United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Force in Play

Lead agency for child nutrition and protection

Two of every five Sudanese now lack enough food. Three UN agencies said on May 15 that 19.5 million people across Sudan face crisis-level hunger after three years of war between the national army and a paramilitary force.

Updated Yesterday

New Capabilities

Vaccine procurement and delivery partner

Cervical cancer kills roughly one African woman every seven minutes. On April 29, 2026, Burundi became the latest country to give its girls a shot at avoiding that fate, launching a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program with backing from Gavi, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Updated Apr 29

Rule Changes

Providing technical and logistical support for the emergency campaign

Bangladesh was on track to eliminate measles by 2026. Instead, the country is fighting its worst outbreak in a decade—over 9,000 suspected cases across 56 of 64 districts, with more than 140 children dead in six weeks. On April 12, an emergency vaccination campaign expanded into Dhaka and three other major cities, targeting 1.2 million children with support from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), and Gavi, the global vaccine alliance.

Updated Apr 12