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This is Gilbert. He’s five-months-old, and lives near the Ubangi river in the Republic of Congo.
Ewan McGregor met Gilbert as part of his BBC documentary Cold Chain Mission, which looks at UNICEF’s work on immunisation and vaccines.
Did you know UNICEF helps to vaccinate more than half the world’s children?
Where’s Ewan off to with his vaccine box?
Tune in to BBC2 this Sunday at 9pm to find out…
Don’t forget, if you’ve got any questions about anything in last Sunday’s episode of Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission, you can put them to our immunisation specialist this Thursday. Just tweet us using #ColdChain.
Did you catch Ewan McGregor’s cold chain documentary last night on BBC2?
If you want to see some content that wasn’t in the programme, check out our interactive map of Ewan’s journey.
And if you’ve got questions about the programme and UNICEF’s immunisation work, get in touch via Twitter, using #ColdChain. We’ll be putting your questions to a UNICEF immunisation specialist this Thursday.
Don’t forget to tune in at 9pm on Sunday for the second part!
Watch Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission on BBC2 and BBC HD, on Sunday 22 April, 2012 at 9pm.
Join Ewan on a mission to immunise some of the world’s hardest-to-reach children in India, Nepal and Congo.
Follow Ewan’s journey on our interactive map
UNICEF is the world’s largest distributor of vaccines to the developing world, supplying vaccines for 56 per cent of the world’s children in over 190 countries. In 2010 UNICEF procured over 2.5 billion doses of traditional and new vaccines worth £470 million.
Selena Gomez takes few snaps at the UNICEF headquarters in New York. #sahelNOW
11 April 2012: Actress, singer and UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez talks about the urgent help needed for children in West Africa. To find out more and donate, please visit: http://www.unicef.org.
Yes, it’s our friend and UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor. He’s on a mission to bring vaccines to some of the hardest to reach children in the world, starting with India and Nepal. Look out for him on BBC2 this Sunday evening.
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