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UNICEF is launching a new global campaign on 23 April to emphasize the power and safety of vaccines among parents and wider social media users. As UNECEF Armenia press office reports, the campaign will run alongside World Immunization Week from 24 to 30 April to spread the message that together communities, including parents, can protect everyone through vaccines.

#VaccinesWork has long been used to bring together immunization advocates online. This year, UNICEF is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization (WHO), and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to encourage even greater reach. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will contribute USD$ 1 to UNICEF for every like or share of social media posts using the hashtag #VaccinesWork in April, up to USD$1 million, to ensure all children get the life-saving vaccines they need.

Vaccines save up to 3 million lives yearly, protecting children from potentially deadly, highly infectious diseases such as measles, pneumonia, cholera, and diphtheria. Thanks to vaccines, fewer people died from measles between 2000 and 2017 and polio is on the verge of being eradicated. Vaccines are one of the most cost-effective health tool ever invented – every USD$1 spent on childhood immunization returns up to USD$44 in benefits.

UNICEF Armenia calls on all to join the campaign through #VaccinesWork hashtag, disseminating the animation video and other materials developed by the RA healthcare ministry. Till the end of the week UNICEF Armenia along with the RA Healthcare ministry with the support of Armenian Parents Club will collect inquires on immunization with answers to be recorded and shared online.