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COVID-19 pandemic leads to major backsliding on childhood vaccinations, new WHO, UNICEF data shows
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 15 July 2021 --- 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunization services in 2020 – 3.7 million more than in 2019 - according to official data published today by WHO and UNICEF. This latest set of comprehensive worldwide childhood immunization figures, the first offic...
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Chile receives first shipment of vaccines against COVID-19 through COVAX
SANTIAGO/Chile, April 23, 2021 - This Friday, the first shipment of 158,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, out of a total of 818,400, purchased through the COVAX mechanism, arrived at the Santiago de Chile airport. The vaccines acquired by Chile through the COVAX mechanism will exceed...
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Dominican Republic receives the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Mechanism
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Republic received 91,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX Mechanism, corresponding to AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by SK Bioscience of South Korea. The vaccines sent to the country through the Revolving Fund of the Pan American Health Organizatio...
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Paraguay receives first of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX Mechanism
ASUNCIÓN, 19 March 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - Paraguay today received 36,000 doses of AstraZeneca Bioscience COVID-19 vaccines produced in the Republic of Korea, purchased through the COVAX Mechanism, in a global effort between the Coalition for the Promotion of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Global Alliance...
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Honduras receives first doses of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX mechanism
TEGUCIGALPA, M.D.C., Honduras, 13 March 2021 - The first COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived today in Honduras through the COVAX mechanism, a global effort between the Coalition for Promotion of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the World Health Organiza...