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Press release
24 April 2022
World Immunization Week: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson headlines week-long commemoration of global vaccination efforts and calls for greater investment
Global partners pledge $1 for every like, share, or comment on social media posts mentioning ‘UNICEF’ using the hashtag #longlifeforall until May 10
On 21 February 2021, UNICEF's staff Rafik El Ouerchefani, oversees the distribution operation of auto-disable syringes and safety boxes at a warehouse in Dubai Logistics City, United Arab Emirates.
Press release
25 February 2021
UNICEF begins shipping syringes for the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX
100,000 syringes will arrive in Maldives, with more countries to receive imminent deliveries for rollout of COVAX Facility vaccines
UNICEF staff at runway at Maiquetia airport on April 8,2020. A plane, managed by UNICEF, arrived in the country with 90 tons of supplies for the care of the most vulnerable children, adolescents, and women, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Press release
24 December 2020
UNICEF outlining plans to transport up to 850 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines per month on behalf of COVAX, in ‘mammoth and historic’ logistics operation
UNICEF – in partnership with Gavi and WHO – is also helping low- and lower-middle-income countries prepare to receive COVID-19 vaccines in 2021
Statement
15 December 2020
Teachers should be prioritized for vaccination against COVID-19
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
A baby receiving vaccines in Cucuta in Colombia.
Press release
10 November 2020
UNICEF and WHO call for emergency action to avert major measles and polio epidemics
As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from deadly and debilitating diseases
On 16 June 2020, a child is vaccinated at the Tegalrejo Community Health Centre in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Press release
17 July 2020
WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19
WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly
A 6-month baby receives a delayed vaccine shot at a community health centre in Beijing, China, on 26 March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the baby didn’t get her DTP shot when she turned five months old. “We were worried that a vaccine visit may cause infection,” said the mother. Provinces other than Hubei, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, gradually resumed full vaccination services that had been halted due to the outbreak.
Page
27 April 2020
Vaccinations and COVID-19: What parents need to know
How to safely get routine vaccinations for your child during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Auxiliary Nurse Midwife administers polio drops and vaccination to pregnant women and children at an Angnawadi (rural care center) in India
Press release
27 April 2020
Over 13 million children did not receive any vaccines at all even before COVID-19 disrupted global immunization – UNICEF
Mass measles immunization campaigns suspended in 25 largely high-burden countries due to pandemic
A 6-month baby receives a delayed vaccine shot at a community health centre in Beijing, China, on 26 March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the baby didn’t get her DTP shot when she turned five months old. “We were worried that a vaccine visit may cause infection,” said the mother. Provinces other than Hubei, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, gradually resumed full vaccination services that had been halted due to the outbreak.
Press release
26 March 2020
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic
A young boy we met during a random inspection of our immunization campaign in Moyu county, Hotan, Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
Photo essay
16 December 2019
Going the extra mile to fight polio
Since the first new polio case in China was confirmed in August 26 last year, hundreds and thousands of doctors and medical workers have been mobilized.