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A girl stands in front of a broken chalkboard at a school in Pyechal, a mountainside village in the Department of Sud-Est, Haiti. She participated in a UNICEF-supported programme to promote local, sustainable solutions for improved sanitation to prevent the spread of diseases and illnesses, such as cholera and diarrhoea.

Haiti and its approximately 4.3 million children continue to recover from the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Progress has been substantial: a new national government is in place; about half of the mounds of rubble have been cleared; almost two thirds of those displaced by the quake have moved out of crowded camps; and the country’s health, education and other core services are being rebuilt on a stronger foundation. Still, the country remains a fragile and impoverished state, requiring international support. Working with multiple international and national partners, UNICEF continues to address the emergency needs of children, while focusing on building the Government’s capacity to uphold and sustain children’s rights.

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unicef: A girl stands in front of a broken chalkboard at a school in Pyechal, a mountainside village in the Department of Sud-Est, Haiti. She participated in a UNICEF-supported programme to promote local, sustainable solutions for improved sanitation to prevent the spread of diseases and illnesses, such as cholera and diarrhoea. Haiti and its approximately 4.3 million children continue to recover from the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Progress has been substantial: a new national government is in place; about half of the mounds of rubble have been cleared; almost two thirds of those displaced by the quake have moved out of crowded camps; and the country’s health, education and other core services are being rebuilt on a stronger foundation. Still, the country remains a fragile and impoverished state, requiring international support. Working with multiple international and national partners, UNICEF continues to address the emergency needs of children, while focusing on building the Government’s capacity to uphold and sustain children’s rights. © UNICEF/Dormino http://www.unicef.org 

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Hadiza Lawali, 19, holds antimalarial tablets in her tattooed hand, at the UNICEF-supported Routgouna Health Centre in the town of Mirriah in Mirriah Department, in Zinder Region of Niger. Ms. Lawali, who is five months pregnant, is undergoing a prenatal examination. She has been given the medicine as a preventative measure. Providing pregnant women with at least two doses of an antimalarial medicine during scheduled antenatal visits after the first trimester, whether or not they show symptoms of malaria infection, substantially reduces the risk of anaemia in mothers and of low birth weight in newborns.

In March 2012 in Niger, under-five mortality rates remain among the highest in the world, the result of preventable or treatable conditions, including malnutrition. The country is one of eight in the Sahel region – also including Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and the northern parts of Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal – facing a nutrition crisis that now affects over 10 million people. #SahelNOW

2012© UNICEF/NYHQ2012-0326/Olivier Asselin

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unicef: Hadiza Lawali, 19, holds antimalarial tablets in her tattooed hand, at the UNICEF-supported Routgouna Health Centre in the town of Mirriah in Mirriah Department, in Zinder Region of Niger. Ms. Lawali, who is five months pregnant, is undergoing a prenatal examination. She has been given the medicine as a preventative measure. Providing pregnant women with at least two doses of an antimalarial medicine during scheduled antenatal visits after the first trimester, whether or not they show symptoms of malaria infection, substantially reduces the risk of anaemia in mothers and of low birth weight in newborns. In March 2012 in Niger, under-five mortality rates remain among the highest in the world, the result of preventable or treatable conditions, including malnutrition. The country is one of eight in the Sahel region – also including Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and the northern parts of Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal – facing a nutrition crisis that now affects over 10 million people. #SahelNOW 2012© UNICEF/NYHQ2012-0326/Olivier Asselin Learn more: http://www.unicef.org

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Daily Life: Making a meal

Mwaimbodei Chamutsa cuts vegetables accompanied by her granddaughter, Busi, 3, in front of their thatched-roof house in Buhera Village in the eastern Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe. Busi and her four siblings have lived with Mwaimbodei since their parents died of AIDS. Mwaimbodei said, “There are many grandparents who are looking after children because of AIDS. I am lucky because I get some assistance. I understand that education is important and my grandchildren need it. Most others just don’t cope.” UNICEF helps provide the family with school tuition, food and blankets.

2006: © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi

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unicef: Daily Life: Making a meal Mwaimbodei Chamutsa cuts vegetables accompanied by her granddaughter, Busi, 3, in front of their thatched-roof house in Buhera Village in the eastern Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe. Busi and her four siblings have lived with Mwaimbodei since their parents died of AIDS. Mwaimbodei said, “There are many grandparents who are looking after children because of AIDS. I am lucky because I get some assistance. I understand that education is important and my grandchildren need it. Most others just don’t cope.” UNICEF helps provide the family with school tuition, food and blankets. 2006: © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi http://www.unicef.org