NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 3 JUNE 2021,  – UNICEF’s global procurement and supply operations grew by 17 per cent in 2020 to reach a record US$4.468 billion, underscoring the organization’s role in supporting governments’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.   Global demand for medical supplies surged early last year, as borders were closing, export bans were being imposed and…

COVID-19 is a global problem – and COVAX is a global solution. Vaccinating the world against this disease will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. UNICEF and partners, with generous support from our donors, are working around the clock to ensure that no country is left behind.  , Follow @UNICEF for the latest developments, Powered by Curator.io COVAX logos partenaires (FR) Learn more about COVAX and COVID-19 vaccines  For suppliers and service providers For partners For practitioners For journalists   The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is a global collaboration to speed up the development, production and equal access to COVID-19 tests, treatments and…,    Learn more about COVAX and COVID-19 vaccines, The COVAX Facility’s role is to continually watch the development of COVID-19 vaccines to identify the most suitable vaccine candidates., UNICEF's role in ACT-A/COVAX, For suppliers and service providers, At this historic moment in time, UNICEF has all hands on deck to have 2 billion vaccine doses available for delivery by the end of 2021. We are working to ensure that all countries participating in the COVAX Facility have equitable access to these vaccines. UNICEF Supply Division Supplying the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)  , For partners, UNICEF is leading efforts to procure and supply COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the  COVAX Facility . UNICEF’s donors and partners are providing vital support in helping supply COVID-19 diagnostics, vaccines, treatments and therapeutics to those who need it most. To help meet urgent funding needs, UNICEF has launched ACT-A Humanitarian Action for…, For practitioners, Find the latest COVID-19 vaccine guidance and tools for practitioners – from UNICEF experts across sectors, across the world. Core Commitments for Children: Latest COVID-19 guidance COVID-19 resources for policymakers and practitioners Vaccine misinformation management guide UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard UNICEF Supply Division website, For journalists, Find the latest news and updates on UNICEF’s contributions to the COVAX Facility and how we're supporting the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation ever., COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, Up-to-date information on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines., UNICEF in action, UNICEF is working to ensure that all countries participating in the Facility have equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.

NEW YORK, 4 December 2020 –, “COVID-19 is the first truly global crisis we have seen in our lifetimes. No matter where we live, the pandemic affects every one of us. Children have been seriously impacted. However, with more news about promising vaccines, and as we begin to imagine a day when COVID-19 is behind us, our guiding principle must be that the light at the end of the…, Download photos, and broll here, ., For more information about COVID-19, visit www.unicef.org/coronavirus . Find out more about UNICEF’s work on the COVID-19 vaccines here , or about UNICEF’s work on immunization here ., About the Reimagine Campaign,   In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF has launched Reimagine — an urgent appeal to governments, the public, donors and the private sector to support UNICEF’s efforts to respond, recover and reimagine a world currently besieged by COVID-19. Together, we can prevent this pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children—especially the…

BEIRUT, 25 AUGUST 2020 –, UNICEF has been able to deliver 18 shipments of critical humanitarian supplies, totalling 67 tons, through two airlifts and commercial cargo routes to support children and families affected by the Beirut explosions earlier this month. The shipments included vital personal protective equipment (PPE), medical, health hygiene and nutrition supplies.…

ADEN/SANAA, 30 May 2020, —In response to the increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 in Yemen, a UNICEF chartered plane landed at Sana’a airport on Saturday 30 May with lifesaving supplies to help curb the spread of the disease in the conflict-hit country. The supplies are a range of medical assistance, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) items such as …

GENEVA, 28 April 2020, – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has urgently made US$ 40 million available to UNICEF to secure personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostic tests and other vital supplies on behalf of 58 low and lower-middle-income countries as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, Gavi has made up to US$ 200 million available to help countries respond…

20 April 2020,  – The heads of the United Nations’ major agencies have issued a warning of the risk of COVID-19 to the world’s most vulnerable countries. International donors have pledged around a quarter of the US$2 billion the UN requested in the  Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19  in March.  Following is the text of the open letter:  Dear donor…, Mr. Mark Lowcock, , Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mr. Filippo Grandi, , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Ms. Henrietta H. Fore, , Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Mr. David Beasley, , Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Mr. Achim Steiner, , Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, , Director-General, United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), Mr. Qu Dongyu, , Director-General, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mr. António Vitorino, , Director-General, United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM), Dr. Natalia Kanem, , Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Ms. Michelle Bachelet, , High Commissioner, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Mr. Gareth Price-Jones, , Executive Secretary, Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR), Mr. Ignacio Packer, , Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), Mr. Sam Worthington, , President and CEO, InterAction, Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, , Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Mr. Jagan Chapagain, , Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)   COVID-19: UNSG protect our children UNICEF/UNI317998/Choufany

ABUJA, 16 April 2020, – UNICEF today received a delivery of vital health supplies to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria on a flight funded by the Maersk Division APM Terminals. The supplies include 10,000 test kits, 15 oxygen concentrators, personal protective equipment (PPE), vaccines, emergency health kits and other vital health supplies,…

BRUSSELS/COPENHAGEN/BAMAKO/DAKAR, 4 April 2020, - A UNICEF shipment of 7.5 tons of vital health supplies is arriving in Bamako, Mali today on a Danish flight, co-financed between the European Union (EU) and the Government of Denmark. The supplies will support UNICEF’s humanitarian work for children and families in Mali, as well as providing support to the Government of Mali in preventing and…

COPENHAGEN/NEW YORK, 27 March 2020 –,  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow, UNICEF is procuring and shipping vital supplies, including desperately required personal protective equipment (PPE), to countries affected. UNICEF is engaged with approximately 1,000 suppliers and industry leaders across the world, to find a solution to current market constraints. Despite the extreme…