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| UNICEF boss pleads for an extra $1 BILLION in funding to support global Covid-19 vaccine rollout | UNICEF boss pleads for an extra $1 BILLION in funding to support global Covid-19 vaccine rollout |
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| The executive director of UNICEF has said the agency needs a further $1 billion of funding to ensure it can supply Covid-19 vaccines through the COVAX program and support healthcare systems in the world’s poorest nations. | The executive director of UNICEF has said the agency needs a further $1 billion of funding to ensure it can supply Covid-19 vaccines through the COVAX program and support healthcare systems in the world’s poorest nations. |
| “We have been asking the world for more funding ... for UNICEF and our distribution to countries, we still need about $1 billion,” UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore said on Wednesday during a virtual meeting organized by Dubai’s World Government Summit. | “We have been asking the world for more funding ... for UNICEF and our distribution to countries, we still need about $1 billion,” UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore said on Wednesday during a virtual meeting organized by Dubai’s World Government Summit. |
| She said the money would help the child-focused emergency charity distribute Covid-19 jabs globally and could also be used to support underfunded healthcare systems in some of the world’s poorest nations during the pandemic. | She said the money would help the child-focused emergency charity distribute Covid-19 jabs globally and could also be used to support underfunded healthcare systems in some of the world’s poorest nations during the pandemic. |
| UNICEF is part of the World Health Organization-backed COVAX program, but Fore said it was unlikely COVAX would have the resources to deliver vaccines to all countries in need this year. | UNICEF is part of the World Health Organization-backed COVAX program, but Fore said it was unlikely COVAX would have the resources to deliver vaccines to all countries in need this year. |
| The UN agency has emerged as the world’s single largest buyer of Covid-19 vaccines and aims to play a key role in the planned delivery of two billion jabs through the program this year. | The UN agency has emerged as the world’s single largest buyer of Covid-19 vaccines and aims to play a key role in the planned delivery of two billion jabs through the program this year. |
| In November, it said it was working with 350 logistics partners, including major airlines and shipping companies, to ensure the delivery of nearly two billion Covid-19 vaccines to more than 92 countries, as well as a billion syringes. | In November, it said it was working with 350 logistics partners, including major airlines and shipping companies, to ensure the delivery of nearly two billion Covid-19 vaccines to more than 92 countries, as well as a billion syringes. |
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