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AI-powered app aims to boost early childhood learning outcomes

eriinfo.com3 days ago04 mins

The Unlimited Child has launched an AI-powered app to assist learners in low-resource environments. The Unlimited Child, a South African early childhood development (ECD) non-profit organisation, has launched an AI-powered app designed to provide personalised coaching, classroom support and monitoring for practitioners. The app, built for low-resource and offline environments, delivers AI-generated development plans, classroom preparation tools,…

Africa: Global Childhood Immunization Coverage Inches Forward Despite Conflict and Hesitancy – Unicef, WHO

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In 2025, 90% of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) vaccine, and 85% – or 110 million – completed the full three-dose series, according to the annual WHO-UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) released today. While both indicators rose by…

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Africa: Childhood Vaccination Rate Increases Slightly, but Millions Remain Unprotected

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Global childhood immunization programmes continued to recover in 2025, but conflict, poverty and growing vaccine hesitancy are still leaving millions vulnerable to preventable diseases, according to new UN data released on Wednesday. The annual WHO-UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage reveal 90 per cent of infants worldwide received at least one dose of the diphtheria,…

South Africa moves to curb early childhood screen time

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

South Africa is introducing its first targeted intervention on children’s digital exposure, though it remains narrow in scope. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube informed Parliament that the department is developing national screen-time guidelines for children aged two to six to protect the development of language, attention, memory, and social skills. Read: Yoco acquires Dyner.ai to…

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Africa: Western and Central Africa Regional Conference On Early Childhood Nutrition

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LOME, May 4th, 2026 – Africa’s potential for human capital development and economic growth is severely undermined by inadequate progress in improving maternal nutrition and early childhood development. Malnutrition robs children of their futures and compromises national productivity and economies. Although the prevalence of stunting has fallen from 40% in 2000 to 33% in 2024,…

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Africa: Minister Gwarube Calls for Urgent Africa-Wide Investment in Early Childhood Development

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, has called for urgent and sustained investment in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) as a critical foundation for improving learning outcomes, advancing gender equality, and driving long-term economic growth across Africa. Speaking at the Southern and East Africa Regional Childcare Conference on Monday, which she co-hosted with the World…

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Africa: Largest Catch-Up Initiative Delivers Over 100 Million Childhood Vaccinations

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The Big Catch-Up, launched during World Immunization Week 2023, has delivered over 100 million vaccine doses to an estimated 18.3 million children across 36 countries Around 12.3 million were “zero-dose children” who had not previously received any vaccines and 15 million who had never received a measles vaccine. The initiative concluded in March 2026 and…

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Africa: Experts Seek Improvement On Childhood Cancer Survival Rate in Africa

eriinfo.com3 months ago08 mins

Pediatric cancer specialists, researchers and policymakers from across the world have called for urgent, coordinated action to improve childhood cancer survival rates in Africa, stressing the need for adaptable solutions driven by collaboration, innovation and research. The call was made at the recently held 16th Biennial Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP)…

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Africa: WHO, Unicef Find the World Is Off Track to Meet Childhood Immunization Goals

eriinfo.com1 year ago011 mins

United Nations — The latest data highlights that the world is off track to meet the targets set by the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) to achieve 90 percent global immunization coverage for essential childhood vaccines and halve the number of unvaccinated children by 2030. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund…

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Africa: Global Childhood Vaccination Holds Steady, Yet Over 14 Million Infants Remain Unvaccinated – Who, Unicef

eriinfo.com1 year ago012 mins

Geneva/New York — In 2024, 89 per cent of infants globally – about 115 million – received at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine, and 85 per cent – roughly 109 million – completed all three doses, according to new national immunization coverage data released today by the World Health…