Project profile — United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Institutional Support 2013

The expected outputs for this project include: (1) at least 50 countries have implemented effective nutrition programs (through supplementation and fortification) for young children by the end of 2013; (2) in all program countries, water supply services have increased; (3) the number of new pediatric HIV infections is reduced by at least 40%; (4) in all priority countries, at least 60% of adolescents, in school and out of school, have the necessary information, skills and services to reduce their risk and vulnerability to HIV; and (5) there are more countries with improved systems of justice for children.

Results achieved by UNICEF through the support of the Government of Canada and other international donors include: (1) helped 105 countries to implement strategies to reduce stunting; (2) added 13 countries committed to the Scaling Up Nutrition movement to reach a total of 47 countries; (3) helped bring improved drinking water source to 4.3 million households; (4) conducted the first global estimation of the number of adolescents (aged 10-19) living with HIV; (5) launched the Double Dividend to align child survival and paediatric HIV efforts in sub-Saharan Africa; (6) supported 89 national development plans for scaling up family and community care practices for mothers and children; (7) provided 35.9 million children vaccination against measles; (8) provided 2.5 million children in emergency situations with access to safe community spaces, learning spaces and psychosocial support; (9) helped 787,000 children in humanitarian situations to access education; (10) supported 104 countries’ social protection systems to become more child-sensitive; and (11) supported 30 countries rolled out community infant and young child feeding counselling packages.