UNICEF to supply 220m J$J vaccine doses to African nations

UNICEF will procure and deliver COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the AVAT initiative.

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has signed its first COVID-19 vaccine agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply up to 220 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) single-dose vaccine for all 55 Member States of the African Union (AU) by the end of 2022. The Fun

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