Senior officials meet to discuss further collaboration in the Covid-19 relief effort
Abdulla Bin Damithan, DP World’s UAE Region and Jafza CEO & Managing Director, recently welcomed Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, to Dubai as part of its ongoing efforts to leverage DP World’s facilities, infrastructure, and expertise to deliver critical Covid-19 supplies to countries most in need.
In January, DP World and UNICEF announced an ambitious and wide-ranging multi-year partnership supporting UNICEF’s mission to distribute critical Covid-19 vaccines and critical supplies on behalf of the COVAX Facility.
Through this partnership, DP World and UNICEF are collaborating on advocacy and knowledge-sharing to address logistical bottlenecks hindering access to essential supplies for children and their families.
“We offer our infrastructure and expertise to support UNICEF in this effort because everyone should have access to vaccines, especially the most vulnerable members of society,” remarked Bin Damithan.
Most recently, DP World supported UNICEF in sending critical supplies to India. Thanks to its end-to-end logistics and quick-reaction capabilities, DP World quickly dispatched these supplies from UNICEF’s facilities in Dubai to New Delhi for distribution within India.
“The readiness of logistics infrastructure and services will be valuable as we hope more high-income countries will start to share their vaccine doses through the COVAX facility,” commented Chaiban.
