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Midwife delivering post natal care visit

Society Mali

18. February 2026

Millions Gain Reliable Healthcare Through Community-Driven Reform

Mali and Mauritania expanded essential healthcare access to more than five million people between 2018 and 2024, significantly improving maternal, child and nutrition services in fragile and conflict-affected communities.

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Health Brazil

30. January 2026

HIV-Free Births Become the Norm for Millions of Families

Brazil has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV, becoming the largest country in the world to reach this milestone and ensuring babies are born free of the virus.

Health

An employee collects vials of the R21 malaria vaccine afer they are labelled inside a lab at the Serum Institute of India

Health India

25. January 2026

Key Vaccine Becomes Accessible to Millions More Children

A new malaria vaccine from India will lower supply costs, enabling wider immunisation of children across low-income countries from 2026.

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Society Germany

23. January 2026

Children Get a Head Start on Retirement Savings

Germany has approved a new early-start pension scheme that opens state-funded retirement investment accounts for children aged six to 18, giving them a financial foundation decades before adulthood.

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Pakistani mother is playing and expressing affection to her

Society Pakistan

18. January 2026

When Nutrition is Prioritized, Children’s Health Improves – by the Millions!

Child stunting has declined in Pakistan after five years of targeted nutrition support, improving early-life health for millions of children and mothers nationwide.

Society

Sadiq Khan visits school to celebrate 100 million school meals milestone

Society United Kingdom

11. January 2026

Free School Meals Reach 100 Million Milestone

A programme providing free lunches to every state primary school pupil in the UK capital has now served 100 million meals, easing costs for hundreds of thousands of families.

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Society Nigeria

7. January 2026

Futures Transformed for This Nation’s Empowered Ladies

Nigeria is experiencing a decisive shift as millions of girls and women gain access to education, health care, and financial independence through a coordinated effort supported by the International Development Association.

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Society The World

18. December 2025

We’re Getting Extreme Poverty Out of Children’s Way

Around the world, 95 million children have escaped extreme poverty since the start of the century — a powerful sign that decades of global investment in children’s health, education and protection are paying off.

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A mother is using traditional Maldivian cooking utensils to prepare a meal for her children.

Health Maldives

11. November 2025

First-Ever Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Diseases

In the Maldives, health authorities have achieved a world first: eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B, a milestone validated by the World Health Organization.

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Group of Vietnamese schoolboys, South Vietnam

Society Vietnam

31. October 2025

Education Lifts Millions Out of Poverty

Vietnam has achieved one of the most remarkable poverty reductions in modern history — cutting extreme poverty from over 45% in the early 1990s to about 1% by 2022, largely through decades of sustained investment in education and rural development.