Without access to syringes, rolling out the vaccine would have been impossible in Ecuador.

After identifying the administration of the vaccine was hampered due to a shortage of syringes, a partnership was formed between the Cámara de Minería del Ecuador (Chamber of Mines of Ecuador) and Newcrest.

Four million syringes were procured through the CSF assisting the Ecuadorian government with the vaccination rollout. The syringes were distributed to the government via a private initiative called United for Ecuador, a collection of businesses and industry chambers coordinating all donations between the private sector and the government, ensuring transparency across all the steps of procurement and delivery.