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COVID-19: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been closed for almost a full year, says UNICEF

Publication date: March 3, 2021

UNICEF unveils ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at United Nations Headquarters in New York to call attention to the need for governments to prioritize the reopening of schools

On 1 March 2021, a view of UNICEF’s ‘Pandemic Classroom’ installation at United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States of America.

First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa

Publication date: March 1, 2021

Today, the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana began COVID-19 vaccination campaigns aimed at protecting healthcare workers

On Monday 1 March 2020, Raymonde Goudou Coffie, Minister of Culture and Francophonie, is one of the first COVID-19 vaccine receiver of Côte d’Ivoire at the Treichville vaccination centre, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Côte d’Ivoire becomes second African country and first French-speaking country to receive vaccine doses via COVAX Facility

Publication date: February 26, 2021

The COVAX initiative shipped 504,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, licensed by the Serum Institute of India, to India, and 505,000 syringes to Abidjan, on 26 February 2021.

On Friday 26 February 2021, Cote d’Ivoire has received 504,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX Facility.

COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by the COVAX Facility head to Ghana, marking beginning of global rollout

Publication date: February 24, 2021

COVAX announces 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine licensed to Serum Institute of India have arrived in Accra, Ghana; further deliveries to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire are expected this week

On 24 February 2021, staff unloads the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana's capital.

UNICEF begins shipping syringes for the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX

Publication date: February 23, 2021

100,000 syringes will arrive in Maldives, with more countries to receive imminent deliveries for rollout of COVAX Facility vaccines

Auto-disable syringes that are being used in the COVID-19 response, photographed at UNICEF's warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 22 January 2021.

UNICEF Canada and CanWaCH welcome Canada’s new $75 million investment in the ACT Accelerator

Publication date: February 19, 2021

The Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) and UNICEF Canada welcome Canada’s continued leadership in global health demonstrated through the announcement of $75 million in new funding for the ACT Accelerator.

CanWaCH and UNICEF Canada welcome Canada’s new $75 million investment in the ACT Accelerator

In the COVID-19 vaccine race, we either win together or lose together

Publication date: February 10, 2021

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

On 8 October 2020 at Gurei Health Care Centre in Juba, South Sudan, Elisabeth Abraham Loro, nurse and vaccinator, collects vaccines from a cold box.

COVAX PUBLISHES FIRST INTERIM DISTRIBUTION FORECAST

Publication date: February 3, 2021

CEPI, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organisation, as co-leads of the COVAX initiative for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, alongside key delivery partner UNICEF, are pleased to publish COVAX’s first interim distribution forecast.

COVAX PUBLISHES FIRST INTERIM DISTRIBUTION FORECAST

Nutrition crisis looms as more than 39 billion in-school meals missed since start of pandemic – UNICEF and WFP

Publication date: January 28, 2021

School meals, often the one nutritious daily meal that children get, must be prioritized in school reopening plans

Children from the Child Protection Service Hub having their lunch

Children cannot afford another year of school disruption

Publication date: January 12, 2021

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore