🌍Did you know? Over 60 sessions are waiting for you at #WHS2024.🌍 💡Visit the program today and explore what's on the #globalhealth agenda. #AMR, #climate, #AI, #youth, #PPPR and more - there is something for everyone: conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/WHS2024 See you Oct. 13-15!

📣 Happening TODAY! Join this impactful webinar on UNICEF’s new report, which takes a deep dive into the impacts of climate change on children. With a quarter of deaths among children under 5 linked to unhealthy environments, this is a MUST-WATCH event.👇 pmnch.who.int/news-and-event…

Just 3 weeks in, the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative – launched by UNICEF, The Geneva Learning Foundation, and NPHCDA – has already brought together over 4,000 passionate participants from all 36 🇳🇬 states and 300+ Local Government Areas. 👏 UNICEF Nigeria redasadki.me/2024/08/07/the…

UNICEF is working with WHO African Region and Africa CDC to respond to mpox while ensuring that the rights and needs of children remain central to all efforts.

A different, deadlier form of #mpox is killing children in countries across Africa. World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern. Here's what UNICEF is doing to support containment and prevention efforts: unicefusa.org/stories/amid-m…

Sierra Leone in collaboration w/ the #ChildSurvivalAction Movement, @unicef & World Health Organization (WHO) will be hosting a side event, “Tackling the Public Health Emergency of Preventable Child Mortality in the WHO African Region." More info to come. #SDG #Leadership #AfricaForChildren #GlobalHealth

Want to join the youth team advancing chemicals, waste and pollution policy in the United Nations system and beyond? Applications are now open for Regional and Thematic Focal Point roles in Chemicals and Waste Youth Platform 2024-25 Coordination Team! Apply by 31 August 2024:

The #Mpoxoutbreak poses a severe risk to children in Uganda. With increased risk especially among underserved communities WHO Uganda, Ministry of Health- Uganda UNICEF Uganda, and partners are working tirelessly to strengthen surveillance to prevent and contain the threat.

🔁Last month @ #AIDS2024⬇️ The #GlobalAllianceEndAIDS launched its Progress Report: Transforming Vision into Reality ⭐ Read all about the progress, challenges & opportunities that will keep the promise of ending AIDS in children by 2030 👉 bit.ly/3WzdBkn #EndAIDS2030

Children in Gaza are facing unimaginable risks to their lives and health, including polio now confirmed in a ten-month-old baby. UNICEF and partners are ready to administer polio vaccines to protect children in Gaza and the region.  But we must have a pause in the fighting.

📢 Good news: The year-and-a-half-long cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has now been declared over by the government. UNICEF and partners have been fighting cholera on all fronts in Zimbabwe and many parts of the world, delivering prevention, detection and treatment solutions.

With 45 African countries off-track to meet #SDG 3.2 by 2030, #ChildSurvival is a public health emergency. African health leaders led by Sierra Leone’s Health Minister Austin Demby will prioritize reducing child mortality at #RC74Afro. Join in on 8/28: bit.ly/4g3tVm1

Happening tomorrow! 📢 Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Child Survival Action Movement (Child Health Task Force) and World Health Organization (WHO) will be hosting a side event on “Tackling the Public Health Emergency of Preventable Child Mortality in the WHO African Region.” Join the session and learn

TODAY! Sierra Leone’s MOH w/ UNICEF and #ChildSurvivalAction will convene African leaders to prioritize & accelerate action to meet maternal & child health SDG targets at #RC74AFRO. Join the livestream: 📆28 August ⏰12:15pm (Brazzaville)/ 7:15am ET 🔗 lnkd.in/dUz8JvbA

L'UNICEF salue l'arrivée des premières doses de vaccins contre la #mpox en RD Congo 🛬📦🇨🇩 Nous soutiendrons la déploiement de ces vaccins dans les zones prioritaires, la formation des équipes de vaccination et la sensibilisation des communautés pour freiner l'épidémie.

The first doses of the mpox vaccines have arrived in DR Congo. With partners, UNICEF is working to ensure equitable access to vaccines and deploying other essential supplies, such as PPE, diagnostic kits, and hygiene materials, to protect children and communities.