For almost 25 years, Kimberly-Clark and UNICEF have partnered to protect the health and well-being of over 14 million babies, girls and women. We are announcing the next phase of this transformative partnership for girls and women which is now deepening to save even more lives, deliver services that promote dignity and create lasting impact for future generations. Thanks to our partnership, UNICEF will be able to help provide menstrual hygiene education and access for girls and maternal health for young mothers across Brazil, India, Indonesia, Peru, and Viet Nam to help reach 5.8 million more lives. UNICEF Brasil UNICEF India UNICEF Perú UNICEF Viet Nam #ForEveryChild, partnerships

Africa’s #ECDCountdown2030 was officially launched yesterday at #CPHIA2025! Leaders from across the continent are coming together to transform evidence into action for every child. The new Africa ECD Country Profiles provide powerful data across five pillars of Nurturing Care — Health, Nutrition, Early Learning, Responsive Caregiving, and Safety & Security. Data drives accountability! The profiles show where countries are making progress and where greater investment is needed to ensure that every child can survive and thrive. 👉 Explore the data: https://lnkd.in/dMSNThwC #ECD2030 #NurturingCare #DataDriven UNICEF African Union Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) World Health Organization The African Early Childhood Network (AfECN) Photo credit: The African Early Childhood Network (AfECN)

📘 The #evaluation of UNICEF Timor-Leste 2021–2025 Country Programme in #TimorLeste reveals powerful insights into how UNICEF’s work has impacted children and families across the country. ✅ Key outcomes & outputs: • Improved access to early childhood education and nutrition services. • Strengthened social welfare workforce and governance systems. • Enhanced child protection and youth participation mechanisms. • Expanded reach of health, WASH, and education services in rural areas. 💡 Lessons Learned: ✅ Strengthen local partnerships for sustainability ✅ Invest in capacity building across sectors ✅ Prioritize equity and inclusion in service delivery ✅ Enhance data systems for better decision-making 🔍 Recommendations • Emphasize adaptive strategies, community engagement, and stronger coordination with national stakeholders; • Strengthen local governance and youth participation in decision-making; • Increase focus on climate change adaptations and social protection systems. 📄 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/ebv2txF7 👈 #UNICEF #ChildRights #DevelopmentImpact #YouthEmpowerment #Education #Health #Nutrition #SocialProtection Jane Mwangi, Beijie Lai, James Kimani, Ph.D., Soumen Ray, Mercy Kolok, Kerry Albright, Robert McCouch

Child Labour in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Crisis We Can’t Ignore Childhood should be a time for learning, exploring, and dreaming. Yet in Sub-Saharan Africa, millions of children are missing out on these basic joys. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF, in 2024, 138 million children worldwide aged 5–17 were engaged in child labour, with 54 million in hazardous conditions. Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for around 87 million children; nearly two-thirds of the global total, and 22 percent of children in this age group are working. Most of these children are in agriculture, informal family businesses, or small-scale services, often facing risks to their health, safety, and development. UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey shows that children from rural areas, larger families, and poorer households are most affected. Grey literature from ILO studies highlights the role of informal economies where many children’s works go unrecorded but is deeply harmful. The good news is that interventions work. Cash-transfer programs, both conditional and unconditional, have been shown to reduce child labour by 10–11 percent. Supply-chain programs in cocoa, cotton, and coffee industries led by the ILO help monitor and reduce child labour, while education-focused initiatives give children alternatives to work and open the door to a brighter future. Ending child labour requires commitment from governments, communities, NGOs, and businesses alike. Social protection, better access to quality education, and careful monitoring of high-risk sectors are essential. Collecting detailed, disaggregated data ensures we target the right children with the right support. Every child deserves the chance to grow up safe, healthy, and free to learn. In Sub-Saharan Africa, millions are still waiting for that chance. Together, we can change their story.   #ChildLabour #SubSaharanAfrica #HumanRights #EducationForAll #SocialProtection #EndChildLabour #FutureGeneration #DataDriven #ILO #UNICEF 

"Health is every child's right and every nation's responsibility. If products made in Africa do not reach a child in a hard-to-reach area in Kenya, a mother in Comoros, a health worker in rural Malawi, then we have not fulfilled our mission." Etleva Kadilli from UNICEF delivers a powerful reminder at CPHIA 2025: local manufacturing is not an end in itself—it's a means to achieve equitable access, resilient health systems, and empowered communities. Equity must be the lens through which we design, finance, and govern Africa's new manufacturing ecosystem. UNICEF's strategic plan focuses on four key priorities: strengthening primary health care, securing sustainable financing, advancing local production, and enhancing preparedness for public health emergencies. Across Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF is supporting governments to align procurement systems with local production capabilities, strengthen regulatory capacities for paediatric and maternal health products, and invest in community-led monitoring to ensure locally manufactured products reach communities. Because health sovereignty is about protection, participation, progress, and prosperity—building an Africa rooted in African leadership and supported by global solidarity. #CPHIA2025 #PublicHealthAfrica #HealthEquity #LocalManufacturing #UniversalHealthCoverage #ChildHealth #MaternalHealth

Amazing progress to #EndFGM in Burkina Faso! 📈 🔸 Over 261,000 women & girls received vital prevention and protection services. 🔸 110,000+ girls (0-14) were saved from undergoing #FGM. #Change begins with commitment: In 2024 alone, 700 more villages publicly vowed to abandon #FGM. This means 91% (8,016 of 8,800) of all villages nationwide are now committed to ending the practice and are setting up monitoring units to ensure pledges are kept. This community-led action is crucial, as the data reveals that 22.6% of men and women still believe their communities expect them to continue the practice. The work continues to ensure no one is left behind. See the full impact in the 2024 snapshot 👉 : https://lnkd.in/eBYGvWve United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, UNFPA in Burkina Faso, UNICEF Burkina Faso UNFPA in West and Central Africa

🌍 #ResearchNews reminds us that quality care for mothers and newborns is not guaranteed everywhere. 💜 Far too many families in low- and middle-income countries face health systems that cannot consistently provide safe and effective care. 👩🏽⚕️👨🏻⚕️ Change is urgently needed, and global collaboration is showing what is possible. In response, several countries joined together with WHO and UNICEF to launch the Quality of Care Network. 🌐✨ This initiative focused on strengthening leadership, building learning systems, and creating accountability. The study evaluated progress in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda, providing important lessons for the future. 📊👩🏾🍼 The findings show that strong leadership and local partnerships can make a real difference. 🏥📈 When health workers receive mentorship and training, and when knowledge is shared between districts, families benefit from safer and more reliable care. Yet, challenges remain in sustaining these improvements and ensuring accountability. 📋🕊️ Together, we can encourage health systems to prioritize quality at every level. 💜 Let’s support leadership, collaboration, and compassionate care so that no child and no mother is left behind. 🤝🌟 Read more: https://ow.ly/NGyf50WWugJ © Pexels #MaternalHealth #NewbornCare #WHO #UNICEF

We’re thrilled to be featured in African Collaborative’s latest report, Fueling Transformation! Our journey is proof of what’s possible when African problems are tackled by Africans. With our suite of AI-powered innovations, we’ve reached over 500,000 mothers in just two years, expanding access to vital health information and vaccination guidance across Nigeria and beyond. The report captures how locally-driven solutions can tackle complex health challenges and scale impact sustainably through trust-based, long-term philanthropy (check page 29 for the case study on HelpMum). Read and download the full report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBZ7KvD6 Katie Bunten-Wamaru Atti Worku Nafissatou Sene #HelpMum #maternalhealth #childhealth #aiforgood #philanthropy

💙 A lifeline for Rohingya children in Cox’s Bazar UNICEF has received a generous USD 4.5 million contribution from the USG, to ensure life-saving treatment to 26,400 children aged 6–59 months in the Rohingya camps. The last three-year trend (2022–2024) tells a worrying story: child admissions for malnutrition continue to rise and are projected to worsen in 2025 and beyond. This new funding from the USG could not have come at a better time — as UNICEF positions health and nutrition services integration to respond more efficiently to children’s urgent needs and save lives. It strengthens our ability to respond in a context where funding cuts have impacted the delivery of essential nutrition services, leaving young children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers at greater risk. Every contribution counts. Every partnership saves lives. Together, we can ensure that every child not only survives but thrives. 🙏USG #ForEveryChild #ChildNutrition #UNICEFBangladesh #RohingyaResponse #PartnershipsForChildren 

Nabweru Community Initiative for Youth Empowerment (NCIYE) provides entrepreneurial skills training to empower youth, improve livelihoods, and foster self-reliance in the Nabweru community of Wakiso District, Uganda. They focus on vocational skills training, computer literacy classes, support for youth-led micro-enterprises, HIV/AIDS awareness programs, water and sanitation initiatives, and environmental conservation campaigns. 🙌 NCIYE holds focus group discussions to gather insights from participants, conducts regular community assessments, and integrates youth feedback into program design and implementation. 👏 They are a not-for-profit organization and reinvest all surplus towards their mission.❤️ NABWERU COMMUNITY INITIATIVE FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT LTD Wakiso, Uganda https://lnkd.in/gjCruuQv