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Questions and answers about vaccines - Part three
World Immunization Week is celebrated every year during the last week of April. Vaccines are one of the most successful and affordable ways to prevent infections throughout the world, saving millions of lives each year. This year, UNICEF and the Ministry of Health have joined forces once again to promote vaccinations for children as outlined in…
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UNICEF and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium discuss COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Armenia
14 September 2021, - UNICEF hosted the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Marc Michielsen today who met with Ms. Silvia Mestroni, Acting UNICEF Representative in Armenia, followed by a visit to a local polyclinic in Yerevan where the Ambassador observed the COVID-19 vaccinatio...
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Second Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccines from COVAX Arrives in Armenia
YEREVAN, 17 May 2021, - The Ministry of Health of Armenia welcomed the arrival of a critical second batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses this morning through the COVAX Facility (CEPI, GAVI, UNICEF, WHO), with logistical support from UNICEF. The 50,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 will help to speed up ...
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UNICEF signs supply agreement for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
NEW YORK, 16 February 2021: , UNICEF announced today the signing of an agreement with Pfizer on behalf of the COVAX Facility for the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine through 2021. Deliveries of the vaccine are anticipated to start as early as the first quarter of 2021, once the countries that were a...
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COVAX announces new agreement, plans for first deliveries
Geneva/Oslo 28 January 2021, – COVAX, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, regardless of income level, today announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement with Pfizer for up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine candidate, which h...
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UNICEF working with global airlines and freight providers to plan delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
NEW YORK, 26 November 2020:, UNICEF is working with major global airlines and freight providers to step up efforts to, deliver COVID-19 vaccines to over 92 countries around the world as soon as vaccines become available., To kickstart preparations, UNICEF together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) a...
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Over 20 million children worldwide missed out on measles vaccine annually in past 8 years, creating a pathway to current global outbreaks - UNICEF
NEW YORK, 26 April 2019, – An estimated 169 million children missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, or 21.1 million children a year on average, UNICEF said today. Widening pockets of unvaccinated children have created a pathway to the measles outbreaks hitting several countries ...
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UNICEF launches #VaccinesWork campaign to inspire support for vaccines
NEW YORK, 18 April 2019, – UNICEF is launching a new global campaign on 23 April to emphasize the power and safety of vaccines among parents and wider social media users. The campaign will run alongside World Immunization Week from 23 to 30 April to spread the message that together communities, including parents, can protect everyone through vaccines. #VaccinesWork has…
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Vaccinating Every Child
If childhood vaccination is not prioritized, many kids can miss out on their right to be vaccinated, which could cost them their lives. Vaccines save children's lives by protecting them from infectious diseases. In 2016, around 1.4 million children under the age of five died from vaccine-preventable diseases. Pneu...
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UNICEF reaches almost half of the world’s children with life-saving vaccines
New York, 26 April 2017 –, UNICEF procured 2.5 billion doses of vaccines to children in nearly 100 countries in 2016, reaching almost half of the world’s children under the age of five. The figures, released during World Immunization Week, make UNICEF the largest buyer of vaccines for children in the world. Nige...
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Governments must invest in immunizing the most vulnerable children and addressing vaccine hesitancy
GENEVA, 25 April, 2017, - “UNICEF is urging governments in Europe and Central Asia to invest in health systems that prioritize reaching the most vulnerable children with life-saving immunizations alongside national campaigns to address the concerning trend of growing vaccine hesitancy.” “Immunization is one of ...
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Time is running out for children as famine, drought and war threaten millions
NEW YORK/DAKAR/NAIROBI/AMMAN, 28 March 2017 –, More than a month after famine was declared in South Sudan, time is running out for more than a million children as drought and armed conflict devastate lives in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UNICEF said today. “Children can’t wait for yet anothe...