Innocent Murula, a UNICEF-supported community outreach worker, works to raise community awareness about mpox in Kamanyola, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 25, 2024. The ...

Community-wide distribution of azithromycin to both infants and children in Niger was effective in preventing deaths, but communities where only infants received the drug had no decrease in mortality, ...

I have heard some version of “Why should I care about kids with AIDS in Africa?” multiple times since the Trump administration announced the dismantling of USAID, a program that spends just 24 cents ...

I recently traveled with UNICEF USA partners on a program visit to South Africa. With 45 percent of the population under age 24, South Africa is a land of rich diversity, dynamic growth and complex ...

I first traveled to Africa when I was five years old, and I’ve returned every year since. No matter how many times I go, I’m always filled with that same excitement and awe I had as a little boy. Now ...

More than 1,470 people volunteered with the international mission groups Children’s Cup and Feed My Starving Children to pack 272,160 meals to feed hungry African children during an ambitious “mobile ...

Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health and the European Commission. Wolfgang Preiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

Giuliana Demma, left, and her sister Audrina, right, sew pediatric hospital gowns in the basement of her Freehold, N.J., home on June 19, 2024. The sisters have sewn and donated 1,800 hospital gowns ...

International Day of the African Child Statement by ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif With just a small investment in education for all of Africa's children, we could transform a continent, open ...

Actress Mischa Barton has returned from a trip to South Africa to promote the work of Save The Children. The O.C. star described the visit as a "life-changing experience", adding that she was pleased ...