"VACCINATION CAMPAIGN"

According to UNICEF, one week after Cyclone Freddy made landfall for a second time in Mozambique, creating severe disruption to critical services, the threat of cholera is growing rapidly for children and families. UNICEF

On 7 March 2023, WHO and UNICEF, in coordination with health authorities, the Syria Immunization Group, and the Global Alliance for Vaccines, launched a cholera vaccination campaign in earthquake-hit areas of north-west Syria. The campaign will run for 10 days and targets 1.7 million people. OCHA

The World Health Organization, with European Union support, has donated 59 buses to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to help strengthen far-flung vaccination efforts across the country during the war. WHO

Updating reporters on the situation in Ethiopia, a UN spokesperson said, “Since the Cessation of Hostilities agreement in mid-November, more than 127,000 tons of food have been brought into Tigray, reaching more than 3.8 million people.” UNIFEED

According to a new UN report, a child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021. UNICEF

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Almost 1.2 million doses of oral cholera vaccines have arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “The vaccination campaign is expected to start on Sunday,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Over the past few weeks, flood waters have continued to recede in many flood-affected areas across Pakistan causing an increase of diarrheal diseases, an ongoing dengue fever outbreak, measles and diphtheria, said today the World Health Organisation (WHO). UNTV CH

The United Nations health agency, WHO, expressed serious concerns about a likely spike in a range of preventable diseases in Ethiopia’s northern regions - and in particular Tigray – caused by nearly two years of conflict and chronic aid access problems. UNTV CH