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UNICEF and USAID celebrate the successful completion of a three-year partnership for COVID-19 pandemic response in Kosovo
Prishtina, 2 February 2024 - UNICEF Kosovo, in collaboration with USAID Kosovo, marked the successful conclusion of a three-year partnership for "COVID-19 Pandemic Response," aligned with the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan. This partnership brought significant results including: ensuring uptake of COVI...
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Thank you, USAID
During a one-year partnership between USAID and UNICEF Office in Kosovo, UNICEF’s work was focused on the following prevention and response areas, where the needs were greatest. Strengthen risk communication and community engagement (RCCE), including age and gender-tailored psychosocial support messages and guidan...
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Thank you to the Government and people of Japan from UNICEF Kosovo
UNICEF and the Government of Japan joined forces to support people of Kosovo in emergency response to the COVID–19 crises. The objective of this partnership is to reduce human-to-human transmissions of the COVID-19 and mitigate the impact of the outbreak through risk communication and community engagement, provisi...
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The EU and UNICEF provide IT equipment to Social Work Centers throughout Kosovo
PRISTINA, 8 August 2022 – The EU Ambassador in Kosovo, Tomas Szunyog, and the Head of UNICEF in Kosovo, Nona Zicherman, handed over today in Pristina 230 tablets to social workers from all 40 Social Work Centers operating in Kosovo. The provision of this IT equipment is one of the activities of the EU-funded and U...
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UNICEF and WHO launch HealthBuddy+ app, an online interactive digital tool that provides access to up-to-date and evidence-based information on COVID-19 including vaccination
HealthBuddy+ application for COVID-19 HealthBuddy+ app is an online interactive digital tool that provides access to up-to-date and evidence-based information on COVID-19 including vaccination. HealthBuddy+ is now available in Albanian and Serbian language thanks to the support of WHO Office in Pristina. The appl...
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Young volunteers help protect the community from COVID-19
One year and a few months after the first COVID-19 case in Kosovo, the vaccine was rolled out in designated vaccine centres. In Prishtina, the “1Tetori” Sports Hall was transformed into Kosovo’s main vaccination hub. There was so much demand for vaccines that medical staff could not handle it alone. Together with ...
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Door-to-door visits help boost vaccination rates
Ferizaj, October 2021 – Nadire Brahimi, 48, lost her livelihood during the COVID-19 pandemic. As soon as Kosovo went into lockdown in March 2020, she was laid off as a maintenance worker in a restaurant. As the months passed, she found it increasingly hard to provide for her family of five and care for her elderly...
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Vaccinated and breastfeeding
Gjilan, September 2021 -Albiana Shurdhani from Gjilan is a mother of three children. Her third child, a 13-month-old son, was born last year, during a period when Kosovo was under COVID-19 lockdown. Undoubtedly a difficult period to become a mom again. "We were in lockdown during my pregnancy, and it was really st...
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Improve access to Mental Health and Psychosocial Services (MHPSS) for children and families
The situation created with the COVID-19 pandemic, deteriorated the situation of children in Kosovo, through disturbing regular services on health, education, prevention, and protection. In the area of child protection, mental health and psychosocial components have not been addressed systematically by frontline ch...
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UNICEF and University in Prishtina in partnerships with the European Union signed a new agreement: To improve access to mental and psycho-social health services for children
UNICEF and the University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina" are pleased to announce today the signing of a cooperation agreement for the implementation of the partnership "Improving access to Mental Health and Psycho-social Services (MSPS) for children and families and assessing the digital ecosystem for continued on...
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Calls for Vaccination from Health Professionals
Dear citizens, Health professionals were and still are on the front lines fighting the pandemic. Their work is eased if we protect ourselves by being vaccinated. Make an appointment here , get vaccinated! #Vaksinohu
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UNICEF and the Austrian Government support the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation with a donation of 170 laptops to ensure the continuous learning for all children ahead of the new school year
Prishtina, 17 August 2021 - Today, UNICEF Kosovo Office, the Austrian Development Cooperation and the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) donated 170 laptops to 64 schools in the municipalities of Gjakova, Gjilan, Lipjan, Dragash and Zubin Potok to bridge the digital divide for all ch...