The international community pledged more than $1 billion in emergency aid as millions of Afghans risk running out of food just as winter sets in. Millions of Afghans could run out of food before the arrival of winter and one million children are at risk of starvation and death if their immediate...
The online tool draws on recent data to approximate your chances of contracting the virus in different scenarios As the Covid-19 Delta variant shifts what we consider to be “safe” and “unsafe” activities, a new online tool called the microCOVID Project is attempting to quantify those evolving risks...
UNICEF Global Development Commons and the Lancet COVID-19 Commission: "COVID-19 and Intergenerational Equity" Opening remarks by the Lancet COVID-19 COMMISSION Chairman, ProfESSOR Jeffrey Sachs The focus of this webinar is to understand how COVID has affected issues of age and generational equity...
Hurricanes: Preparing and Responding to the Needs of Children Hurricanes are scary and disruptive for kids – they can take children away from their homes, their schools and their friends. As the global leader in child-focused humanitarian response, Save the Children is committed to reducing the...
Save the Children is working to meet the most urgent needs of Afghan children and families We're supporting newly-arriving Afghan refugee families seeking safety in America As the national leader in protecting children in emergencies, Save the Children has established a safe play and activity area...
Mission possible: getting affordable COVID-19 tests to those who need it most How UNICEF is enabling access to COVID-19 diagnostics for low- and middle-income countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered diagnostic testing needs at an unprecedented scale. Early in 2020, while diagnostics...
With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world “cannot abandon them now”, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said after concluding a visit to the country. George Laryea-Adjei, Regional Director for UNICEF South Asia, said children have paid the heaviest...
On year later, our thoughts are with the victims of the horrific #BeirutBlast, their families and friends, and with all the people of #Lebanon. We stand in solidarity with the Lebanese people. Together, we will build a brighter future #ForBeirut and with Beirut. Following the devastating twin...
IDEAS has recently released its book on "Transformational Evaluation for the Global Crises of Our Times”. The launch event will be held on Thursday 29 July, 2021, at 10:00 EDT | 14:00 UTC | 16:00 CEST. Please register here. The book is published as open access and available for download on the IDEAS...