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Justin’s wealth lies in the health of his girls
Pentecost Island, Vanuatu – The sound of the 8-seater air taxi landing sent sudden life to a small runway on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu. The island lies 190 kilometers due north of the capital Port Vila and has an estimated population of 17,000. While the island is well known for being the spiritual birthplace of...
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Pacific children get health boost with government immunization commitments
24 April 2024 – Nine Pacific countries have committed to greater protection for children against life threatening diseases by expanding their immunization programme that has been implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with Ministries of Health and funding from Rotary since 2020. The commitment will see vaccines fo...
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Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 20 July 2023– Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic backsliding in immunization caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data published today by the World Health Organization ...
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Ibrahim dives through deep waves for the better health of i-Kiribati children
As you travel down the streets of Tarawa in Kiribati, you will have many wonderful sights to capture. You will see children running along playing and having some laughs, you will see older people sitting in the Maneaba, a traditional Kiribati meeting house central to the island’s way of life, and discussing commun...
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Delivering high-quality immunization services
Suva, Fiji – It was another busy day for Maternal and Child Health Nurse at the Samabula Health Centre, Poonam Ratnam, as she vaccinated about 15 children against vaccine preventable diseases. But this day was different – and a start to refreshed and enhanced practices around the health centre. Poonam had recently...
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Babies safe and protected from vaccine preventable diseases
Located in a remote community in Vanuatu’s Shefa Province, Nuakwanapu Primary School, has been transformed into a health clinic for the day. The room is filled with mothers, who are eagerly waiting for their little ones to get checked by health worker, Roslinda. UNICEF and Save the Children are also present to pro...
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Reaching Efate’s offshore islands with COVID-19 vaccines
In the bamboo decorated community hall at Laonamoa Village on Pele Island, Vanuatu, people turned up in numbers eager to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. They were greeted by the Ministry of Health’s Shefa Provincial Health mobile vaccination team led by Registered Nurse Enok Tarip. Enok started his day early at Sa...
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More than 80,000 children in Fiji to receive strengthened immunization support to prevent vaccine preventable child deaths
Suva, Fiji 15 March 2022 – Today, the Government of Japan and UNICEF have together handed over cold chain equipment including 15 solar refrigerators with health kits, 25 cold boxes, 120 vaccine carriers, 500 fridge tags, and three vehicles, including a refrigerated vehicle, to the Fijian Ministry of Health and Med...
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Protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases in Vanuatu
Midwife Roslinda Narwayeng enters the bustling maternal child health (MCH) clinic at the George Pompidou area in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Tuesdays are busy days for this lively clinic, ensconced firmly in the heart of Vanuatu’s capital city, that sees over 220 babies every month. A midwife of eight years but a nurse fo...
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Japan and UNICEF partnership to support immunization for thousands of children in the Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei, 23 October 2021 – The Government of Japan and UNICEF recently handed over cold chain equipment including 20 combined solar refrigerators/freezers, 15 ice liners, 30 cold boxes, 100 temperature monitoring devices and 40 vaccine carriers to the Federated States of Micronesia’s Department of Health and Socia...
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Japan and UNICEF partnership to support COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Solomon Islands
Honiara, 22 October 2021 – Today, the Government of Japan and UNICEF have handed over four four-wheel drive vehicles to the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services to boost vaccination efforts in the country. An additional vehicle and 14 long-range high horse powered boats are expected to be delive...
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“Vaccination is our best hope” – Dr Pafilio Tangitau working on the frontlines in Tonga
“Vaccination is our best hope” says Dr Pafilio Tangitau. Dr Pafilio, a frontline health worker in Tonga, works in the Emergency Department at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku’alofa. He was one of the first health workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, after Tonga received its first batch of 24,000 COVID-19 vaccine dose...