UNICEF Disability Section, Programme Division is launching a discussion paper on “ https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/PD-Disability/DocumentLibrary1/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FPD%2DDisability%2FDocumentLibrary1%2FDiscussion%5FPaper%2DA%5FRights%5FBased%5FApproach%5Fto%5FDisability%5Fin%5Fthe%5FContext%5Fof%5FMental%5FHealth%5F15 A Rights-…

NEW YORK,, 4 March 2021, –, At least 1 in 7 children – or 332 million globally – has lived under required or recommended nationwide stay-at-home policies for at least nine months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting their mental health and well-being at risk, UNICEF warned today. While almost all children worldwide have lived under some form of intermittent…, Notes to Editors, The data presented are derived from UNICEF’s Dashboard on government responses to COVID-19 and the affected populations based on data from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker and UN DESA Population Division , and are collated between 11 March 2020 – 22 February 2021. Stay-at-home policies are categorized as follows: 0 – no measures. 1…

This technical note synthesizes information on UNICEF’s approach to MHPSS, and references existing MHPSS operational guidance and standards that are detailed across sectors. Download file (PDF, 3,26 MB)

More than four decades since it was discovered, Ebola is no less terrifying for adults and children today than it was when the “haemorrhagic fever” was first identified in a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1976. The country is currently grappling with the second largest Ebola epidemic on record anywhere in the world, with…

On 1 August, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a new Ebola virus outbreak in the North Kivu region of the country. As of 16 September, there have been over 140 reported cases. Children represent an unusually high proportion of people affected by the outbreak – and not just those who have contracted the virus. Many…

QUELIMANE, Mozambique, 10 September 2018, – Young people in Mozambique face a number of challenges: The country has some of the highest prevalence rates of HIV in the world, violence affects around 1 in 4 children aged 15–19 and early marriage and teen pregnancy rates are extremely high. But sensitivities and stigmas surrounding these issues can make talking about them difficult. “I have…

How a psychologist in DR Congo helps children in an Ebola treatment centre

More action is needed to address the devastating impact of prolonged conflicts on the mental health of children and young people

These are UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore's remarks as prepared for delivery at a press conference at the end of an expert-level meeting on the mental health needs of children and young people in conflict. The meeting,  Rebuilding Lives , was hosted by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, in partnership with…, BERLIN, 5 July 2018, - "I was in Yemen last week to meet mothers, fathers, children and young people impacted by the ongoing conflict. The story of one young girl in particular stayed with me. I met Fatima in Aden, at a centre offering psychosocial support to children who fled the violence in Hodeida. She was very affected by her experience of the war and - with the…

BERLIN, 5 July 2018, – More action is needed to address the devastating impact of prolonged conflicts on the mental health of children and young people, experts said at a conference today. Rebuilding Lives – hosted by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, in partnership with UNICEF and with the participation of representatives from governments…