Unicef has teamed up with DP World to help distribute Covid-19 vaccines.
The UN's children's organisation and Dubai's ports and logistics company will provide vaccine transport and storage to Unicef free of charge, which will help low and middle-income countries to access the vital medicines.
DP Port has an extensive logistics network in Africa and Asia, as well as its flagship Jebel Ali Port.
Distributing Covid-19 vaccines is humanity's biggest logistics challenge since the end of the Second World War
The new partnership – with a multimillion-dollar value – is the largest to date to support Unicef's lead role as part of Covax.
Covax, which comprises 190 countries and the World Health Organisation, is an initiative to promote equitable access to vaccines and deliver two billion doses to countries most in need by the end of 2021.
"Distributing Covid-19 vaccines is humanity's biggest logistics challenge since the end of the Second World War," said Sultan bin Sulayem, group chairman and chief executive of DP World.
“We offer our infrastructure and expertise to support this effort because everyone should have access to vaccines, especially the most vulnerable in our society.
"Unless the vaccine is available to all, the pandemic will not end for anyone," he said.
Henrietta Fore, Unicef executive director, said the pandemic had turned children's lives upside down and disrupted their education, health and protection.
"Vaccines will be a big step towards putting children's lives back on track," she said.
"This new partnership will support our collective efforts to ensure equitable, affordable and sustainable access to Covid-19 vaccines."
DP World and Unicef agreed to address logistical bottlenecks hindering children and their families' access to essential supplies through advocacy and sharing of knowledge.
Countries around the world are grappling with vaccine shortages as cases surge again.
Authorities have imposed lockdowns and introduced travel bans to control the resurgence while vaccines are delivered.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
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Evacuations to France hit by controversy
- Over 500 Gazans have been evacuated to France since November 2023
- Evacuations were paused after a student already in France posted anti-Semitic content and was subsequently expelled to Qatar
- The Foreign Ministry launched a review to determine how authorities failed to detect the posts before her entry
- Artists and researchers fall under a programme called Pause that began in 2017
- It has benefited more than 700 people from 44 countries, including Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Sudan
- Since the start of the Gaza war, it has also included 45 Gazan beneficiaries
- Unlike students, they are allowed to bring their families to France
Libya's Gold
UN Panel of Experts found regime secretly sold a fifth of the country's gold reserves.
The panel’s 2017 report followed a trail to West Africa where large sums of cash and gold were hidden by Abdullah Al Senussi, Qaddafi’s former intelligence chief, in 2011.
Cases filled with cash that was said to amount to $560m in 100 dollar notes, that was kept by a group of Libyans in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
A second stash was said to have been held in Accra, Ghana, inside boxes at the local offices of an international human rights organisation based in France.
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MATCH INFO
Uefa Champions League quarter-final second leg:
Juventus 1 Ajax 2
Ajax advance 3-2 on aggregate
MATCH INFO
Inter Milan v Juventus
Saturday, 10.45pm (UAE)
Watch the match on BeIN Sports
Fixtures and results:
Wed, Aug 29:
- Malaysia bt Hong Kong by 3 wickets
- Oman bt Nepal by 7 wickets
- UAE bt Singapore by 215 runs
Thu, Aug 30: UAE v Nepal; Hong Kong v Singapore; Malaysia v Oman
Sat, Sep 1: UAE v Hong Kong; Oman v Singapore; Malaysia v Nepal
Sun, Sep 2: Hong Kong v Oman; Malaysia v UAE; Nepal v Singapore
Tue, Sep 4: Malaysia v Singapore; UAE v Oman; Nepal v Hong Kong
Thu, Sep 6: Final
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