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Vaccines for refugees under
UNHCR-UNICEF agreement
Source: UNHCR
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 23 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have signed an agreement that will result in
significant savings in the purchase of vaccines for Afghans and locals living in and around Pakistan's refugee villages.The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by UNHCR's
representative in Pakistan, Guenet Guebre-Christos, and her UNICEF counterpart, Martin Mogwanja, in Islamabad last Saturday.Under the MoU, UNICEF will procure vaccines on UNHCR's behalf based
on the current UNICEF supply catalogue and price list or other estimates provided by UNICEF, which are lower than what UNHCR currently pays."This MoU is a good example of the UN delivering as
one," said Guebre-Christos. "The economies of scale will allow us to be more cost-efficient when procuring vaccines. This in turn will help us to maximize services to the refugees."Every year,
UNHCR spends some US$200,000 on vaccines for hundreds of thousands of refugee children and pregnant women living in refugee villages, as well as their host communities. The vaccines are to prevent
diseases such as polio, measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, Hepatitis B and tetanus.
More . . .
- The health of refugees and other displaced people is a priority for UNHCR. More on our special 'Health' pages.
- UNHCR at work in Afghanstan and Pakistan.
