Press Releases
More Than 1.7 Million COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive In The Democratic Republic Of Congo
03/09/2021
NEW YORK (March 9, 2021) – More than 1.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC. They were shipped to the country through COVAX, an alliance comprising the...
At Least 1 In 7 Children And Young People Has Lived Under Stay-At-Home Policies For Most Of The Last Year, Putting Mental Health And Well-Being At Risk – UNICEF
03/04/2021
NEW YORK (March 4, 2021) – At least 1 in 7 children – or 332 million globally – has lived under required or recommended nationwide stay-at-home policies for at least nine months since the start of the...
COVID-19: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost a full year, says UNICEF
03/03/2021
NEW YORK (March 3, 2021) – Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost an entire year due to COVID-19 lockdowns, according to new data released today by...
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's Remarks At Yemen Pledging Conference
03/02/2021
NEW YORK (March 2, 2021) – "The children of Yemen are counting on us. "They’re living through a nightmare of endless fighting. "They’re threatened by malnutrition — and deadly disease like diarrhea...
Remarks By Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director At COVAX Media Briefing On First Deliveries And First Round Of Allocations
03/02/2021
NEW YORK (March 2, 2021) – “The last year has been a dark one for families all over the world, but the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines provided a hopeful light at the end of the tunnel. At long...
COVAX Publishes First Round Of Allocations
03/02/2021
NEW YORK (March 2, 2021) – The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as co-leads of the COVAX initiative...
First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa
03/01/2021
GENEVA / NEW YORK / OSLO (March 1, 2021) – As the global rollout of COVAX vaccines accelerates, the first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using COVAX doses began today in Ghana and Côte d...
Côte d’Ivoire becomes second African country and first French-speaking country to receive vaccine doses via COVAX Facility
02/26/2021
ABIDJAN / NEW YORK (February 26, 2021) – The COVAX initiative shipped 504,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, licensed by the Serum Institute of India, to India, and 505,000 syringes to...
UNICEF Signs COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Agreement With Astrazeneca
02/25/2021
NEW YORK (February 25, 2021) – UNICEF and AstraZeneca this week signed a long-term agreement for the supply of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca on behalf of the COVAX Facility. Through the supply...
COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Shipped By The COVAX Facility Head To Ghana, Marking Beginning Of Global Rollout
02/24/2021
NEW YORK (February 24, 2021) – Today, Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility. This is a historic step towards our goal to ensure...