COVID-19 pandemic leads to major backsliding on childhood vaccinations, new WHO,...
23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunization services in 2020 – 3.7 million more than in 2019 - according to...
Coronavirus – UNICEF signs supply agreement for Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
Download logoUNICEF and Sinovac have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of the CoronaVac inactivated virus vaccine against COVID-19 on behalf of the COVAX Facility.Through...
Video News Release: WHO Africa Online Briefing
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/HhlM7wLCV8wDistributed by APO Group on behalf of WHO Regional Office for Africa.
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Coronavirus – Geneva Palais briefing note on the current COVID-19-induced education...
Download logoEven with schools in the northern hemisphere closed for the summer, more than 600 million children in countries not on academic break are still...
Coronavirus – Africa: Covid 19 Vaccines in Africa 31 July 2021
Some stats on COVID19 vaccine rollout in Africa!
82 million doses received
62 million doses administered
520 million doses expected via COVAX and AVAT by end 2021Distributed...
40 Per Cent of Children in Eastern and Southern Africa are...
Download logoUNICEF estimates that 40 per cent of all school-aged children across Eastern and Southern Africa are currently not in school due to COVID19-induced...
Coronavirus – Africa: Pivotal Point in Africa's COVID-19 Third Wave
Following eight consecutive weeks of a fast-moving surge, new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed down, driven by a sharp drop in South Africa...
Coronavirus – Kenya: Another 410,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in Kenya,...
This afternoon 410,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi. The vaccines were donated by the United...
Nigeria Records Gain in Fight Against Tuberculosis Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
Response to the coronavirus pandemic notwithstanding, data indicate that there has been an increase in annual tuberculosis (TB) case notification due to strategic intervention...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launches Green...
Download logoNairobi and Kisumu Counties are part of the pilot phase of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s newly launched...






























