Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) Report, 2025.
This resource presents the latest data on newborn, child and youth mortality across countries and regions, supporting global efforts to track progress, understand why children are dying and guide evidence-based action to end preventable deaths.
Their Future is on the Line: Cost of inaction on HIV for children
This report presents new modelling by UNAIDS, UNICEF and Avenir Health on the potential impact of a 50 per cent reduction in intervention coverage — a plausible outcome if current funding cuts and related disruptions continue. The analysis quantifies the human cost for children by comparing projected new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths across multiple scenarios.
Data Brief on Violence against Children at Home
This data brief comprises updated global estimates and the first-ever regional breakdowns on two indicators of violence against children at home: violent discipline by parents and other caregivers and children’s exposure to intimate partner violence. For the first time, regional data reveal where women and children are most at risk, showing that children’s exposure largely mirrors geographical patterns of partner violence among adolescent girls and women.
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.
