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WHO and UNICEF launch cholera vaccination campaign in northwest Syria amidst earthquake response

On 12 April 2022 in Ashti camp, Arbat City, Iraq, 10-month-old Shahad Mahmood (sitting in the lap of her grandmother) gets ready to receive a routine immunisation at her home.UNICEF-supported teams in Iraq providing holistic healthcare services including:

Reaching Iraq’s displaced children with essential vaccines

Health workers go door-to-door, meeting with families in displacement camps.

Dr. Nabil vaccinating administering polio drops to one of his grandsons in front of the community to convince people about the safety of the polio vaccine. Yemen, 2022

An Imam promotes the power of vaccines in war torn Yemen

Medical doctors and religious teachers play a crucial role in building trust and convincing families to vaccinate their children against polio

Ruba got vaccinated at the same unit she works in and encourages her patients to receive the vaccine quickly

A Young Doctor Facing COVID-19

Ruba got vaccinated at the same unit she works in and encourages her patients to receive the vaccine quickly

More people from different age groups and nationalities are getting vaccinated against COVID-19

A day at a Vaccine Center in New Cairo

More people from different age groups and nationalities are getting vaccinated against COVID-19

Vaccines reach children as young as 13 years old in remote areas with the support of Binance

COVID-19 vaccines reach remote areas of Egypt

Vaccines reach children as young as 13 years old in remote areas with the support of Binance

Salma Bakil, suffering from Down Syndrome, has received the vaccines against measles and polio during the UNICEF-supported immunization campaign in the Community College IDP camp in Marib City, Yemen, in November 2021.

UNICEF and WHO warn of ‘perfect storm’ of conditions for measles outbreaks, affecting children

Reported worldwide measles cases increased by 79 per cent in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, as WHO and UNICEF warn conditions ripe for serious outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses

Photos from the activities of the Polio vaccination campaign in 12 Yemeni governorates, targeting nearly 2.5 million children aged 10 and below.

#LongLifeForAll

A love letter to those who have made vaccines possible.

Madina Abdallah vaccinated her four-month-old son for the first time during the polio campaign conducted in the first week of March., Djibouti, 2022

Bringing the world closer to ending polio once and for all

Around 150,000 children vaccinated against polio in March

“Here we use Pfizer, Astra, Sinovac-Coronavac, Johnson & Johnson, and Sinopharm, Moderna. I work at Monji Slim, a nearby hospital, but I, like the other pharmacists here, come into this vaccination center one day out of every ten, from 8m to 6pm.” explained Dr. Hajjem./Tunis, Tunisia, 2021.

Keeping vaccines safe

Cold chain equipment for all in Tunisia