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UNICEF provides Vietnam with vaccine refrigerators

As many as 174 refrigerators for storage of vaccines, funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) and supplied by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on June 8.
UNICEF provides Vietnam with vaccine refrigerators ảnh 1A fridge for vaccine storage (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 174 refrigerators for storage ofvaccines, funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) andsupplied by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), arrived in Ho Chi MinhCity on June 8.

The aid was partof GAVI’s Cold Chain Equipment Optimisation Platform for medicalestablishments.

The eco-friendly fridges,which are manufactured by B Medical company in Luxembourg, will be sent todistrict-level medical stations in 23 Central Highlands and southern provincesto store vaccines, including those for COVID-19, contributing to strengthening the local medical system, especially the Expanded Programme on Immunisation of Vietnam.

Véronique Maeva Fagesfrom GAVI said other cold storage equipment supported by COVAX Facility will bedelivered to Vietnam later this year.

UNICEF Representativein Vietnam Rana Flowers said in the near future, UNICEF will provide Vietnamwith a number of vaccine storage equipment, including over 2,200 fridges, coldstorage trucks, and tens of millions of syringes and safety boxes.

The National Institute ofHygiene and Epidemiology is working on procedures to receive and transport the fridges to beneficiary provinces./.

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