from the direct risks to physical health, the psychological impacts of COVID-19 also pose… Read more →←

The Laos e-health pioneers

Health and nutrition

By Barry Bracken

Sing District in the North West corner of Laos is the very unlikely scene of a technological revolution. An office in Nakham village is full of community workers, health volunteers and local Village Chiefs. One-by-one each participant introduces themselves and their smartphones, and are then each given an SD card. We are witnessing an… Read more →←
Daniel Toole

UNICEF’s Daniel Toole sees how disparity remains a challenge in rural China

Health and nutrition

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By Yang Jingjie, UNICEF China In mid-January, I travelled to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region, an ethnic minority area in Sichuan Province, with Daniel Toole, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific. The visit to the impoverished mountainous terrain of Liangshan was part of the preparations for UNICEF’s next five year plan… Read more →←
Daniel Toole visits children

Photos: Daniel Toole’s visit to rural China

Health and nutrition

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Daniel Toole, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Director, visited Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region, one of the most impoverished regions in China, to see how UNICEF is working with partners to help children and their families access basic services. Despite enormous economic growth in China pulling many out of poverty, there is still a… Read more →←
Children leap into a lagoon in Tarawa, the capital.

A message from Samoa: “I’m in beautiful Samoa. It’s terrifying.”

Child protection

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A message from Samoa by Karen Allen, UNICEF Pacific Representative I’m in beautiful Samoa. It’s terrifying Greetings from Samoa in the Pacific, the gracious host of a major global conference of small island states. To visit this beautiful nation is wonderful, but also terrifying. We, the big consumers of coal, oil and gas… Read more →←
An interactive session during the workshop helped participants to understand the importance of early essential newborn care.

A more promising future for new born babies in Mongolia

Health and nutrition

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The first three days of life are the most critical in ensuring the survival of new born babies. And although there have been significant improvements in maternal and child health in the last two decades in Mongolia, survival rates of new-born babies are not improving as fast as they must. Forty-two per cent of the 2,000 deaths annually… Read more →←

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