Walgreens Helps Provide 50 Million Lifesaving Vaccines in Collaboration with the United Nations Foundation
19 Novembre 2019 - 3:00PM
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Over Next 5 Years, Walgreens Hopes to
Provide 50 Million More Vaccines Through Get a Shot. Give a Shot.
Campaign
Walgreens and the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign
announced today that the Walgreens Get a Shot. Give a Shot. program
has helped provide 50 million lifesaving vaccines to children
around the world since its inception in 2013. Also today, Walgreens
said it hopes to provide 50 million additional vaccines by
2023.
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Through the Get a Shot. Give a Shot. program, which is currently
in its seventh year, for every immunization administered at
Walgreens, the company donates the value of a vaccine to the UN
Foundation. During the 2019-2020 period, Walgreens will donate up
to a maximum of $2.6 million.
“At Walgreens we are immensely proud of our long-standing
collaboration with the UN Foundation, providing vaccines to remote
areas of the world where vulnerable populations have limited access
to health care,” said Alex Gourlay, president of Walgreens and
co-chief operating officer of parent company Walgreens Boots
Alliance (WBA). “By being a part of this coordinated worldwide
vaccination effort we have helped make significant progress in
reducing cases of measles and polio. This is one of the many ways
that we are meeting our commitment to the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals.”
Unfortunately, one in five children around the world still lacks
access to the lifesaving vaccines that help keep children in the
U.S. healthy. In fact, one child dies every 20 seconds from a
disease that could be prevented with a vaccine.
“The Get a Shot. Give a Shot. partnership saves children’s
lives,” said Kathy Calvin, president and CEO of the UN Foundation.
“This is worth celebrating, especially as we reach the incredible
milestone of donating 50 million vaccines. When businesses like
Walgreens mobilize to support United Nations causes, change
happens. The UN Foundation is committed to continuing our work
together to protect children everywhere.”
Funds from Get a Shot. Give a Shot. are donated to Shot@Life to
help support measles and polio vaccination efforts. Through the
partnership, Shot@Life has provided vaccines to children in
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, East Timor and Tanzania. Learn more about the impact of
the program at Walgreens.com/GetaShot.
The current Get a Shot. Give a Shot. program lasts through Jan.
31, 2020 and all immunizations administered at Walgreens during
this time period are eligible for the program*.
The UN Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign educates, connects, and
empowers individuals to champion global vaccines as one of the most
effective ways to save the lives of children around the world. The
campaign rallies members of the public, members of Congress,
businesses, and civil society partners to support and invest in the
global childhood immunization programs of UNICEF, World Health
Organization, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Through public
education, grassroots advocacy, and fundraising, Shot@Life strives
to avert the 1.5 million annual vaccine-preventable child deaths.
To learn more about the campaign, visit shotatlife.org.
Walgreens also announced today a commitment to provide $5
million in free flu vaccinations by 2023 to help protect uninsured
and underinsured people in the U.S. and Puerto Rico from influenza.
This is a continuation of an existing nine-year program to partner
with communities to provide free flu vaccinations. As of August 31,
2019, Walgreens customers have redeemed more than 1.6 million flu
vouchers over nine years.
Walgreens and WBA are committed to improving societal health and
wellbeing around the world. Read more about CSR at WBA here.
* From 9/1/19 until 1/31/20, for every immunization
administered, Walgreens will donate $0.23 to the United Nations
Foundation, up to a maximum donation of $2,600,000.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (walgreens.com), one of the nation's largest drugstore
chains, is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), a global leader in
retail and wholesale pharmacy. Walgreens is proud to be a
neighborhood health, beauty and retail destination supporting
communities across the country, and was named to FORTUNE*
magazine’s 2019 Companies that Change the World list. Approximately
8 million customers interact with Walgreens in stores and online
each day. As of August 31, 2019, Walgreens operates 9,277
drugstores with a presence in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with its
omnichannel business, Walgreens.com. Walgreens also provides
specialty pharmacy and mail services and offers in-store clinics
and other health care services throughout the United States, most
of which are operated by our health care strategic partners.
*© 2019, Fortune Media IP Limited. Used under license.
About United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation acts as a strategic partner to
help the United Nations mobilize ideas, people, and resources to
drive global progress and achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals. Founded in 1998 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted
Turner, the Foundation works with philanthropic, corporate, and
government partners to create communities and incubate initiatives
that support UN priorities. Learn more at www.unfoundation.org.
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