Child & Adolescent Health

A science class at a high school in Scotland soon after the COVID-19 pandemic

Reproductive Health

Scotlandʼs Mission to Banish Cervical Cancer

Three girls wearing colorful head scarves sit reading together.

Child & Adolescent Health

Why the World’s Adolescent Girls Need Our Support

Adolescents in a classroom raising their hands, photographed from behind.

Reproductive Health

What Do American Kids Learn About Sex? It Depends Who You Ask.

Community health worker Suraiyya Terdale smiles and writes in a notebook as she speaks with a woman wearing a white patterned scarf who is seated with her hands clasped outside a building.

Local Reporting Initiative

Climate Change’s Overlooked Role in Obesity

A child is vaccinated during the polio vaccination campaign in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on September 1, 2024.

Stopping Polio in Gaza and Why It Matters

A boy who has cancer, sits on a bed as he receives treatment at the Oncology Centre in Sanaa, Yemen.

Noncommunicable Diseases

Cancer Care Inequities Are Costing Kids Their Lives

A soft drinks dispenser at the Olympic village where some athletes will be housed at Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. July 2, 2024.

La Continuidad en El Patrocinio de Coca-Cola a Los Juegos Olímpicos Es Malo Para La Salud de Todas Las Personas

Zhou Pengcheng, wearing a blue surgical mask, clasps hands with his musical therapy patient, a child with short dark hair, shown from the back wearing a long-sleeved grey shirt.

Autism and Suicidal Thinking: ‘Alarming’ New Insights

Children, including a toddler in a pink coat holding a yellow lunch container, line up to collect a meal.

Child & Adolescent Health

A South African Soup Kitchen Is Bringing Relief to Caregivers

A child looks out at a hazy skyline from an overlook in midtown Manhattan on July 19, 2023 in New York City.

Child & Adolescent Health

A Zero-Emissions Transition Would Save Kids’ Lives

Sahil, a 7-month-old child suffering from diarrhea, lies in a bed at the district hospital on May 21, 2022 in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Child & Adolescent Health

Child Diarrhea Has a Cheap and Easy Fix—Why Isn’t It Reaching Patients?

UNICEF Youth Advocates engage in a roundtable during the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at the Youth Climate Champion Pavilion. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 5, 2023.

Ending the Invisibility of Children in Climate Change Negotiations