Japan To Provide $9.3 Million Aid To India For Building Cold Chain System

Coronavirus: The assistance by Japan to India is being channelled through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). This grant will provide India with cold chain equipment (CCE), including cold-storage facilities, to ensure vaccines reach all, a UNICEF statement said.

Japan will provide USD 9.3 million worth of cold chain equipment and related assistance to India to ensure vaccines against coronavirus reach all and boost the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The assistance is channelled through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). This grant will provide India with cold chain equipment (CCE), including cold-storage facilities, to ensure vaccines reach all, a UNICEF statement said. Cold chain system building is critical to enhancing the country's capacity to contain the COVID-19 pandemic as well as to strengthen the immunization service delivery for women and children in the long term.