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UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
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- Wednesday 21 November 2012
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
November 20, 2012 (KAMPALA) - South Sudan parliamentarians’ commemorated the 23rd Convention of the Rights of Children (CRC) by holding a debate and art show on the subject on Tuesday. Refugee children wait for (...)
- Sunday 14 April 2013
April 12 2013 (JUBA) – The UN Children Fund (UNICEF) and RedR UK have conducted a series of capacity building workshops on disaster management and emergency response in Malakal, the Upper Nile state capital.
Similar trainings, UNICEF (...)
- Wednesday 13 February 2013
February 13, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Wednesday launched plans for compulsory civil registration at childbirth, in an attempt to count and account for every South Sudanese citizen.
The exercise was launched at a seminar in the (...)
- Friday 16 November 2012
Doha, Qatar- UNICEF South Sudan today signed a three-year agreement with Educate A Child, a new initiative from Qatar’s Sheikha Moza bint Nasser aimed at triggering progress towards the goal of quality primary education for all the (...)
- Tuesday 31 August 2010
By Julius N. Uma
August 30, 2010 (JUBA) - The southern Sudanese army – the SPLA – said on Monday that it would demobilize all child soldiers from its ranks by the end of the year. Child soldiers in south Sudan (IRIN)
The Chairperson of (...)
- Sunday 17 October 2010
By Ngor Arol Garang & Bonifacio Taban Kuich
October 15, 2010 (JUBA – BENTIU) - Authorities from the semi autonomous government of southern Sudan on Friday pledged to double efforts to improve general hygiene across the region. (...)
- Friday 27 April 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 25, 2012 (JUBA) – The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has vowed to work towards eradicating malaria from the nation with preventive and health education mechanisms. A woman at a health clinic in Terekeka, (...)
- Sunday 25 March 2012
March 24, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan announced Saturday that the humanitarian situation in the troubled region of South Kordofan is stable according to the outcome of a joint survey conducted with the United Nations agencies in the (...)
- Tuesday 27 March 2012
By Julius N. Uma
March 26, 2012 (JUBA) - As South Sudan’s campaign against polio got under-way on Tuesday, health experts expressed fears that the three-day house-to-house exercise could face serious setbacks due to insecurity in (...)
- Tuesday 14 December 2010
By Julius N. Uma
December 13, 2010 (JUBA) Efforts to save lives of children and women in Southern Sudan, under the immunization and maternal health project has been boosted, courtesy of a $1.2 million contribution from the Italian (...)
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