Sex for lunch money or just to jump the queue for water – teen pregnancy is common in Sierra Leone and death rates among pregnant girls are shockingly high. 2YoungLives is a mentoring scheme that aims to help girls survive childbirth and get back to education.
The transformative project offers girls an alternative to early marriage and the prospect of new futures beyond the mountains
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Returning from a trip to the Bangladeshi highlands, the British actor and Unicef goodwill ambassador is calling on the UK government to do more to protect the world’s poorest against future crises
Svitlana Kylivnyk fled across the border with her own two girls and seven of her friends’ children. Here she shares her story with Charline Bou Mansour and Ros Russell
Fearful of bombs and forced from their homes, the psychological legacy of war on Ukraine’s children will be deep and far-reaching. Ros Russell reports from Przemysl near the Poland-Ukraine border
One woman’s perilous journey from a Ukrainian town under attack to shelter in Poland encapsulates the terror and sadness faced by millions of innocent families. Ros Russell reports from Przemysl
Countries have pledged more than $1.5 billion (£1.15 billion) to help scientists prepare for the next pandemic threat – so-called Disease X
“This vaccine is for humanity”: David Ngwerume wants to inspire through his stunning artworks
As director of UNICEF’s Supply Division, Etleva Kadilli is responsible for the biggest delivery operation in the history of immunisation
An outlier in Africa’s slow rollout, Rwanda has raced ahead and vaccinated more than 90 per cent of adults in its capital. Minister of Health Dr Daniel Ngamije tells the Evening Standard’s Vaccine for the World project how Rwanda did it
Professor Samba Sow is working to understand the evolution of new coronavirus variants - and how to stop them before they spread
Fact-checking organisations take the frontline in the fight against virus and vaccine misinformation
