National Evaluation Capacity Development (NECD) is a fundamental norm endorsed by UNEG. As quoted in our 2018 Revised Evaluation Policy: “UNICEF seeks to help national authorities to evaluate their own programmes and to contribute to the strengthening of evaluation capacity in countries”. The...
Abstract In April 2020, the World Food Programme announced that without drastic change, the number of people facing food crises in the world might double in 2020 from 135 to 265 million people as a result of COVID-19 (World Food Programme, 2020). Under-resourced health, education, and transportation...
UNICEF is working to scale up life-saving support for children and their families. The conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children. Humanitarian needs are multiplying by the hour as fighting intensifies. Children have...
Highlights UNICEF continues to scale up its response to children affected by Super Typhoon Rai (Odette). The typhoon left hundreds dead, hundreds of thousands of families homeless, and disrupted basic services, especially in the Visayas and Mindanao islands. To date, UNICEF has reached over 67,000...
Child obesity rates are soaring. Here are three factors driving this alarming trend. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes it harder for children and young people to access nutritious food and remain physically active, governments must take action against harmful marketing of unhealthy food and beverages....
Child obesity rates are soaring. Here are three factors driving this alarming trend. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes it harder for children and young people to access nutritious food and remain physically active, governments must take action against harmful marketing of unhealthy food and beverages....
Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight in children from Ukraine. A cross-sectional study was performed on data collected from a representative sample of Ukraine children (13,739 children (boys 48%, girls 52%) aged 6.0–18.9 years). The...
About How marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding, systematically examines women’s and health professionals’ experiences of formula milk marketing. The largest ever study of its kind, it draws on surveys with over 8 500 pregnant women and mothers of young children (aged...
Abstract There is growing evidence on the observed and expected consequences of climate change on population health worldwide. There is limited understanding of its consequences for child health inequalities, between and within countries. To examine these consequences and categorize the state of...