Learn more about UNICEF'S fight against COVID-19

UNICEF delivered a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Rwanda's Kigali International Airport on January 15, 2022 containing the billionth dose delivered to 144 countries through COVAX.
COVAX COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries Hit 1 Billion Doses — and Counting
Mission Unstoppable: The most ambitious vaccination campaign in history forges ahead in 2022, with UNICEF leading on procurement and supply.
Nilam Bamaniya, a 23-year-old general nursing midwife, holds a vaccine carrier filled with vaccine doses for a COVID-19 vaccination session at a UNICEF-supported public health center in Samlaya, Vadodra, Gujarat, India on July 20. 2021.
Why We Need Equitable Vaccine Delivery Now
To end the pandemic, the whole world must have access to COVID-19 vaccine doses. As part of COVAX, UNICEF is working to make that happen.
Six-year-old Asal is excited for her first day of formal education with other children staying in a temporary reception center for migrants and refugees in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2021.
Schools Should Be the Last to Close and the First to Reopen
Keeping schools safe and open must be a global priority. The harms to children from being out of school are severe and can last a lifetime.
UNICEF mobile vaccination vans deliver COVID-19 vaccines and information to hard-to-reach communities in rural Malawi.
In Malawi, Vaccination Vans Protect Pregnant Women From COVID-19
UNICEF mobile vaccination vans bring lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines and information to people in rural Malawi. [VIDEO]
Jeanine Nijimbere at her stall at the central market in Mahama Refugee Camp in eastern Rwanda.
Turning COVID-19 Skeptics Into Health Champions in Rwanda
Through radio and road shows, a UNICEF community outreach campaign shares information on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids: What Parents Need to Know
Pediatricians from Massachusetts General Hospital talk about vaccine safety and COVID-19's dangers, symptoms, treatment and prevention.
Oxygen cylinders from UNICEF arrive in Dhaka, Bangladesh, bound for hospitals in need.
When Oxygen Is a Luxury
Improving the supply of lifesaving oxygen is an important — and often overlooked — component of UNICEF's global response to the pandemic.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF is using SMS to connect people with available vaccines.
Finding COVID-19 Vaccines Via SMS in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF takes advantage of widespread cell phone coverage to provide protection against the coronavirus.
Outdoor activities are safer than indoor gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Yerevan, Armenia, a boy slides on a snow tube.
COVID-19 and the Holidays: How to Reduce Your Family's Risk
Health tips and advice to help you make wise decisions and keep loved ones safe this holiday season.
On August 13, 2021,119,360 Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the U.K. government through the COVAX Facility arrived in Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia.
As Omicron Spreads, Africa Needs COVID-19 Vaccines. COVAX Is the Key.
World leaders must prioritize COVID-19 vaccines for Africa, where just 6 percent of the population is vaccinated.
Yahya Ahmed Ganem Al Sofy works as a UNICEF community outreach worker sharing hygiene information to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Al Sha'ab IDP (short for internally displaced persons) camp in Aden, Yemen.
In a Yemeni IDP Camp, a Volunteer Dad Shares COVID Safety Guidance
Providing communities with health and hygiene information people can trust is an important part of UNICEF's work to end the pandemic.
In Uganda on October 19, 2021, Mary Namirembe, a nurse at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, fills a syringe with COVID-19 vaccine.
A New Hurdle in the Race to Vaccinate the World: a Syringe Shortage
A looming lack of syringes threatens to make it harder for COVAX to get COVID-19 vaccines into arms in 2022. UNICEF proposes a solution.

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