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UNICEF providing supplies to combat COVID-19 and support integrated response in Venezuela

A shipment managed by UNICEF of approximately 90 tons of vital supplies arrived in Caracas on April 08, 2020. The shipment includes Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for health workers on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19.

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Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19

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Two boys walk to their settlements in Hadhwe sub-district, Ethiopia.

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UNICEF is providing supplies and technical support to fight COVID-19 in Lebanon

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Warehouse staff prepares to UNICEF supplies to be delivered and distributed to health centres across Lebanon.

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Urgent need to secure learning for children across South Asia

Even before the COVID-19 crisis, South Asia had a chronic education crisis with 95 million children of school age being out of school. With the current COVID-19 crisis unfolding, many of the 430 million children affected by school closures in the...

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