Publications
Key recent publications
The State of the World’s Children 2008 provides a wide-ranging assessment of the current state of child survival and primary health care for mothers, newborns and children. It examines lessons learned in child health during the past few decades and outlines the most important emerging precepts and strategies for reducing deaths among children under age five and for providing a continuum of care for mothers, newborns and children.
The State of the World's Children 2008 examines the current state of child survival and primary health care for mothers, newborns and children – and outlines strategies for reducing under-five deaths and providing a continuum of care. The pocket-sized executive summary provides an overview of the full report and includes regional summary indicators.
The State of Africa’s Children 2008 is a regional edition of UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children 2008 report. Complementary to the global report, it examines the state of child survival in Africa and highlights the need to position child health at the heart of the region’s development and human rights agenda. It also outlines possible solutions – programmes, policies and partnerships – to accelerate progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
The State of Asia-Pacific’s Children 2008 is a regional edition of UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children 2008 report. Complementary to the global report, it examines child survival in Asia-Pacific and highlights the need to place child health at the heart of the region’s development and human rights agenda. It also outlines programmes, policies and partnerships that can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
The State of Latin American and Caribbean Children 2008 is a regional edition of UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children 2008 report. Complementary to the global report, it examines child survival in Latin America and the Caribbean and highlights the need to place child health at the heart of the region’s development and human rights agenda. It also outlines programmes, policies and partnerships that can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
The sixth issue of Progress for Children reports on the status of child-specific targets set by world leaders at the May 2002 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children. This special edition examines more than 35 key indicators in the four broad areas identified at the Special Session as requisite to building ‘A World Fit for Children’. It also analyses the Millennium Development Goals and provides information on the state of child protection.
The Annual Report 2007 details UNICEF’s work on behalf of children and their families in 155 countries and territories. The report outlines the challenges and accomplishments of UNICEF and its vast network of partners in their quest to fulfill the Millennium Development Goals. Highlights include the historic drop in deaths of children under five, dipping below 10 million in 2006, successful ‘Go to School’ campaigns in countries emerging from crises, innovative programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and on-the-ground responses to natural and human-made cataclysms.
Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are the single greatest cause of preventable brain damage worldwide. This report reviews global and national efforts to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders since the 1990 World Summit for Children set the goal of virtual elimination of IDD. It captures the lessons learned and best practices in various countries and proposes an agenda against IDD to stem adverse effects on international development and human potential.
This publication explains the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to children. It's main purpose is to empower children, with and without disabilities, to play their part in challenging discrimination and promoting the Convention's principles.
1946-2006 Sixty Years for Children commemorates the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 60th anniversary and traces, decade by decade, how the cause of children has evolved since World War II. This historical review explores UNICEF's contribution against a backdrop of rapid global changes in social, political and economic affairs - and looks ahead to 2015, the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals that will transform the lives of millions of children.
The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
The Innocenti Research Centre undertakes original research to improve international understanding of issues relating to children's rights.
Just released!
Children and AIDS: Third Stocktaking Report, 2008
The phrase ‘know your epidemic and response’ has become extremely important in the fight against HIV and AIDS. But to better serve children, knowing your epidemic and response must be paired with 'know your children'. This Third Stocktaking Report examines data on progress, emerging evidence, and current knowledge and practice for children as they relate to four programme areas, and it calls for several focused, concrete, achievable actions that can significantly improve prospects for children and women and help nations move towards their goals. This is the third stocktaking report since UNICEF issued a Call to Action to Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS in October 2005. A companion volume, Children and AIDS: Country Fact Sheets, 2008, presents statistical data for 157 countries and territories.
Children and AIDS: Third Stocktaking Report, 2008 - Summary
The summary version of Children and AIDS: Third Stocktaking Report, 2008.
Children and AIDS: Country Fact Sheets, 2008
A companion volume to Children and AIDS: Third Stocktaking Report, 2008, with statistical data for 157 countries and territories.
Progress for Children: A Report Card on Maternal Mortality (No. 7)
Millennium Development Goal 5 is to improve maternal health, and its bold target is to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. Still, each year more than half a million women die from pregnancy-related causes that are avoidable. At the present rate of progress, the world will fall well short of the MDG 5 target. This report details progress in maternal health and highlights areas where improvements are needed.
