How can we strengthen accountability to population as part of our research work? In Timor-Leste, an evaluation commissioned by the Ministry of Health and supported by UNICEF integrated an innovative process of reporting back on the evaluation results to the communities that had been surveyed. In July and August 2021, the enumerators went… Read more →←
Topic: Data and Research
Data about children is everywhere. Every year, the average child will have more data collected about them than a similar child born any year prior. While all these data give opportunities to better understand children’s needs and provide well-informed services, they can also generate risks – many of which are not fully… Read more →←
Read this blog in English. Come ricercatori del centro di ricerca di UNICEF Innocenti, crediamo nell’importanza di ascoltare bambinə e ragazzə per informare i processi decisionali e le politiche pubbliche. In quest’ottica, abbiamo progettato una ricerca qualitativa per esplorare come gli adolescenti hanno vissuto e stanno… Read more →←
Leggi questo blog in italiano. As researchers at UNICEF Innocenti, we believe in the importance of listening to children and young people to inform decision-making and policies. For this reason, we designed a qualitative research project to explore how children and young people are experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is… Read more →←
Vaccines save the lives of an estimated three million children per year. They have had a significant impact on the reduction of child mortality over the past two decades and have shielded humanity from some of the most threatening diseases in history. Recently, we’ve witnessed the power of vaccines to prevent deaths and reduce… Read more →←
Latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in disruptions to key malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment services across endemic countries in 2020 and contributed to an increase in malaria cases and deaths. According to the World Malaria Report, an estimated 241 million cases of… Read more →←
For the many people working to improve adolescents’ lives, finding data has just become a little easier. The reason for this is UNICEF’s new Adolescent Data Portal, which launched on 18 April. For the first time, the portal brings together in one place global, regional and national-level data on adolescent well-being across key areas… Read more →←
Thriving in the first few years of life is the right of every child. It is also the foundation of future health, well-being and productivity, according to scientific evidence from multiple disciplines. Growing recognition of the vital importance of early childhood development (ECD) is attested by its inclusion in the 2015 Sustainable… Read more →←
Beginning as early as primary school and continuing through secondary school, the journey of education can be vastly different depending on whether a child is a boy or a girl. Measuring these differences and whether they result in advantages or disadvantages for children is critical for education policy planning. Policymakers need to be… Read more →←
After her school was hit by a missile, 13-year-old Emtinan of Al Hudaydah stopped going to school for an entire year. Her family took shelter in a neighboring village, before being forced to flee again as intensive conflict resumed in the governorate. Ultimately, they sought shelter in Al-Jufainah internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp… Read more →←