Fagninou noted that West and Central Africa “is the region with the lowest immunization coverage in the world.

The lack of reliable and affordable electricity in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa is an enormous barrier which is ...

The United Nations Children’s agency says one in eight girls and young women across the world have endured rape and sexual ...

An estimated 4.3 million children in West and Central Africa still lack access to essential vaccines, leaving them vulnerable ...

According to UNICEF, over 400 million children across 190 countries are vaccinated against polio each year, but significant ...

Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood ...

In Africa, at least 25 percent of all deaths in children under the age of five are mostly within the first month. 75 percent of these deaths have been reported during the first week. Each year, 2.6 ...

Between 2005 and 2023, more than 347,000 grave violations against youngsters were verified across more than 30 conflict zones ...

Africa has seen 138 cases of poliovirus, with nearly half occurring in Nigeria, in 2024, the United Nations Children’s Fund ...

UNICEF’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou, in a remark, said zero-dose children are the most ...

The initial rounds of an ambitious campaign to protect children from polio in the Gaza Strip hit their target, but escalating violence is undermining that progress.

In celebration of World Polio Day, leading music stars and celebrity actors from across West and Central Africa have teamed up with UNICEF to release a ...