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Japan gives United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) US$1.5 million to improve tracking of under-immunized and unimmunized children

UNICEF will utilize the funds to roll out a digital health information system that will help reach unimmunized and under-immunized children with required vaccines

The Government of Japan has provided a US$1.5 million (UGX5,710,860,000) contribution to the United Nations Children’s Agency – UNICEF, to support the Government of Uganda to improve tacking of under-immunized and unimmunized children at community level. UNICEF will utilize the funds to roll out a digital health information system that…

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    • UK, Ireland and UNICEF support Uganda’s school re-opening. © UNICEF Uganda/2021/Abdul
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UK, Ireland and UNICEF support Uganda’s school re-opening

The focus will be on school-based surveillance for early identification, reporting, and management of emerging COVID-19 cases in schools

As schools in Uganda prepare to reopen after a prolonged period, the UK and Ireland have partnered with UNICEF to support two key activities which aim to support safe and sustainable reopening. The focus will be on school-based surveillance for early identification, reporting, and management of emerging COVID-19 cases in…

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Uganda receives a total of 742,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the Danish Government

No one is safe until everyone is safe

The Danish government has donated a total of 742,000 vaccine doses to the Ministry of Health to assist Uganda in its fight against COVID-19. A shipment of 258,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca doses arrived on 14 December 2021, with an additional shipment of 484,000 Moderna doses scheduled for arrival on 30 December. Both…

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Sweden and Uganda partner to improve nutrition in West Nile

West Nile, where NutriCash will be implemented across eight districts, is home to half the 1.5 million refugees in Uganda

Today, Office of the Prime Minister launched NutriCash – a project that will see children under two, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in West Nile region, Northwestern Uganda, receive UGX 48,000 (14 USD) every month to help meet their nutrition needs. NutriCash is part of the Child Sensitive Social Protection Programme…

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Coronavirus: UK officially hands over life-saving oxygen cylinders to support Uganda’s COVID-19 response

This support is part of the £500,000 (over $708,000) that the UK committed to UNICEF Uganda’s COVID-19 appeal in July 2021

On Wednesday 13 October, the UK officially handed over 100 oxygen cylinders to Uganda’s National Medical Stores, to provide lifesaving treatment to COVID-19 patients in Uganda. This support is part of the £500,000 (over $708,000) that the UK committed to UNICEF Uganda’s COVID-19 appeal in July 2021. The money, which…

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Coronavirus: Uganda to benefit from UK COVID-19 vaccines donation

The UK has been at the forefront of the global response to COVID-19, including through investing £90 million to support the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Nine million vaccines to be donated bilaterally and offered to COVAX to help tackle Covid-19 abroad; The first vaccine donations left the UK at the end of July with Indonesia, Jamaica and Kenya among the first countries beneficiaries. More doses expected will arrive via the COVAX Facility this week, including…

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UK responds to UNICEF Uganda’s Oxygen appeal with life-saving support benefiting over 1.8m people

The funding will support an increase in oxygen production and delivery and improve the availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at selected health facilities

The UK is pleased to announce they have committed £500,000 (over $708,000) to UNICEF Uganda’s COVID-19 appeal – vital support that will benefit over 1.8 million people across Uganda. The funding will support an increase in oxygen production and delivery and improve the availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at…

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Joint Press Release: Uganda refugee response partners

Uganda remains the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, with nearly 1.5 million refugees

Uganda marks World Refugee Day this year amid a second wave of COVID-19, with growing concerns for the well-being of refugees and host communities that have been already hit hard by the pandemic and have not yet recovered from the loss of income and livelihoods. According to the 2020 Global…

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Coronavirus - Uganda: Games children play during COVID-19 in Kikuube District

The play activities help them to focus on something other than the COVID-19 pandemic

Sharif, Julius and Angel share their stories As children wait for the government to open schools, they continue to engage in various activities at home including learning, helping with domestic chores, and above all, playing their favourite games. At a time when children are anxious about the future, and many…