COVAX

Today, Ukraine received the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine shipped via the COVAX Facility, an unprecedented initiative of global solidarity of different countries for global access to COVID-19 vaccines. This is the first delivery in the framework of COVAX to Ukraine.  Ukraine receives 117,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine free of charge.…

COPENHAGEN/NEW YORK, 25 February 2021 – UNICEF and AstraZeneca this week signed a long-term agreement for the supply of  COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca  on behalf of the COVAX Facility.   Through the supply agreement, UNICEF, along with procurement partners including the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), will have access to up to 170 million …

NEW YORK, 23 February 2021 – UNICEF has sent 100,000 syringes and 1,000 safety boxes for COVID-19 vaccinations to the Maldives by air freight from UNICEF’s humanitarian warehouse in Dubai—part of the first wave of COVID-19-related syringe shipments to begin rolling out in the coming days. Others in the first wave of shipments include Côte d'Ivoire…

Teams of medical workers in Ukraine are being trained to carry out the country’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, thanks to training from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This week, regional warehouse coordinators from 24 regions of Ukraine and the city of Kyiv took part in a two-day national training on vaccine supply, logistics and…, A step in the right direction, The training was attended by two health professionals from each region of Ukraine. One has been assigned to oversee the logistics and number of vaccines needed, and the other will manage the technical side of vaccines storage at the regional warehouse. During the training, participants learned how to store and transport different vaccines, how to…, Supply and demand, Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines will be distributed from a central warehouse in Kyiv to regional warehouses across Ukraine. From there, they will be delivered to local medical facilities. These facilities have set up mobile teams that will be issued with a predetermined number of doses of the vaccine to carry out on-site vaccinations. “…, The way forward, UNICEF is proud to contribute to the training of health professionals and pave the way for a successful vaccination campaign. Along with partners, UNICEF is now conducting the largest-ever vaccine procurement and supply operation in the world. Health professionals will be the key to its success. “In the context of vaccination against COVID-19,…

NEW YORK, 11 February 2021: UNICEF announced today the signing of an agreement with Pfizer on behalf of the COVAX Facility for the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine through 2021.  Deliveries of the vaccine are anticipated to start as early as the first quarter of 2021, once the countries that were allocated Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine…

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 10 February 2021 – “Of the 128 million vaccine doses administered so far, more than three quarters of those vaccinations are in just 10 countries that account for 60 per cent of global GDP. “As of today, almost 130 countries, with 2.5 billion people, are yet to administer a single dose. “This self-defeating strategy will cost…

UNICEF could potentially transport up to 850 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines per month in 2021, should such quantities become available, according to a new assessment. This is more than double the average weight of vaccines UNICEF transports every month. The assessment is part of  UNICEF’s work  to lead on the procurement and delivery of COVID-19…

UNICEF is working with major global airlines and freight providers to step up efforts to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to over 92 countries around the world as soon as vaccines become available.  To kickstart preparations, UNICEF together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), briefed…