Feeding Profit: How Food Environments Are Failing Children
A new UNICEF report reveals how unhealthy, ultra-processed foods and aggressive marketing are driving a surge in childhood obesity worldwide—even in countries still battling undernutrition.
Progress in Child Survival Under Threat
A new UN IGME report, Levels & Trends in Child Mortality 2024, shows under-five deaths fell to 4.8 million in 2023—but warns that funding cuts and stalled progress put millions of children at risk.
Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2023
New data published in the report, Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2023, reveal that progress in reducing maternal deaths has slowed significantly in recent years, with the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declining by only 1.5 per cent annually since 2016. The report, produced by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group – comprising UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO, the World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division – tracks maternal deaths nationally, regionally, and globally over the past two decades.
Adolescent Data Portal
Global, regional and country-level data on key indicators of adolescent well-being, together with information on the socioeconomic contexts in which adolescents live.
UNICEF led or supported initiatives
Frontier Data Network
The Frontier Data Network (FDN) is UNICEF’s global community of practice for data and tech innovation, bringing together private sector, academic, and humanitarian actors to build digital capacity, foster ethical partnerships, and ensure that emerging solutions reach the frontlines where they can make the greatest impact for children.
International Data Alliance for Children on the Move
The International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC) is a global, cross-sectoral coalition working to strengthen data systems and improve the quality, availability, and use of data to ensure that the rights and needs of migrant and displaced children are visible and addressed through evidence-based policymaking.
The Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism
The Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism (CMMM) is a collaborative, multi-stakeholder initiative that enhances access to key data and indicators on child marriage, driving accountability, informing policy and programs, and supporting global efforts to end child marriage through evidence-based action.
Healthy Diets Monitoring Initiative
The Healthy Diets Monitoring Initiative (HDMI) is a global effort to build consensus and capacity around the generation, use, and harmonization of dietary data, guiding evidence-based policies and programs through awareness-raising, technical guidance, research, and metric development.
