Thanks to an education transition fund, Zimbabwean schools now boast a pupil to textbook ratio of one to one. During a recent visit to Zimbabwe, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake saw first hand the impact efforts like those are having on the lives of children. UNICEF
Irregular rains, poor agricultural practices and ongoing economic challenges have pushed Zimbabwe into an increasingly critical food security situation, the United Nations food relief agency warned this week (27 August). WFP
The Ministry of Education is working with UNICEF and donor partners to make sure that children in Zimbabwe – especially the most marginalized and vulnerable – have the proper learning resources. UNICEF
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has urged Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe to ensure the upcoming elections will be free and fair. Pillay began her first-ever visit to Zimbabwe this week. OHCHR
Over the last decade Zimbabwe has seen a decline in its health care services, resulting in a dramatic increase in child and maternal mortality. Every day at least eight women die due to pregnancy-related complications, most of them in rural areas with only limited access to basic health care services. UNICEF
Addressing a high level meeting on youth today at UN headquarters, Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe said that the HIV/AIDS pandemic continued to be a clear and present danger to youth in developing countries and reiterated his call upon the international community to increase its assistance in combating the disease. UNTV
In Zimbabwe, under a UNICEF initiative called “Young People We care,” young caregivers regularly visit the elderly who have no one to look after them or help out in homes affected by HIV/AIDS. UNICEF
Zimbabwe’s Health Sector will need an additional investment of US $700 million over the next three years to reduce under five and maternal mortality by 38 percent and 17 percent respectively. UNICEF says eight mothers die giving birth every day and most deaths are avoidable and treatable. UNICEF
UNICEF’s 'Child Health Days’ campaign to vaccinate children against tuberculosis, measles, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and polio boosts health services in Zimbabwe. UNICEF
A program to vaccinate five million children against measles, dubbed the national “Child Health Days” initiative begins this week in Zimbabwe. A growing outbreak of measles in the southern African nation has claimed nearly 400 lives, and 7,000 cases of the dangerous disease have been recorded recently. UNICEF