Emergency supplies lists

Infectious disease health emergency supply notes with the lists of products UNICEF has available for emergency outbreak responses or preparedness.

Children sit in a shelter run by a church in Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador, in April 2016, in the aftermath of an earthquake that caused loss of life and significant damage.
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Infectious disease health emergency supply notes contain the lists of supplies that UNICEF has available for the prevention, detection, and clinical management of nine infectious diseases in the context of an emergency outbreak response or emergency preparedness.

The supply notes primarily target UNICEF country offices, governments, and partners. They provide disease specific background, lists of supplies broken down per key intervention area, accompanied by some additional useful considerations essential to accompany the lists, as well as critical information on “How to” access supplies.

Infectious disease health emergency supply notes

05/02/2018

Chikungunya: health emergency supply note

Find out which supplies are available in the event of a chikungunya outbreak and how they can be procured through UNICEF.
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05/04/2018

Cholera: health emergency supply note

Find out which emergency supplies are available in the event of a cholera outbreak and how they can be procured through UNICEF.
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11/05/2021

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): health emergency supply note

This note details information on available supplies for preparedness, prevention, and emergency response to outbreaks of COVID-19.
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01/02/2018

Dengue fever: health emergency supply note

Find out which supplies are available in the event of a dengue outbreak and how they can be procured through UNICEF.
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21/11/2022

Ebola: health emergency supply note

Information on available supplies for preparedness, prevention, and emergency response to outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD).
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20/12/2019

Interagency Emergency Health Kits: information note

Medicines and medical equipment to meet the initial primary healthcare needs of a population of 10,000 people for three months.
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19/08/2021

Marburg virus: health emergency supply note

Explore the supplies that are available in the event of an outbreak of Marburg virus disease and how they can be procured through UNICEF.
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06/02/2018

Middle East respiratory syndrome: emergency supply note

Explore the supplies that are available for response to outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and how they can be procured through UNICEF.
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03/02/2018

Novel influenza A: health emergency supply note

Explore the supplies that are available for response to outbreaks of Novel influenza A and how they can be procured through UNICEF.
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01/03/2021

PPE specifications note: Ebola

Specifications and standards for personal protection equipment (PPE) used in infection prevention and control (IPC).
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18/08/2021

PPE specifications note: Viral haemorrhagic fevers

Specifications and standards for PPE used in infection prevention and control (IPC) for standard and contact precautions against viral haemorrhagic fevers..
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02/02/2018

Severe acute respiratory syndrome: emergency supply note

Explore the supplies that are available for response to outbreaks severe acute respiratory syndrome and how they can be procured through UNICEF.
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Yellow fever diagnostics

Timely, reliable identification and confirmation of yellow fever allows more rapid containment of outbreaks and better prioritization of preventive vaccination efforts in the context of the finite yellow vaccine supply. The available commercial test kits for yellow fever screening are lacking validation of their accuracy by stringent regulatory authorities and hence not used to confirm yellow fever cases to inform decisions about launching reactive vaccination campaigns. To address the issue, UNICEF, Gavi Alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO) have joined forces to improve availability of quality-assured, effective and efficient diagnostics for yellow fever.

Gavi requested UNICEF to collaborate for procurement and distribution of yellow fever diagnostics and appointed it as a procurement agency to support Gavi’s work on creation and operation of a mechanism for procurement and distribution of yellow fever diagnostics.

Countries that secured Gavi approvals for funding support to their yellow fever diagnostic capacity may request UNICEF to schedule yellow fever supplies shipments to the nominated laboratories following the process steps described in the guide Arranging Gavi-funded Yellow Fever Supply Shipments to Laboratories.

A request form must be completed by requestors for each new procurement. Please write to the Yellow Fever Diagnostics Team on gavi_yfdx@unicef.org for a copy, submission and questions about the form.