This SBC Strategy aims to improve the quality of diets consumed by primary school children (grades 1–4), thereby contributing to the reduction of micronutrient deficiencies and mitigating the growing risk of overweight, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It provides a compr
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Countries: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan . Highlights UNICEF supported responses to multiple disease outbreaks, including polio, measles, meningitis, yellow fever and cholera. A nationwide polio campaign vaccinated 2.63 million children, while ...
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An Yankui was at his home when officials arrested him at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 29 for an investigation on suspicion of “organizing illegal religious activities,” according to a police record presented at the time of the arrest. The record justifies the Taiyuan Public Security Burea...
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. Key Highlights National average prices of key staple foods (wheat flour, edible oils, and pulses) remained elevated and are 14 percent above pre-Middle East conflict levels, as of 17 September, reflecting a combination of domestic market factors and higher fuel and import costs...
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By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette On an ordinary August evening in 2014, Mariam was preparing dinner while her husband, Nabil, closed the small repair shop his family had owned for decades. Their two children were arguing over who would use the television first. Somewhere in the dist...
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. The multi-agency impact evaluation window on Anticipatory Action supports UN agencies and partners to generate evidence on what works in coordinated early action, helping to inform future programme design, scaling and investment. Building on a growing body of research, the Unit...
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. Rapidly escalating hostilities along Yemen’s western coast and the southern Taiz frontlines have continued since early September, resulting in the displacement of more than 145,000 people, with numbers doubling over the past two weeks. Displaced women and girls are among the mo...
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. Description According to Viet Nam authorities, flooding from the earlier heavy-rain episode in northern and north-central Viet Nam continues to recede. Subsequent heavy rainfall affected parts of central and southern Viet Nam, with impacts generally remaining localized. Lam Don...
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. À l’occasion de la réunion ministérielle extraordinaire du Comité de pilotage de la Plateforme d’appui aux solutions pour la République centrafricaine (CAR Platform), les participants ont salué les progrès réalisés depuis son lancement en octobre 2023, notamment en matière de r...
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. At the extraordinary ministerial meeting of the Steering Committee of the Support Platform for Solutions for the Central African Republic (CAR Platform), participants welcomed progress since its launch in October 2023, particularly on voluntary returns, assistance to spontaneou...
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. The project — Data to Action: Stronger Pandemic Preparedness and Response Systems in the Western Pacific Region — is the Pandemic Fund’s first multi-country project in the Western Pacific Region. Launched in 2022, the Fund is a global financing mechanism to assist low- and midd...
