Press release
USAID hand over equipment worth $1.3 million to ministry of health
May 30, 2022, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Today, the United States with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over urgently needed cold chain equipment and computers to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan to strengthen Uzbekistan’s national immunization system. The equipment, which ...
Report
National cold store assessment report
Activities: Assessment of the new national vaccine store in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Assessment of the condensing units in the Tashkent warehouse Evaluation of the vaccine logistics management information system
Article
HPV vaccination across generations
Nargiza received her first HPV vaccine shot at her school in Tashkent city when she was 16. At the time a doctor visited her school to tell her and other students that the vaccine would protect them from cancers and assured them of its safety. “I remember there were rumours that your fertility could be impacted, b...
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Government of Japan donates over 200,000 doses of COVID-19 Vaccines to Uzbekistan through COVAX Facility
TASHKENT, 25 March 2022 – As the fight against COVID 19 continues, the Government of Japan has today donated a consignment of over 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines in cooperation with UNICEF through the COVAX Facility. “Japan has continuously supported Uzbekistan’s efforts for the fight against COVID-19, including provision of cutting-edge…
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‘16/19’ art exhibition promotes vaccination against COVID-19
TASHKENT, 15 March 2022 –UNICEF, in cooperation with the Service of Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health of Uzbekistan and the “Ilkhom” Theatre of Mark Weil, organized an art exhibition ’16/19’. The artwork of the Uzbek artists is open for visitors at the theatre from March 15 to April 25, 2022. ...
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United States of America Government donates 2 million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Uzbekistan through COVAX Facility
TASHKENT, 14 March 2022 – In continued support of the protracted fight against COVID 19, the United States of America Government has donated yet another consignment of 2 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Uzbekistan delivered by UNICEF through the COVAX Facility, today. "The vaccines are timely support to combat COVID-19. Vaccination…
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Central Asia’s largest cold chain vaccine facility opens in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 20 November 2021 – Today, on World Children’s Day, UNICEF handed over the Republican Cold Chain Warehouse, the largest vaccine facility in Central Asia, to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan. The opening of this new facility, which will allow storing large numbers of vaccines with different temperature...
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EU countries show solidarity in fighting COVID-19, providing lifesaving vaccines to Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 13 October 2021 – Today the EU Ambassador to Uzbekistan, ambassadors of Germany, France, Italy, Romania and Latvia, and UNICEF and WHO Representatives in Uzbekistan, all visited a family polyclinic in the Kibray district of Tashkent region to observe COVID-19 vaccine administration. “Because no one will be safe until everyone is safe,…
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Uzbekistan receives 1,2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as UNICEF fits ultra-Cold Chain storage required for the vaccine.
TASHKENT, 13 September 2021 – As the global race for equitable distribution of vaccines grows, Uzbekistan has received 1,200,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine donated by the United States of America Government, delivered by UNICEF on behalf of the COVAX Facility along with a functional ultra-cold chain storage ...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Uzbekistan Representative Munir Mammadzade on the end of World Immunization week
TASHKENT, 30 April 2021 – As World Immunization Week ends, UNICEF congratulates Uzbekistan’s parents and communities for enormous gains made on child immunization at a very high 98% - this is a testament to high education levels of parents, robust primary health systems, and an inherent trust in the health delive...
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World immunization week is celebrated during the global vaccination drive
TASHKENT, 26 April 2021 – This World Immunization Week UNICEF in Uzbekistan congratulates the government of Uzbekistan for maintaining high immunization coverage, despite massive COVID 19 interruptions but called on adults across the country to also get vaccinated - and protected against dangerous diseases. Uzbeki...
Article
Uzbekistan Receives First Batch of Covid-19 Vaccines
Mr. Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan along with the representatives of the Ministry of Health was at the airport in the early morning on March 17 to receive Uzbekistan’s first batch of Covid-19 vaccines – 660,000 doses of WHO-approved AstraZeneca vaccines. The vaccines were transferred to a co...