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UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO

UNICEF today announced that it has issued an emergency tender for the procurement of mpox vaccines.

Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

New WHO and UNICEF data show promising signs of immunization services rebounding in some countries, but, particularly in low-income countries, coverage still falls short of pre-pandemic levels putting children at grave risk from disease outbreaks.

4-year-old Gul-e-Rukh poses for the UNICEF camera, showing her marked finger after receiving the polio vaccine, in Karachi, Pakistan.

18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine allocated to 12 African countries for 2023–2025: Gavi, WHO and UNICEF

In response to high demand for the first-ever malaria vaccine, 12 countries in Africa will be allocated a total of 18 million doses of RTS,S/AS01 for the 2023–2025 period

On 25 April 2022, a detail shot of vials of the malaria vaccine at a government cold storage facility in Lilongwe, Malawi.

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades

WHO and UNICEF sound the alarm as new data shows global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing out on lifesaving vaccines

A girl sitting cross legged, looking very calm while getting an injection by a nurse, another woman is next to the child, looking at her.

1 in 4 children in Latin America and the Caribbean are exposed to diseases that can be prevented with vaccines

The decline in vaccination rates in the region is alarming and puts millions of children and adolescents at risk of dangerous diseases that could be prevented

Joint Statement on Dose Donations of COVID-19 Vaccines to African Countries

A joint statement from the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and COVAX

April 21, 2021 - Goma, North Kivu Province, DR Congo. Nearly 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Goma thanks to the COVAX program. They will be deployed in the provinces of North and South Kivu.

COVID-19 pandemic leads to major backsliding on childhood vaccinations, new WHO, UNICEF data shows

23 million children missed out on basic childhood vaccines through routine health services in 2020, the highest number since 2009 and 3.7 million more than in 2019

A happy Naina Patel with her daughter at Mamta Diwas(VHND) at Chanota Fadia, AW Baria, Gujarat as routine immunisations and checkups resume post covid lockdown

UNICEF statement on COVID-19 outbreak

UNICEF has been preparing and responding to the epidemic of COVID-19 around the world, knowing that the virus could spread to children and families in any country or community

Scientists are at work in the VirPath university laboratory, classified as "P3" level of safety.

Number of children orphaned or left unaccompanied by Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rising fast: UNICEF

The number of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who have been orphaned or left unaccompanied due to the Ebola epidemic has more than doubled since April, requiring a rapid ramp-up of specialized care in the Ebola-hit provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.

woman caring for children orphaned by Ebola

Mass campaign to vaccinate over 3 million children against polio kicks off in Venezuela

A mass polio vaccination campaign for more than 3.1 million children under the age of five in Venezuela started today, led by the Ministry of Health, with support from UNICEF and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

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