Ensuring fair and equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccines
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended countless lives around the world. In Indonesia, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has exceeded one million with over 30,000 deaths, the most in Southeast Asia. While children have been largely spared from the worst health impacts of the virus, they will bear its consequences for years. The pandemic has…, How is UNICEF supporting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Indonesia?, Indonesia has launched one of the world’s largest immunization campaigns with the aim of vaccinating 181.5 million people – two-thirds of its population – within 15 months. Introducing the vaccines across the world’s largest archipelago will pose enormous challenges to fragile health systems that have been further weakened by the pandemic. As…, COVAX Facility, Workers unload a UNICEF shipment Workers unload a UNICEF shipment of ventilators and bedside monitors at the Ministry of Health warehouse in Central Jakarta, Indonesia, on 7 September 2020. The Government of Indonesia has ordered COVID-19 vaccines from several companies as well as through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility, a…, Strategy support, Arie Rukmantara speaks at a COVID-19 response training session Arie Rukmantara, UNICEF Chief of Field Office, speaks at a COVID-19 response training session for volunteers at the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) office in Bali, Indonesia, on 15 December 2020. Distributing the COVID-19 vaccines from Jakarta to more than 10,000 health…, Cold chain capacity building, A health worker checks vials of vaccines A health worker checks vials of vaccines in a cold chain storage unit donated by UNICEF to the Lapai Health Centre in West Sumatra. Vaccines must be kept in a limited temperature range from the time they are manufactured until the moment of vaccination. Temperatures that are too high or too low can cause…, Risk communication and community engagement, Ramadhana a volunteer with Muhammadiyah Ramadhana (left, in yellow shirt), a volunteer with Muhammadiyah, provides information to residents about the importance of wearing masks, washing hands and physical distancing to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in Bekasi, West Java. While child immunization is widely accepted in Indonesia, vaccine…, Data and analytics, Reana, a health worker, inputs data collected online Reana, a health worker, inputs data collected online from health cadres at the Tegalrejo Health Community Center in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. As Indonesia rolls out its COVID-19 vaccination programme, it plans to prioritize front-line workers, public servants, the elderly and the sick – groups that…