Reflections from a recent visit to South Africa, where UNICEF works to safeguard the lives and futures of children.

Thereby ensuring Africa's vaccine self-sufficiency and that the continent is positioned to serve African children ...

From June 26 to 28, newborns to children aged 5 years will be vaccinated in provinces of Kinshasa, Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, ...

In The Gambia, a small country in West Africa, 1 in 10 newborns have a low birth weight — less than 5.5 pounds — and face daunting challenges.

Global efforts to protect children against diseases like measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving ...

Over 40 people, including children and health care workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, ...

The Day of the African Child is celebrated to commemorate these children and the brave action they took to defend their ...

Africa faces a grave nutrition crisis, one that statistics alone cannot solve. In Nigeria, 40 per cent of children under five are stunted, and over 17 ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children in Uganda and generally the IGAD region are disproportionately affected by ...

Biovac, a South African biopharmaceutical company, partners with India's Biological E to manufacture a pneumonia vaccine, ...

India is among the countries with the highest number of zero-dose children, according to a Lancet report. The study revealed ...