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Though Mother's Day is observed on different days around the world, everyone agrees that mothers deserve their own celebration. It's the one special day that people devote to the women who brought them into this world — but the truth is, we should honor moms every day of the year for their...

FOR MILLIONS OF women, bringing new life into the world is one of the most dangerous things they can do. But in Guatemala—whose infamously high maternal mortality rates are largely due to inequal access to health care—clinically trained midwives are teaming up with traditionally trained midwives to...

Photographer Gregg Segal travelled the world to document children and the food they eat in a week. Partly inspired by the increasing problems of childhood obesity, he tracked traditional regional diets as yet unaffected by globalisation, and ironically, found that the healthiest diets were often...

A lot can happen in a year. In their first year, babies learn to roll over, eat their first solid foods, speak their first words and may even take their first steps. But every year, the lives of 2.5 million newborns are cut short. They do not survive their first month of life, nor do they get the...

With Turkey leaving the border open for 72 hours, many refugee families are making their way cross over into Europe. A large number of Syrian refugees are heading toward Europe through Turkish border towns, following the announcement by Turkish officials that the country can no longer afford to...

A baby gets vaccinated in Vijaynagar Ghaziabad, India.

Tracy Hamer, a pilot with Samaritan Aviation, meets local children in Angoram, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, where UNICEF is working to eliminate the threat of maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) through life-saving vaccines.

UNICEF believes children should feel respected and informed throughout the immunization process. Here, kids in Yemen hold brochures designed to educate them about the measles and rubella vaccines they are about to receive.