COTABATO/MANILA, 28 March 2024 – A major immunization drive in early April will reach over 1.3 million children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following the alarming...
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Philippines Receives Php 145.5 M Grant from UNICEF, Government of Canada to Boost Routine Immunization for Children
MANILA, 27 February 2024 – The Philippines, through the Department of Health (DOH), receives PHP 145.5 million (CAD$3.4 million) from the Government of Canada as part of a strategic partnership with...
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Bangsamoro Government, KOICA, and UNICEF support community resilience of children in conflict
Cotabato City, 16 November 2023 – The Bangsamoro Government, the Government of the Republic of Korea through Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and UNICEF today launched a programme to...
DOH, WHO, UNICEF to Boost Child Immunization Rate in the Philippines
Joint Press Release MANILA, 17 August 2023 – The Department of Health (DOH), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), donor governments, the private sector, and civil...
Healthier, affordable diets for children key to national development
MANILA, 6 July 2023 – During the commemoration of this year’s National Nutrition Month, the Department of Health (DOH), National Nutrition Council (NNC) and UNICEF Philippines called for healthier...
Oky Period Tracker launch highlights the importance of menstrual health information for Filipino youth
Joint press release Manila, 26 May 2023 – Government agencies and development organizations called for better measures to provide young Filipinos with accurate and trustworthy information about...
Education in Armed Conflict: Protection, Prevention and Access
Thursday, 25 May 2023 12:00pm – 1:30pm Conference Room 9, UN Headquarters **Background ** The right of every child to an education is enshrined in Article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the...
DOH, WHO, UNICEF launch “Chikiting Ligtas” – measles, rubella, and polio nat’l supplemental immunization campaign
In observation of World Immunization Week (WIW) this April 2023, the Department of Health (DOH), together with developmental partners United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health...
Period tracker app made for and with girls launched in BARMM
Women’s Month Celebration Joint Press Release 16 March 2023, Cotabato City – On the occasion of Women’s Month, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government endorsed the new...
4M Euro project to boost community resilience and services for children in conflict-affected municipalities in BARMM
MARAWI CITY, 18 January 2023 – The Bangsamoro Government, European Union in the Philippines and UNICEF today launched “Building Community Resilience and Delivery of Essential Services for Post...
World Toilet Day 2022: Iloilo Province leads Zero Open Defecation in Western Visayas, more provinces needed to end open defecation
ILOILO CITY, 18 November 2022 – Almost one in four barangays in the Philippines have been certified as Zero Open Defecation (ZOD), with families in these communities having access to safe toilets and...
Typhoon vulnerable areas to benefit from DSWD-UNICEF anticipatory action agreement
Joint press release A total of 22,000 households, including 42,239 children, in typhoon vulnerable municipalities will benefit from multi-purpose unconditional cash transfers as the Department of...
Gender Alert: Philippines Super Typhoon Rai Response (May 2022)
ENSURING A GENDER-SENSITIVE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE Purpose This inter-agency Gender Alert highlights key issues affecting women, men, girls and boys, in all their diversity, after Super Typhoon Rai...
DOH, WHO, UNICEF lead regular routine and catch-up immunization drive
Joint press release of the Department of Health, World Health Organization and UNICEF MANILA, 26 April 2022 —The Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Five-fold increase in municipal targets needed to end open defecation by 2025
Joint press release Manila, Philippines (19 November 2021) – In this year’s World Toilet Day celebration, the Department of Health and UNICEF commend 54 municipalities and cities that have been...
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UN agencies launch joint programme to support vulnerable women and young people amid COVID-19
With support from the Australian Government, WHO, UNICEF, and UNFPA kickstart two-year initiative on mental health and gender-based violence 5 November 2021, Manila – As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly...
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Germany supports the Philippines with first 844,800 COVID-19 vaccine doses via COVAX
Joint press release of the Department of Health, World Health Organization and UNICEF 15 October 2021, Manila – The Philippines today welcomed 844,800 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from the...
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UK Government boosts COVID-19 response efforts in BARMM
Joint press release Manila/Cotabato City, 23 September 2021 — As part of the 2019–2023 programme of cooperation between the Government of the Philippines and UNICEF, the UK Government in partnership...
UN, UNICEF and WHO applaud the Government’s approval for a pilot run of limited in-person schooling in low-risk areas
MANILA, 21 September 2021 – UN, UNICEF and WHO applaud the Government’s approval for a pilot run of limited in-person schooling in low-risk areas. Every child has the right to education and schools...
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3M Moderna vaccines from US Government arrive through COVAX Facility
Joint press release of the Department of Health, World Health Organization and UNICEF 3 August 2021, Manila – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the arrival of 3 million doses of the...