Press Releases

UNICEF to stockpile over half a billion syringes by year end, as part of efforts to prepare for eventual COVID-19 vaccinations

Publication date: October 19, 2020

Initial preparatory work – in partnership with Gavi and WHO – will include purchasing boxes for the safe disposal of syringes and mapping out cold chain equipment to ensure delivery of effective vaccines

UNICEF to stockpile over half a billion syringes by year end, as part of efforts to prepare for eventual COVID-19 vaccinations.

Simu Liu, actor known for Kim’s Convenience, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, announced as UNICEF Canada Ambassador

Publication date: October 6, 2020

Liu to raise awareness for children’s rights in Canada and around the world

Simu Liu in a cyan UNICEF Canada T-Shirt

Statement by UNICEF Canada’s President and CEO David Morley on Canada’s investment in the COVAX Facility for equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine

Publication date: September 25, 2020

UNICEF Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s commitment to ensure that access to the eventual COVID-19 vaccine is equitable and available to all, including the highest risk populations world-wide, regardless of income level.

On 2 December 2019, Junior Registered Nurse, April Wilson, 22, (left) and team leader Luisa Popo, 50 prepare measles vaccines at a vaccination site in Leauvaa Village as part of the UNICEF-supported National Vaccination Campaign in response to the current measles outbreak in the Pacific region.

New UNICEF Canada campaign keeps Halloween spirit alive for kids across the country

Publication date: September 22, 2020

Johnny Orlando joins reimagined campaign as UNICEF Canada’s newest Halloween Champion

150 million additional children plunged into poverty due to COVID-19, UNICEF, Save the Children say

Publication date: September 17, 2020

New analysis reveals the number of children living in multidimensional poverty – without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, or water – has increased by 15 per cent since the start of the pandemic

UNICEF to lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in world’s largest and fastest ever operation of its kind

Publication date: September 4, 2020

UNICEF will work with manufacturers and partners on the procurement of vaccine doses as well as freight, logistics and storage of COVID-19 vaccines, on behalf of global COVAX Facility

Paulina,10, is vaccinated in a health center located in Bolivar state where UNICEF distributed Polio, Yellow Fever, Tetanus Toxoid and BCG, on July 2, 2020.

Canada ranks in bottom tier of wealthy countries in new report on children's well-being: UNICEF

Publication date: September 2, 2020

Canada ranks 30th out of 38 wealthy countries, amplifying concerns about post COVID-19 child and youth well-being in Canada

COVID-19: At least a third of the world’s schoolchildren unable to access remote learning during school closures

Publication date: August 27, 2020

UNICEF’s Reimagine campaign calls for urgent investment to bridge the digital divide, reach every child with remote learning, and, most critically, prioritize the safe reopening of schools

Kanchan (7yrs) and Kashi (7 yr) study at home during the Covid Lockdown . Location : Hindloa Fadia, Limkheda, GujaratLocation : Hindloa Fadia, Limkheda, Gujarat

COVID-19 causes disruptions to child protection services in more than 100 countries, UNICEF survey finds

Publication date: August 18, 2020

Violence prevention and response services have been severely disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving children at increased risk of violence, exploitation and abuse.

On 6 August 2020, sisters receive educational materials, including colouring books and exercise books, during a visit of a social worker and psychologist to their home in in Bilokurakyne, Eastern Ukraine.

2 in 5 schools around the world lacked basic handwashing facilities prior to COVID-19 pandemic — UNICEF, WHO

Publication date: August 13, 2020

As schools worldwide struggle with reopening, the latest data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme reveal that 43% of schools around the world lacked access to basic handwashing with soap and water in 2019.