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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...
Central African Republic: New Wave Of Violence Puts Education On Hold For One In Two Children Across The Country
02/24/2021
NEW YORK (February 24, 2021) – “We are extremely concerned about the impact of the recent escalation of violence in the Central African Republic on the education of hundreds of thousands of children...
Ghana Becomes Recipient Of Historic First Shipment Of COVAX Vaccines
02/24/2021
NEW YORK (February 24, 2021) – “After a year of disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 80,700 Ghanaians getting infected with the virus and over 580 lost lives, the path to recovery...