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UNICEF Dakar
Source: UNICEF Dakar |

Children’s needs central to response as Gambia uncertainty continues

UNICEF and partners working with Senegalese authorities on emergency plans to support displaced children in host communities

As the Gambia faces an uncertain political transition, the situation raises concerns for the nearly 26,000 people – half of them children – who have left the country to neighbouring Senegal. The threat of unrest has also left thousands of children in the Gambia without access to education following the…

UNICEF Dakar
Source: UNICEF Dakar |

Massive Immunization Campaign to reach 41 Million Children in Nigeria and Region to contain Polio Outbreak

UNICEF is procuring the vaccines and engaging the public through mass media and grassroots mobilization

A major health campaign is underway in the Lake Chad Basin area to vaccinate over 41 million children against polio to contain the recent outbreak of the disease in north-east Nigeria. Populations fleeing conflict are on the move within the sub-region, raising concerns that the virus could spread across borders.…