Day: April 22, 2022

DUBAI, DP World has received the “Best Logistics Technology & Cold Chain Delivery” award at this year’s Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards, held in Washington DC.

The award recognised DP World’s work over the last two years to address challenges in vaccine delivery and supply chain bottlenecks.

For the past 21 years, the World Vaccine Congress has grown into the leading vaccines congress globally, with an agenda shaped by a global scientific advisory board.

The lack of a unified global response to the pandemic presents a barrier to global health, freedom of movement and economic recovery. Technology and partnerships to pool expertise and resources have been vital in overcoming these obstacles.

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO, said, “When the first COVID-19 vaccines were announced, DP World was quick to recognise the scale of the challenge involved in distributing this to billions of people worldwide. We are proud that our global staff and facilities have played a part in ensuring the vaccines reach those in most need. We must learn lessons from this pandemic to ensure equal and fair access to critical supplies, regardless of wealth or geography”.

DP World’s cold-chain facilities, such as those in Caucedo port, span warehousing space and moving goods vehicles, ensure that DP World can cover the entire journey from the laboratory right up to the point of injection. In the Dominican Republic, this meant distributing more than eight million COVID-19 vaccines around the country.

DP World’s suite of digital technologies, such as CARGOES Flow, also helped its partners identify bottlenecks in their supply chains and smooth the flow of medical supplies across borders.

Finally, the World Logistics Passport initiative, in which DP World is a partner, removes trade barriers and enhances trade routes to improve and facilitate trade between countries – simplifying the movement of these critical supplies.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we signed a three-year partnership with UNICEF to support its COVAX mission. DP World provided UNICEF free worldwide access to our logistical services, helping it deliver two billion vaccine doses by 2022 in hard-to-reach nations.

Alongside UNICEF, DP World is a key partner in the Dubai Vaccine Logistics Alliance working with Emirates and Dubai Airports to distribute vaccines by air, land, and sea to address operational challenges in emerging markets hard-hit by the pandemic.

The last mile can be the most challenging part of delivery, with vaccines often damaged by temperature fluctuations. DP World has recently partnered with UK-based Ideabatic to distribute an innovative freeze-free and fail-safe cool box to make sure these life-saving vaccines reach their targets.

Source: Emirates News Agency

DUBAI, The Ministry of Community Development, in conjunction with the UAE’s celebration of The Arab Deaf Week in its 47th session from 20th to 27th April, 2022, will organise several activities to enhance the inclusion and empowerment vision aimed at achieving the theme “Incorporating Sign Language in Education Curriculum at all Stages”.

The event also aligns with the goals of the national policy for empowering people of determination specifically in the pillar of education through the launch of awareness programmes, in accordance with the ministry’s vision to achieve inclusion considering different needs on ground.

Part of the activities that support the people of determination during the event is the Ministry’s participation in the TV Ramadan show entitled “Between You and Me”, which includes a competition about the meaning of each sign language term; an episode on the ministry’s Instagram live account, presented by the sign language expert Mohammed Al Ramzi, to talk about the importance of sign language in the education curriculum; two workshops presented by Abir Al Shehhi, sign language specialist in the Ministry, on the basics of sign language in schools; and the presentation of a sign language workshop that includes the translation of some lectures, in collaboration with the Zayed Higher Foundation.

According to the Ministry of Community Development database, about 3065 people of determination are with “hearing disabilities” of UAE citizens and residents, 1833 males and 1232 females, of which 60 percent are males.

The “Arab Deaf Week” was approved based on the recommendations of the Second Conference of the Arab Federation for Organisations of the Deaf, held in Damascus in 1974, to highlight and raise awareness on the fundamental rights of these categories and empower them to participate in the development journey.

The UAE gave great attention to the deaf people segments reflecting its ratification of the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to achieve the best and full support for the rights of the deaf categories in the UAE community.

Source: Emirates News Agency