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Sima Bahous of Jordan sworn in as Executive Director of UN Women
UN agencies call for protection measures and comprehensive regional approach for Haitians on move
UN: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Struggle to Survive Amid Worst Socioeconomic Crisis in Decades
Australia’s leading child-focused aid agencies demand more meaningful climate policy involvement for young people most impacted
WHO and partners call for urgent action on meningitis
ACT-Accelerator partnership welcomes leadership and commitments at US COVID Summit to ending Covid pandemic through equitable access
What Needs to Change to Enhance Covid Vaccine Access
New storybook to help children stay hopeful during Covid
WHO calls for equitable access to casirivimab and imdevimab for Covid
COVAX Announces additional deals to access promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates; plans global rollout starting Q1 2021
Hospitals swamped with malnutrition, disease in Ethiopian conflict zone as World Vision humanitarian response
World Vision commits $660 million to fight global malnutrition
Almost 2 billion people depend on health care facilities without basic water services – WHO, UNICEF
New checklist supports schools to reopen and prepare for COVID-19 resurgences
New United Nations report reveals inequality in geographical distribution of malnutrition in Latin America
UNICEF and Microsoft launch improved, scalable technology to protect vulnerable children and women amid rise
New mothers, infants and adolescents face challenges to healthy food and nutrition – research shows
On Data Protection and Privacy in COVID-19 Response
ASHA award for Dr Elissa Kennedy
VicHealth and UNICEF to boost child wellbeing in Victoria
Researchers help detect worrying trends in childhood growth
Milestone Moment: Mastercard’s Girls4Tech Reaches 1 Million Girls in 30 Countries
Gender inequalities accelerate during early adolescence, study finds
Early adolescence central to gender inequality in Asia-Pacific
International statement – End-to-end encryption and public safety
Milestone Moment: Girls4Tech Reaches 1 Million Girls in 30 Countries
One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever joint UN estimates
Research explores strategies to improve nutrition in parts of Asia and Africa
COVID-19 pandemic: countries urged to take stronger action to stop spread of harmful information
Malnutrition in India more prevalent in wealthy households
Is open source architecture’s digital disruption?
Boost for global response to COVID-19 as economies worldwide formally sign up to COVAX facility
$27million investment in global vaccine facility
WHO and UNICEF recommit to accelerating health and well-being at all ages
New report ranks Australian children in bottom 10 for happiness, wellbeing and mental health
Research reveals pre-schoolers to be holistic city planners
Time to Prepare for COVID-19 Vaccine Transport is Now
COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn
We are not all in this together, and that must change
Burnet welcomes Dr Julie Hennegan to Global Adolescent Health Working Group
Prime Minister responds to child wellbeing report
Australia steps up support to improve immunisation in Indo-Pacific
Global polio eradication initiative applauds WHO African region for wild polio-free certification
Australia’s young people Students learn more about earthquakes than bushfires, floods, survey finds
Australia delivers humanitarian supplies to Beirut
2 in 5 schools around world lacked basic handwashing facilities prior to COVID-19 pandemic – UNICEF, WHO
New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for global COVID-19 response
Yemen sees return to alarming levels of food insecurity