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Portrait of Martin*, a nurse in a health centre in North Kivu, putting on gloves before a consultation

EBOLA OUTBREAK: “We are in a game of catch-up. Unless a collective effort is made, this crisis is going to get worse” – Save the Children

As Save the Children prepares to launch a large-scale response to support local health systems and help Ebola-impacted families and children, the aid agency is calling for an urgent global effort to contain the virus. 

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About half of children under 5 in Somalia battling malnutrition as risk of famine announced for the first time in four years – Save the Children

About half of children under 5 in Somalia are facing acute malnutrition as poor rains and rising costs drive up hunger levels, with risk of famine announced for the first time in four years.

Salama* (35) and her son Gabriel*(1) at home

Conflicts force a record 35,000 child displacements every day in 2025, new data shows 

The number of times children were forced from their homes by conflict or violence reached an all-time high in 2025, with 35,000 child displacements daily on average.

Nazar*, 16 hugs his mother Kseniia*, 47, Kharkiv

Over 3,500 children – equivalent to 177 classrooms – killed or injured in Ukraine war with numbers rising this year

Over 3,500 children have been killed or injured in Ukraine since the start of full-scale war over four years ago with an uptick in child casualties in 2026.

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Korean actor and member of K-pop group GOT7 Park Jin-young donates to Save the Children

"Park Jin-young’s warm-hearted support will serve as a strong foundation for children in need of music education to discover their talents and pursue their dreams. We are deeply grateful for his meaningful donation to Save the Children and will continue our efforts to expand learning opportunities and create stable educational environments so that children can grow and thrive.”

Debris litters a street following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Maamoura neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 4, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Over four children killed or injured on average a day during the ‘so- called’ ceasefire in Lebanon

Since the temporary ceasefire 22 children have been killed in Lebanon, and 89 injured in less than a month. 

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Bangladesh: Families urged to vaccinate children as number of suspected measles deaths exceeds 400

The measles outbreak is affecting all eight divisions in Bangladesh, prompting an emergency vaccination campaign across the country.  In the last month, nearly 18 million children have been reached with at least one dose of the vaccine, according to government data

Child migrants account for four in every 100 deaths in the Mediterranean a decade after Lampedusa tragedy

Leaders must deliver on new EU anti-poverty policy which puts children at heart of social priorities

While the Anti-Poverty Strategy provides EU member states with framework on poverty reduction, concrete measures on how to reduce child poverty are covered in the Communication on the Strengthening of the Child Guarantee – giving a two-pronged boost to poverty reduction initiatives today.