Launched in 2017 by UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Joe Canning and the Saolta Group the “Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine” has increased flu vaccine uptake among their staff will contributing to UNICEF’s global polio eradication efforts.
For every flu vaccine received by a healthcare worker, select HSE group’s make a contribution to UNICEF’s role in polio eradication.
- Increase HSE staff flu vaccination uptake
- Raise awareness about UNICEF’s role in childhood immunisation
- Raise funds for UNICEF’s Health Thematic Fund/polio immunisation programmes
In the 2022/2023 flu season 15 regional HSE community healthcare organisations and hospital groups are participation in the ‘Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine’ campaign.
A girl receives a dose of oral polio vaccine during an emergency polio immunization campaign in the city of Hargeisa, in Somaliland.