Documents

The Supply Annual Report discusses aspects of UNICEF's interaction with the market, and includes detailed annexes on: supplier countries by dollar value, how much we spent with individual companies, where the supplies are used, by country and value, and numbers invited to bid (and responses) by country. Previous Supply Annual Reports are also available.

In 2016, UNICEF and partners responded to 344 humanitarian situations of varying scale in 108 countries - the largest number of situations and countries recorded since tracking began more than a decade ago.

UNICEF remained well positioned in 2016 to foster gender-equitable outcomes for children as a catalyst to a more just world - helping girls and boys realize their full potential and helping societies make progress on gender equality.

UNICEF's social inclusion interventions in 2016 helped countries make progress on advancing the right of every child to grow up free from poverty, bias and discrimination, and gain access to needed services, information and support.

UNICEF and its partners contributed to the protection of children from violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect in 2016, addressing the impact of rights violations on children and the communities in which they live.

Throughout 2016, UNICEF maintained its commitment to improve learning outcomes, increase school access for all children and promote quality teaching, quality learning and positive learning environments

While child malnutrition remains a persistent problem in every region, countries have made substantial progress in reducing malnutrition over the past decade - including in 2016 - with support from UNICEF and its partners.

In 2016, UNICEF launched a new global strategy that will guide its efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goal 6 on WASH and contribute to the sustainable development agenda overall.

In many ways, 2016 was a transitional year for the global response to HIV. Some changes and developments were unequivocally positive, while the impact of others remains uncertain.

In the health sector in 2016, UNICEF remained committed to the improved and equitable use of high-impact maternal and child health interventions from pregnancy to adolescence, and the promotion of healthy behaviours.