Measles and Rubella Elimination Project
Highlights
Duration
2016 - 2030
Beneficiaries
45.6 million children
Targeting Range
Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan and selected Middle Income Countries or MICs including Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Namibia and South Africa
Children are the world's most crucial human capital and its hope too, and for the sake of their health, Alwaleed Philanthropies "Global", in partnership with UNICEF, took the initiative to provide the necessary vaccine supplies to fight the global Measles and Rubella.
Objectives
Children are the world's most crucial human capital and its hope too, and for the sake of their health, Alwaleed Philanthropies "Global", in partnership with UNICEF, took the initiative to provide the necessary vaccine supplies to fight the global Measles and Rubella.
In partnership with
2021 Accomplishments
Achievements during the COVID-19 pandemic:
- In Chad, 236,668 children aged 9 to 59 months were vaccinated against measles.
- In Lebanon, 467,497 children aged 6 months to 10 years received measles vaccines.
- In Nepal, 238,665 children were vaccinated with the second dose of the measles vaccine.
- In Nigeria, 858,144 children were vaccinated against measles.
- In Sudan, 1,087,137 children received measles vaccination.
