Hồ Thị Ngọc Hằng, 6 months, weighs 5kg. Born at a weight of 2.4 kg, Hằng is a child in a Cor ethnic minority family in Quảng Ngãi. Hằng was identified as suffering from severe acute malnutrition during outreach and malnutrition screening supported by UNICEF and the National Institute of Nutrition. — Photo from UNICEF …
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A delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Việt Nam from the COVAX Facility. — Photo courtesy of UNICEF Việt Nam GENEVA — Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to Việt Nam, via the global vaccine sharing initiative COVAX Facility. On April 1, 2021, the first …
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