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Local business preparing meals

Greater support needed for working families as COVID-19 takes hold

Africa COVID-19

Newly released recommendations for businesses aim to help employers strengthen support for families during the pandemic

In Blue Nile State in Sudan a boy washes his hands in a village where UNICEF has been promoting good hygiene practices.

WHO and UNICEF in campaign to protect 1.6 million in Sudan from cholera

Nur Ismail, 3, is treated for acute watery diarrhoea at the cholera treatment centre in Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa, Bay region. His father, Hassan Ismail, is by his side. UNICEF/UN057221/Makundi

As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia

Aboubacar (wearing glasses), surrounded by his family, talks with UNICEF’s Mouctar Touré and Kadijah Diallo. (c) Léon Kamano

More than 16,000 children lost parents or caregivers to Ebola - many are taken in by the communities: UNICEF

No time to lose: New UNICEF data show need for urgent action on female genital mutilation and child marriage

Africa FGM Child Marriage