COVAX

An Afghan refugee is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Rawalpindi in Pakistan.
© UNHCR/Asif Shahzad

Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns 

17 September 2021
Migrants and Refugees

Underfunding has left a “yawning gap” in the UN Refugee Agency’s ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNHCR said on Friday. 

The Republic of Congo received just over 300,000 doses of the COVID vaccines through the COVAX Facility in August 2021.
© UNICEF/Aimable Twiringiyima

Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall this year 

16 September 2021
Health

Africa needs around 470 million doses to accomplish the global of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of its population by the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.  

Patients wait for their COVID-19 vaccination at a health centre in Kabale District, Uganda.
© UNICEF/Catherine Ntabadde

Only 2% of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in Africa 

14 September 2021
Health

More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday. 

A health worker in Mali prepares one of 396,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses supplied to the West African country through the COVAX Facility.
© UNICEF/Seyba Keïta

COVID-19: ‘Unacceptable’ deals and delays, hampering lifesaving COVAX deliveries 

8 September 2021
Health

While 80 per cent of citizens in high and upper-middle income nations have had a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, that figure stands at just 20 per cent for those living below the top tiers, according to a joint statement issued by UN and partner agencies, responsible for the multilateral COVAX initiative to provide equal access for all.