Nearly one million children and pregnant women in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to receive life-saving routine vaccines

UNICEF announced today that more than 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women will be vaccinated in a nationwide campaign launched on Monday by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with UNICEF support. The vaccination campaign will reach children and pregnant women in all 210 counties who have missed out on life-saving vaccines since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. See press release.