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As the economic crisis in Sri Lanka deepens, UNICEF and Rotary International are partnering to deliver lifesaving medicines, clean drinking water, education materials, and other critical supplies to children and families in the country. The partnership will capitalize on Rotary International‘s global network along with the alumni of Sri Lanka’s leading schools to raise funds...

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In response to the ongoing economic crisis in the country, the Government of Japan today handed over the first consignment of a total donation of USD 1.5 million value of medicines being procured through UNICEF to address the severe shortage of medicines in hospitals and clinics in the country. The vital assistance will be used...

1.5 million Moderna doses arrive from US Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) A chartered plane arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday with more than 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility. © Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved People get their COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 15, 2021. Sri Lanka's health authorities on Wednesday administered the highest number of COVID-19 vaccines in a single day with nearly 400,000 people jabbed, statistics from the Health Ministry showed here Thursday. (Photo by Tang Lu/Xinhua v...

Japan, UNICEF provide cold chain equipment to boost immunization services Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Ministry of Health has received the first batch of cold chain equipment procured by UNICEF with funding from the Government of Japan to strengthen Sri Lanka’s delivery of immunization services, including against COVID-19. Five hundred vaccine carriers were handed over by Ms. Emma Brigham, UNICEF Sri Lanka Representative, a.i and SUGIYAMA Akira, Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka at the UNICEF office. The items were received by Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi. The...