Medical work and immunisation programmes
The Save the Children Fund (SCF) has worked to provide medical care to those in need, and this strand of work has been particularly emphasised after the Second World War. As well as providing emergency medical care for displaced persons, the Fund also established primary health care centres, mother and child health units, community health care provision, and supported the work of hospitals. In addition to this, SCF played a major role in the expansion of immunisation, both participating in the World Health Organisation’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation, and establishing the STOP Polio programme in 1979.
Image: This report details the work of medical professionals in Nigeria, including one of the Save the Children Fund’s early immunisation programmes. Page 1 of 4. Finding number: SCF/OP/4/NIG/9
Medical work and immunisation programmes
The Save the Children Fund (SCF) has worked to provide medical care to those in need, and this strand of work has been particularly emphasised after the Second World War. As well as providing emergency medical care for displaced persons, the Fund also established primary health care centres, mother and child health units, community health care provision, and supported the work of hospitals. In addition to this, SCF played a major role in the expansion of immunisation, both participating in the World Health Organisation’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation, and establishing the STOP Polio programme in 1979.
Image: This report details the work of medical professionals in Nigeria, including one of the Save the Children Fund’s early immunisation programmes. Page 1 of 4. Finding number: SCF/OP/4/NIG/9