Vietnam receives medical supplies from Australia, UNICEF
(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology on Tuesday received more than 1,900 vaccine fridges, 5 million syringes and 50,000 safety boxes as part of a vaccination support project in Vietnam funded by the Australian Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
 Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marise Payne hands over the medical supplies to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long, November 9, 2021. |
Launched in April 2021, the project also offers training courses to improve the capacity of medical workers, conducts vaccination campaigns in remote and mountainous areas, and holds communication activities to persuade residents to receive vaccination.
The Australian Government pledged a total of 5.2 million vaccine doses to Vietnam, of which 1.5 million AstraZeneca doses manufactured by Australia have already been delivered to Vietnam, and the remainder are provided via a procurement contract between the Australian Government and UNICEF.