UNICEF
3, Health & Immunization
Malaria Prevention
Every 45 seconds a child dies of malaria.
About 90% of those deaths occur in Africa.
UNICEF is the world's largest provider that help to protect families from malaria.
They are determined to stop the needless deaths of children from disease.
Moreover, they believe that all children deserve the healthiest life.
Children future and ours depends on it.
Diseases
Malaria
Every day, 2,000 children die of a mosquito bite.
An 800,000 people die every year from malaria.
But, malaria is 100% preventable.
About 90% of malaria deaths occur in Africa, accounting for 1 in 6 childhood deaths there.
Polio
The number of annual polio cases has dropped dramatically from 350,000 to 1,606 cases in 2009.
That's about 100% reduction.
Tetanus
Tetanus is a painful disease that kills one newborn every nine minutes, or 160 babies each day.
The disease, typically contracted through unhygienic childbirth practices, is swift, cruel and painful.
But it is also highly preventable with the help of an affordable vaccine.
4, HIV/AIDS
Breaking the Cycle
To protect children from AIDS, UNICEF focuses on the "4P"
Prevention of mother–to–child transmission through testing and treatment of pregnant women
Providing pediatric HIV/AIDS treatment
Preventing infection among young people
Protecting and supporting children affected by HIV
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