UNICEF and Pampers are celebrating seven years of the 1 pack = 1 life-saving vaccine campaign. During this time, we've helped to eliminate maternal and newborn tetanus in eight countries, helping to protect the lives of 100 million women and their babies.
You can get involved by purchasing specially marked Pampers products during the campaign period (Oct-Dec) and by uploading a photo of you and your little one to Pampers’ Facebook mosaic. Pampers will then donate the cost of a maternal and newborn tetanus vaccine to UNICEF.
In Angola, women walk with their children for up to three hours to get to the health centre before the heat of the day sets in. We work with local communities to ensure that women understand the importance of regular checks and vaccinations.
Tetanus is one of the main causes of newborn mortality. It's vital that all women of childbearing age, or women who are already pregnant, continue to be vaccinated. Find out how you can help.
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This is Madame Justine with seven-month-old twins she helped to deliver. She's been a traditional birth attendant in Cameroon for 11 years. A few years ago, as a result of unhygienic birthing conditions, Madame Justine saw a case of newborn tetanus and the baby sadly died. Since then, money from the 1 pack = 1 vaccine campaign has helped fund a mass immunisation campaign in her local area to help eliminate maternal and newborn tetanus.
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Karidjitou lives in the Ivory Coast and is seven months pregnant with her second child. Thanks to the 1 pack = 1 vaccine campaign, she doesn’t need to worry about the birth this time. She's been protected from tetanus, despite the country’s recent civil war. Conflict often means that health systems shut down. But we continued our vaccination campaigns throughout the war, so mums and babies are still protected from disease.
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Senegal, West Africa is a real success story of the 1 pack = 1 vaccine campaign, but it wasn’t easy. At first women didn’t understand the risks of maternal and neonatal tetanus and didn’t want to be vaccinated. UNICEF educated communities, through television, radio and by involving religious leaders, who explained to mums how vaccines protect children’s lives.
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Antoinette has been a midwife in the Ivory Coast for 30 years. Before the local health centre was built, she delivered babies in her home. She learnt her skills from her mother and is one of the most trusted midwives in the region. When mums go into labour, they send for Antoinette and she takes them to the health centre to give birth. Having trusted local experts is vital. Antoinette has played a big role in getting women in her region vaccinated.
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Friday is market day in the Ivory Coast. Marina is nine months pregnant and has walked 6 km to visit her nearest market. Thanks to the 1 pack = 1 vaccine campaign, the local nurse offers a free vaccination service on market day, where pregnant women drop in on their way to and from the market. This means more women like Marina are getting protected from tetanus.
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Patricia is four months pregnant and lives in Yapleu in the Ivory Coast. The town's lucky to have its own health centre, where modern medicine lives side by side with traditional remedies. When Patricia suffered from dizziness and vomiting, she got a prescription from the health centre as well as using a clay face mask containing herbs.
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Senegal, West Africa, is one of the most recent countries to eliminate maternal and newborn tetanus. The last five years saw the biggest push, where 1.1 million doses of the tetanus vaccine were given to nearly half a million women across the country. It did the trick. Thanks to the collective power and support of mums across the globe, we have helped to eliminate the disease, not just in Senegal, but in eight countries so far.
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For women in West Papua, Indonesia, getting to a health clinic is a challenge as the island is made up of river villages. Often rowing on a tin canoe is the only way to get around. Local health centres offer free check ups for women and children. For pregnant women who are unable to get to the clinic, UNICEF-trained health workers travel from house to house administering vaccines to make sure no woman or child misses out.
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