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As the number of mpox cases continues to rise across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF is stepping up its support to the government to protect and save the lives of children under 15 years of age who account for about 60 per cent of suspected cases and 80 per cent of deaths this year.

Children and vulnerable population groups are the main victims of a spreading Mpox epidemic in eastern and southern Africa.

Thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries are at significant risk of contracting the mpox virus as cases of a new, more deadly, variant continue to surge, UNICEF warned today.

After more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region.

New policy brief outlines six policy recommendations for governments to protect young children, particularly vulnerable to the health effects of heat stress

Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today

New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks

Over 300 000 children now internally displaced in the country, a 60 per cent increase since March.

New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger

Children experiencing severe food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises are up to 50 per cent more likely to suffer from life-threatening malnutrition, new analysis finds.