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Government of Japan pledges new USD 9.6 million agreement with UNICEF and WHO to strengthen immunization in the Pacific Format Pledging Ceremony for 'The Project for Strengthening Immunization Programs in Pacific Island Countries' held in Fiji. © UNICEFPacific/2021/Sharma Suva, Fiji, 27 January 2021 – Today, the Government of Japan pledged a new USD 9.6 million agreement with UNICEF and WHO to strengthen immunization in the Pacific region. The agreement will support Pacific governments including Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Palau and Republic of Marshall Islands. UNICEF ...

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Monday, 25 January 2021, 5:11 pm Group Photo Signing. The European Union (EU), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today signed an agreement that will strengthen their existing partnership to support health sector responses to COVID-19 across the Pacific. This follows the new Financing Agreement the EU and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) signed, to repurpose funding to support the Pacific’s response to COVID-19. Under the EU-SPC-WFP-WHO agreement, the EU will contribute over US$24 million (equivalen...

Strengthening vital partnerships in the Pacific to support health sector responses to COVID-19 Format The European Union (EU), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today signed an agreement that will strengthen their existing partnership to support health sector responses to COVID-19 across the Pacific. This follows the new Financing Agreement the EU and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) signed, to repurpose funding to support the Pacific’s response to COVID-19. Under the EU-SPC-WFP-WHO agreement, the E...

01/19/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/18/2021 22:53 WHO and DHL team up to get health-care equipment to the Pacific Delivering supplies to Pacific islands during a global pandemic is no easy task. Reduced flight schedules and other logistical challenges mean that shipments of life-saving goods must be carefully coordinated to ensure that Pacific islanders receive vital health-care equipment. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently teamed up with DHL Global Forwarding to coordinate WHO's latest delivery: more than US$ 2 million worth of medical devices such as oxygen co...