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Child survival and development Quick facts • 2.6 billion doses of vaccines for over 80 countries, valued at $633 million • 19.1 million Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) for 48 countries • Facilitated 541.5 million vitamin A treatments • 193 million de-worming tablets • Nutrition items valued at $86 million • 480 million auto-disable syringes • Over 4 million malaria rapid diagnostic test kits • Pharmaceuticals valued at over $135 million • 32.5 million Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy malaria treatments • Water and sanitation supplies valued at more than $72 million • More than 150 million zinc tablets • Over 384,000 kits packed in UNICEF warehouses • $92 million worth of medical supplies and equipment • 65 million sachets of multiple micronutrient powder (Procured items unless specified) Every child has the right to live free of disease, free from hunger and free from fear, and has the right to an education. Essential supplies save children’s lives and help them learn and develop - physically, socially and emotionally. UNICEF remained the largest procurer of vaccines in the world, buying 2.6 billion doses of vaccines in 2008 – reaching 56 per cent of the world’s children - and $21 million worth of cold chain equipment to ensure vaccines are kept at the right temperature all the way from the supplier to the point they are administered to a child. Integrated campaigns and child health days continued to be a key vehicle for vaccinating large numbers of children. These involve coordination between Supply, Programme, WHO, Ministries of Health and local and international partners, to simultaneously target a number of diseases, including measles and malaria. In 2008, Supply supported 18 integrated campaigns and child health days in 17 countries reaching an estimated 115 million children. Malnutrition is responsible for an approximately 53 per cent of all under-five deaths. The global food crisis has had a devastating impact, particularly in the Horn of Africa, putting basic food out of reach for many of the world’s poorest children. Supply responded with the provision of unprecedented amounts of therapeutic food, including life saving peanut-based formulas, to the region. At the peak of the crisis, Supply was airlifting over 400,000 sachets of RUTF a week. Top six vaccines procured millions of doses Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) 1,817 Tetanus Toxoid (TT) 179 Measles 173 Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (BCG) 106 Hepatitis B (HepB) 81 Dipheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, HepB, Hib (DTP-HepB/Hib) 73 12 SUPPLY ANNUAL REPORT 2008
Lack of safe, clean drinking water remains a reality for an estimated 125 million children under five. In the last 12 months, Supply in collaboration with Programme colleagues, has focused its efforts on developing comprehensive technology information guidelines for water and sanitation Programme and Supply staff. The guidelines will assist them in determining the optimal products and technologies for their specific situation and conditions, and will invariably lead to more sustainable programmes. In line with our commitment to supporting local procurement where possible, we revised the specifications and packaging for hand pumps to facilitate direct ordering by our Country Offices. Maternal and neonatal health Neonatal deaths continue to account for 37 per cent of all under five deaths, and startlingly, most of these children die within 24 hours of being born. Supply provides a range of medical equipment and pharmaceuticals to address these problems, including crucial kits for emergency response, the Midwifery Kit and the Obstetric and Surgical Kit. These are just two of a total of 38 types of kits packed by Supply and delivered worldwide. Our kits are based on the long experience of UNICEF and our partners in responding to the needs of children and mothers. The final inch toward eradicating polio Intensified global efforts to eradicate polio continue, particularly in the remaining endemic countries - India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, where pockets of the virus continue to infect children. More than 1.8 billion doses of polio vaccine were procured by Supply in 2008 to support our Programme colleagues and partners in taking the final steps toward the eradication of this crippling virus from the earth. We are also continuing to work with partners and industry on sustainable and affordable supplies of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) which can be used in the post eradication era. SUPPLY ANNUAL REPORT 2008 13
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