Project profile — United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Institutional Support 2012

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include : Improved social conditions of high-risk and marginalized girls and women, boys and men; Reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people, especially women and children in humanitarian situations.

Results achieved as of 2012, with the support of Canada and other donors, UNICEF contributed to the following results: 12 million children aged 6-59 months in more than 30 countries benefitted from micronutrient programmes; over 1.9 million children aged 6-59 months and suffering from acute malnutrition in 65 countries were reached with lifesaving treatments; and, 76% of households in 69 countries used iodized salt and 75 countries required flour fortification. In emergency/humanitarian, recovery or fragile situations, UNICEF contributed to the following results with support from Canada and other donors: 2.11 million severely malnourished children aged 6-59 months were reached through therapeutic feeding programs; 18.8 million people achieved access to safe water; 65.4 million children aged 6-59 months received vitamin A supplements; 43.8 million children aged 6 months to 15 years were vaccinated against the measles; 2.33 million pregnant women secured access to the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS; 6,300 health facilities in 52 countries received emergency obstetric care training, equipment and supplies; 10 million women of reproductive age received tetanus vaccines in the most underserved of high-risk countries; and, an estimated 55 million children in 32 countries received vitamin A supplements, deworming tablets and insecticide-treated mosquito nets.