UNICEF Thailand

The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) was created to provide emergency relief to millions of children suffering in the aftermath of World War II. UNICEF began providing assistance to Thailand in 1948. In the early years, our efforts in the past were focused on child health and nutrition. For example, we ran programmes to combat life-threatening and disfiguring childhood diseases such as yaws, and we helped to introduce a permanent vaccination programme for tuberculosis. Over the same period, we worked to provide clean drinking water and sanitation in rural areas and to improve child nutrition through the distribution of corn-soy milk and iodized salt. Since those early days, the situation of children in Thailand has changed dramatically, and our mandate has broadened widely to reflect this change. As Thailand has continued to develop, the UNICEF response to the needs of children has also evolved. Today our work is focused more on advocating for and ensuring that the proper l...