'The State of the World's Children 2021' is released by the Minister of Health.

• Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Health Minister, published a paper titled "The State of the World's Children 2021: On My Mind: Promoting, Protecting, and Caring for Children's Mental Health."
• The state of World’s Children 2021 report is UNICEF’s global flagship publication.
• The paper emphasises the enormous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health.
• An estimated 13% of teenagers aged 10 to 19 have a diagnosable mental illness.

Important facts 

About UNICEF

• Headquarters: New York
• Head: Henrietta H. Fore
• President: Tore Hattrem
• Founded: 11 December 1946