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Highlights The #healthyzheyla social media campaign was launched in partnership with the Ministry of Education to create a dialogue on healthy diets for children among caregivers leading up to the...

Nairobi/Rome – 11 May 2022 - As the war in Ukraine pushes food, fuel and fertilizer prices toward record levels putting food security in many of the world’s poorest countries at risk, the UN’s...

Regional forum reinforces collaboration between prominent faith leaders and UNICEF on challenges faced by children and youth in the region KATHMANDU, 10 May 2022 - South Asia is home to most of the...

South Asia: IFJ launches 20th South Asia Press Freedom Report To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), on behalf of the South Asia Media Solidarity...

Highlights • A new wave of COVID-19 infection with the omicron variant hit the region in the early January. As of March 31, a cumulative total of 48,525,186 confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which...

New Delhi | 5 May 2022 The WHO South-East Asia Region today renewed its commitment to eliminate malaria by 2030, with countries pledging accelerated action and greater efforts at the sub-national and...

UNITED NATIONS, New York – “My great-grandmother was a midwife,” said Erika Martinez, 23. “She was one of my biggest inspirations.” Ms. Martinez is a midwifery student in Tulancingo, Mexico, working...

Opinion-Editorial: As the International Confederation of Midwives celebrates its 100th anniversary, the Regional Director for the United Nations Population Fund for the Asia and Pacific region, Björn...

Executive Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly disrupted health services throughout the world, especially for maternal and newborn health. It is estimated that...

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2022 — The World Bank last week approved $10 million to help Bhutan scale up its vaccination program against COVID 19, including providing booster doses to the eligible...