Laos Vaccine Support
Australia has committed $15.3 million for COVID-19 vaccine access during 2020-23 in Laos.
Doses
- 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered so far from Australia's supply
- 905,580 COVID-19 vaccine doses procured through Australia’s UNICEF Partnership
- Plus 384,000 paediatric vaccine doses procured through Australia’s UNICEF Partnership
- Training health workers
- Implementation of sub-national plans
- Health systems strengthening
- Risk communications
- Rollout monitoring
- Strengthening systems to ensure vaccine safety
- Using evidence to build quality immunisation programs
Our Impact So Far (through Vaccine Access and Health Security Initiative and bilateral funding)
We are funding UNICEF to support the Laos Ministry of Health to roll out a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccination campaign to priority groups, by:
- developing and disseminating policies and guidelines;
- increasing awareness of COVID-19 vaccine benefits and generating demand, acceptance and trust in COVID-19 vaccines;
- implementing subnational community engagement plans in hard-to-reach areas to ensure equitable access and high vaccination coverage; and
- improving health and immunisation systems capacity to deliver and monitor the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Photo: COVAX doses arriving in Laos, 2021. Credit: UNICEF.
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