COVID-19 Vaccine Facility No-Fault Compensation Scheme

The Covid-19 Vaccine Facility No-Fault Compensation Scheme, established to provide fair compensation to eligible vaccine recipients who suffer a Serious Adverse Event related to a COVID-19 vaccination that has been either:

• procured and/or delivered by UNICEF on a Participating Country’s behalf;
• donated to a Participating Country through UNICEF; or
• formally included into the Scheme (but otherwise procured and/or delivered but not by or through UNICEF),

as detailed in the Scheme Protocol and its Schedules.

A serious untoward medical occurrence that (i) is sustained or suffered by a Patient following the administration of a Vaccine, and (ii) results in an Injury, as evidenced by the supporting evidence, using the form in Schedule 3 of the Scheme’s Protocol, required to evaluate a Claim and that shall include:

A COVID-19 vaccine received in any Participating Country that is either: (i) procured and/or delivered by UNICEF on a Participating Country's behalf; (ii) donated to a Participating Country through UNICEF; or (iii) formally included into the Scheme (but otherwise procured and/or delivered but not by or through UNICEF), that:

1. either (A) has licensure or authorisation from a stringent (“functional”) regulatory authority or (B) has received WHO prequalification, following licensure or authorisation from a stringent (“functional”) regulatory authority, or (C) has been issued authorisation for emergency use based on licensure or authorisation by a stringent (“functional”) regulatory authority; and
2. is included in Schedule 1 of the Scheme’s Protocol, as updated from time to time; and
3. has received all required approvals and authorisations for importation, distribution and use in the relevant country; and
4. has not reached its Scope of Coverage Endpoint.

A written claim for compensation completed by a Claimant, using the Claim Form approved by and provided by the Administrator, as set forth in Schedule 2 of the Scheme’s Protocol, which must be accompanied by all Supporting Evidence.

The supporting evidence, using the form in Schedule 3 of the Scheme’s Protocol, required to evaluate a Claim and that shall include:

1. detailed medical documentation from a Registered Healthcare Professional describing the Injury and medical treatment required as a result of the Injury, together with details of any Hospitalisation or prolonged Hospitalisation, including but not limited to admission and discharge records;
2. a description of the nature, extent, functional impact and prognosis of the Injury, as assessed by the Registered Healthcare Professional.
3. a statement from the Registered Healthcare Professional that the Injury was, in the Registered Healthcare Professional’s opinion, the result of the Vaccine or its administration;
4. certification from a Registered Healthcare Professional of when, where and which Vaccine was administered;
5. in the case of death, a death certificate and any other documentation available from a Registered Healthcare Professional of the cause and manner of death; and
6. any further evidence that the Administrator may deem necessary to adjudicate the Claim and/or Receivable Claim, as applicable, guided, as appropriate, by the Scientific Advisory Committee, the Review Panel, and/or the Appeals Panel.