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HIGHLIGHTS
- Humanitarian challenges: East Asia and the Pacific region is highly vulnerable to disasters, with nine of the world's 24 highest-risk countries. In 2024, it faced record-breaking cyclones, floods, landslides, heatwaves, droughts, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and armed conflict. The region has the highest number of disaster-related and weather-driven child displacements globally. At the start of the year, 4.2 million people were displaced by conflict and climate-fuelled crises — nearly four times the annual average.
- Targeted emergency responses: The Regional Office scaled up support for Myanmar, where 6 million children face worsening humanitarian conditions. It also provided multisectoral coordination and technical assistance after Typhoon Yagi affected 1.6 million children across Viet Nam, Myanmar, Lao PDR and Thailand, and supported humanitarian action in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the North Pacific and Vanuatu.
- Results for children: With UNICEF support, 3.3 million children were vaccinated against measles and 24.2 million against polio. Treatment reached over 10,000 children aged 6-59 months with severe wasting, while over 199,000 people received critical WASH supplies. Genderbased violence interventions supported 103,794 women and children.
- Capacity building and systems strengthening: UNICEF supported governments and partners in strengthening child-focused, inclusive humanitarian action — reinforcing systems and ensuring effective responses in health, nutrition, WASH, child protection, education and shock-responsive social protection.
- Funding overview: Just US$17.23 million was received as new funding in 2024. Of the US$65.31 million carry-over funds, US$34.13 million was earmarked for ongoing COVID-19 response and health systems strengthening, resulting in notable funding gaps for new emergency responses and non-health-related sectors.