Children are being targeted for immunization in health campaigns in affected regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The United Nations humanitarian arm warned today that $5.5 million is urgently needed from donors to combat an outbreak of cholera that has infected more than 17,000 people in the Congo.
The United Nations voiced alarm at the plight of Somali refugees in south-eastern Ethiopia following an outbreak of suspected measles, and called for urgent action to assist an already vulnerable population.
While reiterating UNICEF’s commitment to the eradication of polio in Pakistan, its Regional Director for South Asia, Daniel Toole emphasized the need to urgently improve local polio response, vaccination outreach...
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) calls upon traditional and religious leaders in Nigeria to mobilize and educate their subjects on the need to tackle polio,
In the lead up to its first pledging conference on June 13, the GAVI Alliance announced today it has achieved commitments from two emerging market vaccine manufacturers