News note
USAID and UNICEF work with MoHP to improve access to COVID-19 vaccination in Egypt
CARIO, 25 December 2022- USAID - US Agency For International Development The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have embarked on a one-year collaboration to support readiness, delivery, and post-delivery monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines in Egy...
Article
Vaccines Delivered to the Doorstep
In her little house, this old lady lives with her sons and grandchildren. Age and sickness limit her movement outside the house, and with no internet access, she only heard about COVID-19 vaccine through her family and visiting neighbors. In February 2022, a nurse knocked at her door saying that she doesn’t have t...
Article
Recovering from COVID-19 Learning Losses
There is a global learning crisis. Children are not developing the foundational learning and skills that they need to be able to complete 12 years of education and reach their full potential. In the MENA region, prior to COVID-19 crisis, almost 60% of children, at the age of 10, could neither read nor understand s...
Article
Gelifish
As the world is still struggling with the post-COVID impact on business, a group of young people from Cairo University are developing a business model from and for their local community to create jobs, save an industry and the planet. The story started when these young students met through Enactus, an internationa...
Article
Worship places join the fight against COVID-19
In Menoufeya governorate, in the North of Egypt, worship places play a very special role in villages. For both Muslims and Christians, mosques and churches represent more than prayer venues: they are a source of hope and social solidarity. Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed exceptional circumstances an...
Article
COVID-19 vaccines reach remote areas of Egypt
That day in February 2022, 16-year-old Malak woke up hearing an announcement from the nearby mosque’s microphone that a vaccination team was coming to their village. This young lady lives in a small village in Menoufeya Governorate, in the North of Egypt. Driven by curiosity, she went to check the visitors. She fo...
Article
Safely delivered for everyone’ safety
UNICEF is a key partner to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, UNICEF provided Personal Protective Equipment to over 110,000 frontline health workers as well as disinfectants, soap, ventilators, and other life-saving equ...
Press release
Japan and UNICEF join hands on COVID-19 vaccination
CAIRO, 20 February 2022 – Today, UNICEF and the Government of Japan signed and exchanged notes for a new collaboration between UNICEF and the Embassy of Japan titled ‘Expanding COVID-19 Vaccination in Egypt’ at the premises of the Ministry of International Cooperation. This collaboration aims to support the COVID-...
Report
Education, Children on the move and Inclusion in Education
Today, the world is facing compounding humanitarian, environmental and economic crises that have spurred the migration and displacement of millions of children and their families. The number of internally displaced children, refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers and in some cases, returnees, has grown dramaticall...
Article
A Young Doctor Facing COVID-19
At the Qattameya Primary Health Unit (PHU) in New Cairo, this young, energetic doctor roams the corridors of the unit to help those coming to receive the vaccine. She helps them to quickly finish their procedures, answers their questions and reassures them. Dr. Ruba Mohammed is a young doctor at the Ministry of He...
Photo essay
A day at a Vaccine Center in New Cairo
By the end of November 2021, a total of 36.9 million vaccine doses have been administered in Egypt out of over 70 million doses of different types of vaccines delivered – most of which by UNICEF through the COVAX facility. The Egyptian government is taking serious steps to avoid the lockdown scenario or pressuring...
Press release
EU and UNICEF improve access to COVID-19 vaccination and education for refugees and migrants in Egypt
CAIRO, 24 October 2021 – The The European Union Delegation to Egypt European Union (EU) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have embarked on a two-year collaboration to educate children from refugee and migrant communities in Egypt, and also improve the access of these communities to COVID-19 vaccination. ...