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Highlights Zimbabwe is facing one of the worst droughts in 40 years, affecting an estimated 50 per cent of the population (7.6 million people) including 3.5 million children. According to the 2024...

HIGHLIGHTS In 2025, an estimated 7.6 million people, including 3.5 million children, will require urgent humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe due to the El Niño-induced drought, a food and nutrition...

Highlights According to the 2024 Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment Committee (ZimLAC), 7.6 million people (50 per cent of the total population) in the country are facing food insecurity. Furthermore,...

HARARE, Zimbabwe – “I had sex thinking he loved me. But when I fell pregnant, I saw a very unexpected side of him,” 20-year-old Olivia Nyangasi told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive...

Safe Water 4 All = Resilient Communities and Healthy Children Harare, 2 October 2024—Access to safe water and improved sanitation and hygiene services are key to ensuring children's rights to health,...

UNICEF will continue to support the Government to strengthen access to clean water and promote good hygiene practices Harare, 8 August 2024 – The cholera outbreak that impacted Zimbabwe from February...

Highlights 7.6 million people (50 per cent of the total population) in the country are facing food insecurity (2024 rural and urban Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment Committee (ZimLAC). Further child...

Harare - The Ministry of Health and Child Care, with the support of the World Health Organization, and other partners has immunized over 200,000 people against cholera in the most vulnerable...

Highlights The Government of Zimbabwe issued a Flash Appeal to address the El Niño induced drought amounting to US$ 3.9 billion (US$ 2 billion for immediate response and US$1.9 billion for resilience...

Highlights The Government of Zimbabwe issued an El Niño induced drought flash appeal costed at US$ 3.9 billion (US$ 2 billion for immediate response and US$1.9 billion for resilience building...

On 14 May 2024, the wild poliovirus outbreak in Malawi and Mozambique – which paralyzed nine children across the countries between February and August 2022 – was officially stopped. The virus, linked...

The long-term impacts of COVID-19 on child diet quality are still being seen, with the addition of multiple health outbreaks, including cholera, impacts of the climate crisis, and rising food prices.

UNICEF’s appeal will provide emergency support to 866,000 children Harare, 13 May 2024 – UNICEF is urgently appealing for USD 84.9 million to fund its emergency response aimed at assisting children...

Climate-induced emergencies like El Nino impact severely on children Harare, 10 May 2024 – As Zimbabwe faces the effects of climate-induced El Niño, UNICEF is taking proactive steps to highlight the...

Part 1: Overview of the Situation Context Overview Zimbabwe is one of the countries in the region’s vulnerable agricultural belt and has frequently experienced the detrimental effects of El Niño in...

Introduction In Zimbabwe, recurrent climatic shocks, including floods and drought worsened by El Niño events, a protracted and deteriorating economic environment, and regular disease outbreaks...

Highlights A total of 1,839 children (954 girls and 885 boys) were treated for wasting in January and February 2024. A total of 363,906 people (99,099 males and 264,807 females) accessed essential...

The Climate Change Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis. Climate change is impacting the lives of children worldwide, also in Zimbabwe. Harare, 27 March 2024 – The Climate Change Crisis is a Child Rights...

In Numbers 1,176 MT of food assistance distributed USD 464,566 cash-based transfers USD 43 m next six months (February – July 2024) net funding requirements 163,498 people assisted in January 2024...