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World Immunization Week: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson headlines week-long commemoration of global vaccination efforts and calls for greater investment
NEW YORK, 24 April 2022, – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson is leading UNICEF’s global immunization initiative with a global message thanking the scientists, parents, health workers and others who have been so critical in helping to immunize children over the last two decades. In a video released ahead of ...
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Job aids on COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers
We have developed a set of job aids to help healthcare workers explain key facts about COVID-19 vaccines to their patients and have meaningful patient-centred conversations, boost vaccine confidence and support the patients in their decision-making process to get vaccinated against COVID-19. It primarily contains ...
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No excuses. Keep schools open. Children can’t wait
NEW YORK, 27 January 2022 , – “As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues its spread all over the world, we urge governments to do everything in their power to keep it from further disrupting children’s education. “To avert a learning catastrophe and put children back on the learning track, UNICEF recommends the...
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What you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines
Vaccines save millions of lives each year. The development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines is a huge step forward toward ending the pandemic and getting back to doing more of the things we enjoy with the people we love. We’ve gathered the latest expert information to answer some of the most common question...
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What we know about the Omicron variant
People around the world are concerned about the Omicron variant of COVID-19. We’ve gathered the latest expert information about this new variant and will continue to update this article as more information becomes available. Last updated: 17 December 2021, What is the Omicron variant? , The Omicron variant of CO...
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Ukraine to receive $2.8 million worth of cold chain equipment to support COVID vaccination
Kyiv 25 October 2021, - The Ministry of Health of Ukraine in partnership with UNICEF, and with financial support from the US Government through USAID, starts an unprecedented upgrade to the cold chain for vaccines at the national level, in the context of COVID pandemic. To meet immediate needs, a total of $2.8 mi...
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UNICEF engages medical students in a country-wide campaign to promote COVID-19 vaccination
TBILISI, Georgia, 29 October 2021 –, Students specializing in the field of medicine from three different universities in Georgia will engage in a 6-month campaign, organized by UNICEF and the Association of Immunization and Vaccinology (AIVA) with support from USAID, to share information on and to promote the COV...
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UNICEF delivered ultra-cold freezers for COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine under COVAX
This week UNICEF delivered 3 ultra low temperature freezers for storage of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine to Ukraine under COVAX. The freezers with temperature range from -40°C to -86°C, manufactured by Vestfrost, Denmark, are to be installed at the storage of the state enterprise UkrMedPostach of the Ministry of Health...
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Teachers from the Guria region are getting COVID-19 vaccination as part of a joint campaign by UNICEF and the Government
Ozurgeti, Georgia, 18, -19 September 2021 –, UNICEF continues to engage educators and school administrators in the COVID-19 vaccination programme. More than 200 teachers from Guria region learned about the benefits and the importance of COVID-19 vaccination through information sessions organized by UNICEF in part...
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Teachers from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region got vaccinated against COVID-19 after info sessions organized by UNICEF
Zugdidi, Georgia, 17 August 2021 –, Teachers from the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region got vaccinated against COVID-19 after the information sessions organized by UNICEF in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health. The sessions we...
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Ukraine receives 2 million doses of COVID vaccine donated by the USA through COVAX
Kyiv, 18 July 2021 , -, , The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) delivered today 2,000,040 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the American company Moderna, to Ukraine. This batch of vaccines is donated by the US Government through the global COVAX Facility. According to the Ministry of Health of ...
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Ukraine’s elderly reunited with loved ones after vaccine
Today is a big day for Olha Antoniuk. After more than a year of isolation and an 84th birthday spent without her loved ones, she is preparing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “I have two daughters, five grandchildren and many great-grandchildren,” says Olha, who lives at a nursing home for war and labour veteran...