Vaccines | UNICEF Canada: For Every Child

Learn more about UNICEF’s work under the topic "Vaccines".

Five Stories of Success from 2018

In 2018, UNICEF reached almost all corners of the globe – 190 countries to be exact – to help save children’s lives. We have chosen five stories of success to show how generous support from our donors paired with tireless work from UNICEF staff, volunteers and partners are truly making a difference, for every child.

UNICEF’s vaccination campaign amidst a cholera outbreak in Yemen

In late September and early October, UNICEF and WHO partnered together to vaccinate over 160,000 children living in Yemen against cholera, as part of a 6 day campaign in the country.

Pleased to introduce you to the pentavalent vaccine!

The story of how pentavalent became one of the most used vaccines in the world.

Women vaccinators working to eradicate polio in Afghanistan

UNICEF and partners are working hard to achieve complete polio eradication in Afghanistan – which currently has the highest number of polio cases in the world.

It hurts but it works!

Vaccines protect children against disease and death, saving up to three million lives a year. Despite the benefits, millions of young children around the world are missing out. UNICEF envisions a world where no child dies from a preventable cause and all children reach their full potential. That is why UNICEF is on the ground in 190 countries, immunizing millions of children every year.

Protecting children against measles in Syria

UNICEF and WHO supported the Ministry of Health to undertake a nationwide immunization campaign inside Syria this week. The campaign aims to reach two million children between the ages of seven months and five years in 12 governorates of the country.

In photos: how vaccines are transported globally

Help us save more children: donate 129 polio vaccines through UNICEF’s Survival Gifts and reach 43 kids in need.

Cambodia: Immunization on the move

“Bring your child for free vaccines tomorrow!” Sokly Ye called out to passers-by as she slowly drove her motorbike down a narrow dirt road lined with ramshackle homes.

Getting children vaccinated – going the extra mile in northeast Nigeria

In conflict-affected regions like northeast Nigeria, children miss out on life-saving vaccines.

Immunization in Canada: An issue of Equality

Some children in Canada are not fully vaccinated and understanding how well Canada’s children are vaccinated is challenging for health providers, because Canada lacks a system to accurately track vaccination rates and flag which segments of our population are left out. But that is soon to change, and rightly so.

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