Emirates SkyCargo has signed an agreement with Unicef to prioritise the transport of Covid-19 vaccines, essential medicines, medical devices and other critical supplies to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative, spearheaded by Unicef, brings together a number of partners collectively capable of distributing essential supplies to more than 100 markets in support of the Covax Facility, the global effort aimed at equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines. The initiative will also act as a blueprint for collective global partnership in the face of future health and humanitarian crises.
In October last year, Emirates SkyCargo announced that it was setting up the world’s largest EU GDP-certified airside distribution hub dedicated to the storage and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. With over 15 000 square metres of storage space available, large quantities of the vaccine can be stored in Dubai and flown in smaller quantities regularly to markets with limited cold chain infrastructure, reducing the need for large-scale storage solutions.
