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A baby boy after been vaccinated.

More than 2.4 million children have not been vaccinated in Latin America and the Caribbean

According to new data from WHO and UNICEF, since 2019 there are 400,000 more infants who have not received the complete vaccination schedule that protects them from serious diseases.

A girl is vaccinated during a mass vaccination day in San Vicente community, Miranda state, Venezuela, on September 03, 2021.

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades

WHO and UNICEF sound the alarm as new data shows global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing out on lifesaving vaccines.

Little boy is vaccinated.

1 in 4 children in Latin America and the Caribbean is missing out on life-saving vaccines

UNICEF staff showing solar panels and refrigerators.

Japan donates an additional US$10 million to UNICEF to support COVID-19 vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean

Venezuela received 693,600 vaccines against COVID-19 last Tuesday, September 7, 2021, as part of the country's first shipment made by the COVAX Mechanism, of the total acquired of 12,068,000 doses vaccines.

09 September 2021

UNICEF supports strengthening Venezuela’s cold chain in preparation for vaccine arrivals through COVAX

As part of the global COVAX mechanism, UNICEF supports countries preparing to receive COVID-19 vaccines.

Dr. Ernsly Jackson, UNICEF's Immunization Specialist, pulling a box containing the Moderna vaccine from a solar storage refrigerator provided by UNICEF

Japan donates over US$11 million to UNICEF to keep COVID-19 vaccines cool in Latin America and the Caribbean

I Vaccinate For You

#IVaccinateForYou

UNICEF launches campaign to promote vaccination against COVID-19

Karl Marx Dossou, UNICEF Immunization Manager oversees the COVID-19 vaccination roll out on 24 July 2021, in Haiti, Port-au-Prince, in l’hôpital Saint-Damien (also known as Petit-Frere et Sœurs)

COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Haiti

UNICEF supports vaccine rollout amidst recent upsurge of COVID-19 cases, unreliable electricity, and ongoing unrest.

Descargando vacunas COVID-19

Statement on the arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines in Haiti

Attributable to Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

On 6 January 2020 in Brazil, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson speaks with Venezuelan children, Julio Cesar, 12, and Karla Alejandra, 13 in Boa Vista, Roraima.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors join 28 high-profile UNICEF supporters to urge G7 countries to donate COVID-19 vaccine doses to poor countries

Ahead of G7 leaders summit this weekend, UNICEF Ambassadors and Supporters publish joint letter urging G7 leaders to commit to sharing at least 20 per cent of available COVID-19 vaccine doses.