Agnes Nambozo, a Ugandan nurse, climbs treacherous mountain ladders to provide vaccines to remote communities, exemplifying how healthcare workers overcome extraordinary geographic barriers to reduce childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.
As Gavi turns 25, the first cohort of “Gavi babies” are coming of age, and helping to shape their communities and their countries.
Making sure all at-risk children can access the vaccine is proving to be the key to a steeply falling prevalence of the chronic infection. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Solar-powered refrigeration systems are revolutionizing vaccine storage in remote African communities, providing reliable cold chain infrastructure that maintains life-saving immunizations even during power outages and natural disasters.
With KSrelief, UNICEF is powering 13 hospitals to store vaccines safely for women and children in Afghanistan.