With funding from the Swedish government and European Commission UNICEF is supporting Uganda’s Ministry of Health to accelerate COVID-19 mass vaccination of refugees and host communities. UNICEF with partners like UNHCR, Ministry of Health, district local government authorities and other organizations are conducting outreaches and mass vaccination exercises in various refugee settlements to ensure equitable vaccination reach of the refugee and host community population “leaving no one behind” with the COVID-19 Vaccination.
This is part of the global COVAX Humanitarian Buffer, a mechanism established within the COVAX Facility to act as a measure of ‘last resort’ to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for high-risk and vulnerable populations in humanitarian settings. The Humanitarian Buffer is only to be used where there are unavoidable gaps in coverage in national vaccination plans and micro-plans, despite advocacy efforts.
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