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El poder de la comunidad: los voluntarios vigilan la vacunación de los niños
Article
05 May 2023
Volunteers keep watch over children’s immunization
Maria Ortencia Catucuago is one of 500 volunteers helping to promote family health in communities in Ecuador.
En Les Cayes, Haití, Rosemirlande, de 27 años, sostiene en brazos a su hijo de seis meses, Jamesly, durante una visita al centro de salud de Sacre Couer para que reciba sus vacunas rutinarias.
Flagship report
19 April 2023
The State of the World's Children 2023
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, progress in childhood immunization was set back worldwide

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Full report in English (PDF, 9 MB)
Excecutive summary in English (PDF, 13 MB)
Executive summary in Spanish (PDF, 7 MB)
Latin America and the Caribbean regional brief in English (PDF, 9 MB)
Latin America and the Caribbean regional brief in Spanish (PDF, 3 MB)
On 21 July 2022, Maila Rene, 4, receives a dose of Vitamin A at Hopital Immaculée Conception in Les Cayes, Departement du Sud, Haiti.
News note
19 December 2022
With UNICEF support, Haiti kickstarts campaign to immunize about 1.7 million people against cholera
41 per cent of confirmed cholera cases are reported among children under 14.
On 19 July 2022 in the village of Troirac near the town of Camp Perrin in Haiti, mother Camsus Joseph holds her 9-month-old daughter, Anne DjounaĂŻka.
Photo essay
05 December 2022
Reaching children in Haiti with vital health services
Amid instability and uncertainty, health workers are working tirelessly
A baby boy after been vaccinated.
News note
18 July 2022
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.
Press release
18 July 2022
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.
News note
25 April 2022
1 in 4 children in Latin America and the Caribbean is missing out on life-saving vaccines
UNICEF staff showing solar panels and refrigerators.
News note
15 March 2022
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.
News note
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
Press release
12 August 2021
Japan donates over US$11 million to UNICEF to keep COVID-19 vaccines cool in Latin America and the Caribbean