The global goal of eradicating polio is one step closer this week, as China along with 154 other countries, make the shift to a new, safer, and more immunogenic polio vaccination schedule – including an unprecedented, globally-synchronized change to ‘switch off’ a now-eradicated strand of polio virus in polio vaccines. This effort will provide better protection for children against polio, particularly those most vulnerable to infection.
03/05/2016
China's national immunization programme started in 1978, with initial support from UNICEF and WHO. Today, China's Expanded Programme on Immunizations (EPI) vaccinates over 15 million newborns and 60 million people every year.
27/04/2016
As China plans its next phase of cooperation with the African continent, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and UNICEF hosted discussions with representatives from eight African countries in Beijing to ensure that newborn health is a top priority to be reflected in bilateral plans for China-Africa development cooperation.
31/03/2016
Tsinghua University and UNICEF announced a new long-term partnership to leverage the use of innovation, design and technology, in helping to reach some of the poorest and most disadvantaged children across the world.
23/03/2016
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has partnered with UNICEF to advocate for child related issues.
16/03/2016
The UN Country Team in China commends the Government for enacting this historical legislation and looks forward to supporting its implementation.
04/03/2016
UNICEF welcomes the new State Council Guidelines on Protection of Left Behind Children as a significant step forward in support to and protection of this vulnerable population of children.
22/02/2016
UNICEF and Sesame Workshop have teamed up with Lang Lang to produce a public service announcement (PSA) on the importance of access to quality early childhood development (ECD) for every child in China.
20/01/2016
UNICEF welcomes China’s recent decision to include the establishment of a sound service system to provide care to children left behind by their migrating parents in the country’s framework of poverty alleviation.
13/01/2016
Beijing, 3 December 2015 - Today, UNICEF in partnership with the China WTO Tribuneand the GoldenBee, launched the...
07/12/2015
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