Urgent actions for children in 2015
• International support to the Central African Republic must be maintained. A reduction of the assistance could reverse all of the gains made in 2014. In 2015, UNICEF will need about US $72 million to promote the protection of children, access to social services for the most vulnerable, and the promotion of peace and reconciliation.
• Children in CAR are exposed to health risks such as tuberculosis, measles, yellow fever, polio and malaria, which remains the most common cause of infant mortality.
• The prevalence of malnutrition, including severe acute malnutrition is alarming, and the nutritional status of children has deteriorated across the country, reaching the emergency threshold in most prefectures.
• It is estimated that between 6,000 and 10,000 children are associated with armed groups, representing a tripling of this number in the last two years.
• Reconciliation and recovery can be achieved through investment in education: UNICEF supports a multiphase campaign for school resumption of more than 660,000 children.
• The crisis has spread beyond the borders of CAR, and has led to the displacement of more than 200,000 people in neighboring countries and the separation of hundreds of families in 2014.
