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Not on A-1: How UNICEF Keeps Vaccines Cold

One of the big barriers to fighting childhood diseases is the simple logistical challenge of keeping vaccines cold.

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Not on A-1: Groundbreaking New Vaccine Launches in Somalia

One jab. Five immunizations. Somalia welcomes the Pentavalent vaccine

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Not on A-1: How UNICEF Fights Malnutrition in Chad (Video)

If children do not receive proper nutrion in the first few years of life they can suffer from cognitive and physical impairments that can last their entire lives.

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Not on A-1: Towards an AIDS Free Generation in Swaziland

An “AIDS Free Generation” is not some pie-in-the-sky dream. Rather it is an achievable goal — and it is not actually terribly complex to achieve.

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Syria’s Children Suffer the Most (Video)

Groups like UNICEF and the World Food Program a stand at the ready to provide life saving assistance to Syrians caught in conflict, but they do not have enough money to fully fund their humanitarian response.

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Syria’s Lost Generation

The crisis in Syria is a children’s crisis. Yet, for all our talk about helping suffering children the international humanitarian response has been truly pathetic.

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