Kathmandu, Nepal:, Gulshan Nesa was very concerned her young children would miss getting the measles-rubella vaccine during the COVID-19 nation-wide lockdown. On the one hand, the family had lost a great deal of business because the clothes shop they run was closed the whole time. But more than that, as a parent of five children – four of whom are under five years…, UNICEF – with generous funding support from donors such as Alwaleed Philanthropies and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – has been continually advocating for and supporting the Government of Nepal in strengthening the health system and providing life-saving vaccines to children in need., This photo shows Gulshan Nesa heading home with her four children after getting the measles rubella vaccine for the three youngest at the immunization centre in Kalanki in the capital Kathmandu. Gulshan Nesa heads home with her four children after getting the measles rubella vaccine for the three youngest at the immunization centre in Kalanki in…

Bara, Nepal:, Sabina Thapa remembers when she first started to suspect that she may have acquired COVID-19. A few weeks ago, she had developed a slight fever, followed by some difficulty in breathing. “This was similar to what I had heard were the symptoms,” says the 24-year-old resident of Jeetpursimara in Nepal’s south. “Even though I wasn’t sure how it had…

It takes a village to immunize a child, March 2016:, It was an overcast morning in Barpak Village Development Committee (VDC). Clouds hung low in this VDC perched in a mountainous ridge of northern part of Gorkha District, almost 180 km away from Kathmandu. As a shrill voice of village messenger (locally known as katuwal) resonated the cobbled streets of the village, Manush Ghale, female community…, Earthquake No Bar for Immunizing Children, Dolakha District is the epicentre of another big Nepal earthquake of 12 May 2015. When the earthquake struck, Sajina Khatri Shrestha’s daughter Monishka was 3-month-old. Too scared to stay inside her house in Charikot, Dolakha, Sajina’s family took refuge in a nearby school building. Everything was destroyed by the earthquake- houses, schools,…, UNICEF Supports the Contagious Campaigns, UNICEF is supporting the government of Nepal to strengthen its immunization system and to achieve full immunization status by 2017. Barpak is among 1332 out of almost 4000 VDCs and Dolakha is among 17 out of 75 districts of Nepal which are declared fully immunized so far. UNICEF is working side by side with the government and other development…