Cambodia Vaccine Support

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Vaccines delivered

2,547,330 doses

Vaccines procured through Australia’s UNICEF Partnership

196,800 paediatric COVID-19 vaccines procured through Australia’s UNICEF Partnership

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Providing Technical Expertise

Strengthening regulatory systems to ensure robust pre-market evaluation and vaccine safety, including provision of technical advice on pharmacovigilance.

Supporting planning and delivery of a safe, effective and equitable COVID-19 vaccination program.

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Supporting National Vaccine Rollout

Training and capacity building of health workers, including mobile teams.

Development of technology for e-registration.

Inclusive risk communication and social mobilisation to counter misinformation and to reach vulnerable groups.

Monitoring of vaccination status of people with disabilities.

Supervision and monitoring of roll-out including to track and manage adverse events following vaccination.

Logistics support, including assessment, monitoring and expansion of cold chain capacity and the introduction of ultra-cold chain to support the rollout of mRNA vaccines.

COVID-19 information in Thmey, CambodiaOur Impact So Far

  • We delivered urgently-needed vaccines to keep Cambodia's COVID-19 vaccine roll-out on track.
  • Our support has helped distribute health communications and information about the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines to every vaccination site in Cambodia. Gender, disability and inclusion has been prioritised as a key consideration in the rollout and related communication campaigns.
  • Through our Australian Expert Technical Assistance Program, the Therapeutic Goods Administration is working with counterpart regulators in Cambodia to strengthen vaccine safety monitoring and reporting systems.
  • More than 8,700 people have received training with Australian support. For example, health workers have been trained in infection prevention and control, cold chain and vaccine management.