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Health Extension Worker Mariam Kegne prepares a vaccine at the Mindikru IDP site. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
Sinovac Biotech, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, has said that their Covid-19 vaccine will work 99 per cent sure. Updates china track recent corona virus vaccine. Less than six months after the world first learned of the novel corona virus (SARS- CoV 2) in Wuhan , China, more than 110 teams are currently in contention, speeding up efforts to produce a ready-made vaccine. In India, too, many vaccines are in the development phase, and medicinal trials are also underway for treatment. The reason behind the rush is a staggering number of cases involving Covid-19 (past 6 million) and death tolls (over 350,000 globally). As of May 27 there are 151,876 cases of corona in India alone.Large pharmaceutical companies such as Gilead Sciences, Pfizer and Moderna are racing to find a successful vaccine, among others. In India, Patanjali from Ramdev also joined the race in developing a corona virus vaccine.
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Participants from UN Foundation discussing with community leaders and mothers at Togwajale Health Center, Jigjiga, Somali Regional State ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Nahom Tesfaye
A child reacts as she is given an injection of vaccination by a healthcare worker, during a day of the Routine EPI program at Hpa An MCH, Hpa An, Kayin State, Myanmar.
Women & children queue up at a camp in Dananpur, Bihar for the vaccination of their infants & children under the Mission Indradhanush initiatives.
Mission Indradhanush was launched by Union Health Minister J.P Nadda on December 25, 2014. It aims to immunize all children against seven vaccine preventable diseases namely diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B by 2020. The Ministry will be technically supported by WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International and other donor partners. Mass media, interpersonal communication, and sturdy mechanisms of monitoring and evaluating the scheme are crucial components of Mission Indradhanush.
UNICEF has taken the initiatives to take on the campaign and make sure to immunize every child who had been left out earlier. The mission foresee to immunize children from 65% to 90% under this mission.
Photo: UNICEF/India/Shome Basu.
The woreda 03 health center in Addis Ababa is conducting routine immunization on 21 May 2020.
The health workers are vaccinating children below 24
months to protect them from other serious diseases.
The parents and health workers are implementing measures to be safe by wearing face masks, limiting the
number of people in waiting area to keep social distancing. UNICEFEthiopia/2020/Tewodros Tadesse
As a part of her routine immunization, Yusuf Akhlaque’s one-year-old daughter, Aisha Fatima, is being administered inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) injection by Lady Health Supervisor, Kunja Baruah, at Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh. Two and a half years ago, Yusuf Akhlaque’s elder son, Aashir (now aged four and a half, not seen), had suffered from rotavirus, causing severe diarrhea and vomiting. He had not been vaccinated against the disease and was treated at a private hospital. After being informed by the doctor that this could have been prevented through vaccination, Yusuf Akhlaque and his wife Saika Faiyaz now get their daughtervaccinated as prescribed on a timely basis
A child receives a deworming tablet during a campaign at Aba Yohannes village. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
Awareness-raising message for free immunization painted on the outside wall of the health center in the convergence commune of Kobéla, Nzérékoré region, Guinea. UNICEF Guinea country office in collaboration with UNICEF WCARO regional office and UNICEF New York headquarters, conducted a field mission in October 2022 to review the status of the effective implementation of primary health care and the Child Friendly Communities (CFC) initiative in Nzérékoré region, Guinea.
The administrative region of Nzérékoré, located in the southeast of Guinea, 954 km from the capital Conakry, includes 6 health districts and has an estimated total population of approximately 2 million inhabitants. The epidemiological profile of this region is characterized by outbreaks of epidemics, including cases of measles, Ebola virus disease, Lassa hemorrhagic fever, and Marburg. Over the past two decades, the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene in Guinea has been committed to making maternal, newborn, and child health a priority. However, insufficient progress has been made based on the results of the DHS from 1999 to 2018. There has been a slight decrease in neonatal mortality rates from 48 to 32 per 1,000 live births, infant and child mortality from 177 per 1,000 to 111 deaths per 1,000 live births, and infant mortality from 98 deaths to 67 per 1,000 in 2018. Only 27% of children under 5 years of age sleep under Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs). 55% of children under 5 with diarrhea received treatment with Oral Rehydration Solutions (ORS) and only 22% with ORS-Zinc. Only 83% of children with Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) received treatment or counseling and 30% on the same day. Only 24% of children aged 12-23 months received all vaccinations with persistent measles outbreaks. Low rate of exclusive breastfeeding 33%. High prevalence of stunting at 30%, 9% are emaciated or acutely malnourished and 16% are underweight. Low level of sanitation, 52% of households have an improved sanitation facility. The Ministry of Health's main strategy for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is based on primary health care. In 2018, UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene (MSHP) operationalized this new policy in 40 communes known as convergence communes with the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MATD).
The woreda 03 health center in Addis Ababa is conducting routine immunization on 21 May 2020.
The health workers are vaccinating children below 24
months to protect them from other serious diseases.
The parents and health workers are implementing measures to be safe by wearing face masks, limiting the
number of people in waiting area to keep social distancing. UNICEFEthiopia/2020/Tewodros Tadesse
H.E Dr Kebede Worku, State Minister of Health, discussing about the importance of the SDD refrigerators with Ms Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia and Ms Maocura Oulare, chief of Health, UNICEF Ethiopia. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2018/Mulugeta Ayene
Immunization prevents 2.5 million deaths every year. Air cargo is critical in flying vaccines to their destination in time to be effective.
Health Extension Worker Mariam Kegne collects vaccines at Sekota Health Center and heads to the Mindikru IDP site. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
Pulse Polio Immunization of children being done on 4th of July 2010 as part of National project in New Delhi India. Venue is Health Post of Rotary Club of Delhi Panchshila Park
Visita de profissionais de saúde às residências de moradores das comunidades ribeirinhas de Mazagão, Ilha de Santana e Macapá, no estado do Amapá, região norte do Brasil, para vacinação contra o sarampo.
Visita de profesionales de la salud a los hogares de los habitantes de las comunidades ribereñas de Mazagão, Ilha de Santana y Macapá, en el estado de Amapá, región norte de Brasil, para la vacunación contra el sarampión.
Foto: Karina Zambrana - OPAS/OMS
A women with her 18 months old child has come at a camp in Danapur in Bihar for immunization organized by ministry of Health under the umbrella of Mission Indradhanush. Mission Indradhanush was launched by Union Health Minister J.P Nadda on December 25, 2014. It aims to immunize all children against seven vaccine preventable diseases namely diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B by 2020. The Ministry will be technically supported by WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International and other donor partners. Mass media, interpersonal communication, and sturdy mechanisms of monitoring and evaluating the scheme are crucial components of Mission Indradhanush. UNICEF has taken the initiatives to take on the campaign and make sure to immunize every child who had been left out earlier. The mission foresee to immunize children from 65% to 90% under this mission.
Photo: UNICEF/India/Shome Basu.
A child receives a vitamin A supplementation during a campaign at Aba Yohannes village. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
A child is being screened at the Mindikru IDP site near the town of Sekota. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
Visita de profissionais de saúde às residências de moradores das comunidades ribeirinhas de Mazagão, Ilha de Santana e Macapá, no estado do Amapá, região norte do Brasil, para vacinação contra o sarampo.
Visita de profesionales de la salud a los hogares de los habitantes de las comunidades ribereñas de Mazagão, Ilha de Santana y Macapá, en el estado de Amapá, región norte de Brasil, para la vacunación contra el sarampión.
Foto: Karina Zambrana - OPAS/OMS
All British Columbians are encouraged to get immunized and reduce the chance of getting the flu and passing it on to others.The influenza vaccine will be available throughout the province by early November at public health clinics, physicians’ offices, travel clinics and pharmacies.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016HLTH0075-002094
A child is being vaccinated for measles at the Mindikru IDP site near the town of Sekota. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
18-year-old Tejnesh Haile brings her four-month-old child Abbe Wolde for vaccination at the Mindikru IDP site. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
The 13th Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) will be celebrated from April 25th to May 2nd, 2015. The regional slogan for VWA 2015 is “Boost your power! Get vaccinated!” Vaccines are weakened or killed pathogens that help your immune system fight diseases. Vaccines do not make you sick, but prepare your body to fight off disease when exposed to full strength pathogens in the future. Vaccines boost the power of your immune system and fight off more than 20 different vaccine-preventable diseases. To read more on how vaccines boost your power, check out: www.paho.org/vwa/
Visita de profissionais de saúde às residências de moradores das comunidades ribeirinhas de Mazagão, Ilha de Santana e Macapá, no estado do Amapá, região norte do Brasil, para vacinação contra o sarampo.
Visita de profesionales de la salud a los hogares de los habitantes de las comunidades ribereñas de Mazagão, Ilha de Santana y Macapá, en el estado de Amapá, región norte de Brasil, para la vacunación contra el sarampión.
Foto: Karina Zambrana - OPAS/OMS
Participants from UN Foundation Visit Dire health center Bishoftu, Oromia Region Tuesday, 6 August 2019. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Mulugeta Ayene
Area: Chandmari Juggi, Vijaynagar District: Ghaziabad, State: Uttar Pradesh Country: India, 22nd March 2017 .
Naazma Begum mobilizes mothers and children from their homes to attend a routine immunization session at the local anganwadi in the Chandmari Juggi. 27-year-old Naazma Begum along with her husband Mohhammed Avrakh reside in a 100 sq.feet plot of land covered by blue and yellow plastic supported by bamboo sticks. In order to survive Naazma picks rags from garbage dumps and construction sites, sometimes travelling around 8 to 10 kilometers a day. Typically her day starts at 4:00 am, and sometimes can extend till late evenings. After picking useful items out of garbage she comes back to her slum colony and sorts out the various pieces of junk collected. Plastic, metals, glass and other items are separated and sold. Children, young and old participate in this activity. The sorted items would then be sold to a “Kabadi Wala” ( Wholesale Junk Shop).
On certain days Naazma does not go for her morning rounds of rag picking. This does affects her household economically. Her husband a magician doing shows for a living does not have a steady stream of income. In spite of the circumstances Naazma on these mornings goes house to house motivating young mothers from her community to take their children for routine immunization sessions organized in her locality by the National Health Mission.
An inspiration to many, Naazma sometimes has tough time convincing her friends to take their children. Excuses ranging from, “We don’t have time’, “the child will get fever “ are common in her community. Naazma patiently explains the dangers caused due to lack of vaccination and its necessity in today’s life to every household. Her effort along with the support of Community Mobilization Coordinator and Block Mobilization Coordinator has led to a massive increase in the children immunized in Vijaynagar Ghaziabad.
A Maasai man from northern Tanzania holds an instrument used for tagging the ears of animals immunized against East Coast fever (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).
A child is being screened at the Mindikru IDP site near the town of Sekota. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
The woreda 03 health center in Addis Ababa is conducting routine immunization on 21 May 2020.
The health workers are vaccinating children below 24
months to protect them from other serious diseases.
The parents and health workers are implementing measures to be safe by wearing face masks, limiting the
number of people in waiting area to keep social distancing. UNICEFEthiopia/2020/Tewodros Tadesse
ANM immunizes a pregnant woman inside at health center in Aurangabad..Immunisation is one of the most successful public health initiatives. Each year, globally, vaccines avert an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths from life threatening diseases that disproportionally affect children, 400,000 in India where the Ministry of Health carries out the largest immunisation operation in the world, reaching 27 million infants and 30 million pregnant women annually. Under Mission Indradhanush, the Health Ministry has identified 201 high focus districts across the country that have the highest number of partially vaccinated and unvaccinated children. Nearly 50% of all unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children are in these 201 districts. Of the 201 districts, 82 districts are concentrated in the four states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and nearly 25% of the unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children of India are in 82 districts of these four states. These districts will be targeted for intensive efforts to improve the routine immunization coverage in the country. The ultimate goal is to protect all children and pregnant women against vaccine preventable diseases in India.
UNICEF India/2016/Dhiraj Singh.
Dhiraj Singh's photo coverage in Aurangabad, Maharashtra on activities at Anganwadi, school sanitation to support Team Swachh.
Participants from UN Foundation discussing with community leaders and mothers at Togwajale Health Center, Jigjiga, Somali Regional State ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Nahom Tesfaye
Bethlehem Worku arranges vaccines for Health Extension Worker Mariam Kegne at Sekota Health Centre. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
Pontevedra Regional Health Unit conducts immunization assisted by IOM and AmeriCares (29 Jan). © IOM 2014 (Photo by Alan Motus)
Mariam Yusuph holds her one-day old child while the oral polio vaccine is being administered at Mtibwa health facility in Morogoro region, Tanzania.
Morogoro Region in Tanzania has improved its routine immunization performance following a number of initiatives undertaken by regional authorities and development partners, including USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership. MOMENTUM supported the region to use an approach called ‘Periodic Intensification of Routine Immunization’ — which uses time-limited and intermittent vaccine campaigns to administer routine vaccinations to under-vaccinated populations – to identify children who missed routine vaccines and those who didn't complete the full vaccine schedule.
Photo credit: Frank Kimaro/Jhpiego
18-year-old Tejnesh Haile brings her four-month-old child Abbe Wolde for vaccination at the Mindikru IDP site. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
18-year-old Tejnesh Haile brings her four-month-old child Abbe Wolde for vaccination at the Mindikru IDP site. In early May, UNICEF supported a vaccination campaign in IDP sites and villages affected by conflict in the Waghimra zone of the Amhara region. Along with the campaign, children and pregnant women were also screened for their nutrition status. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene
Mothers carrying babies wash their hands on arrival at the Maternal and Child Health Centre in Hamar-Jajab district of Mogadishu, Somalia, on 19 September 2020. The Somali federal Ministry of Health, supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), and Gavi, recently concluded a mass measles and polio immunization campaign. Nearly half a million children in Mogadishu and Benadir region can now hope for healthier and productive lives, thanks to the UN-supported immunization exercise. UN Photo/Mukhtar Nuur
New Delhi, 27 July: To mark India's landmark achievement of being certified polio-free, UNICEF celebrated with megastar Amitabh Bachchan who as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio, has played a critical role in mobilizing mass support for India's polio immunization campaign. Over 1000 men and women from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar's "Social Mobilization Network" (SmNet) came together for the event presided by the Hon'ble Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, UNICEF India Representative , Mr Louis Georges Arsenault and superstar Amitabh Bacchan. The evening paid tribute to the Vaccinators and Mobilizers who worked tirelessly in the diverse and remote parts of the country, ensuring that every child under age 5 was immunized.
Memento presented to the dignitaries on the dais is displayed for the media.WHO Representative to India, Dr Nata Menabde,megastar and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio Mr.Amitabh Bachchan, UNICEF India Representative, Mr Louis Georges Arsenault , Hon'ble Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan,and Rotary International past president, Mr Kalyan Banerjee.
Area: Chandmari Juggi, Vijaynagar District: Ghaziabad, State: Uttar Pradesh Country: India, 22nd March 2017 .
Naazma Begum mobilizes mothers and children from their homes to attend a routine immunization session at the local anganwadi in the Chandmari Juggi. 27-year-old Naazma Begum along with her husband Mohhammed Avrakh reside in a 100 sq.feet plot of land covered by blue and yellow plastic supported by bamboo sticks. In order to survive Naazma picks rags from garbage dumps and construction sites, sometimes travelling around 8 to 10 kilometers a day. Typically her day starts at 4:00 am, and sometimes can extend till late evenings. After picking useful items out of garbage she comes back to her slum colony and sorts out the various pieces of junk collected. Plastic, metals, glass and other items are separated and sold. Children, young and old participate in this activity. The sorted items would then be sold to a “Kabadi Wala” ( Wholesale Junk Shop).
On certain days Naazma does not go for her morning rounds of rag picking. This does affects her household economically. Her husband a magician doing shows for a living does not have a steady stream of income. In spite of the circumstances Naazma on these mornings goes house to house motivating young mothers from her community to take their children for routine immunization sessions organized in her locality by the National Health Mission.
An inspiration to many, Naazma sometimes has tough time convincing her friends to take their children. Excuses ranging from, “We don’t have time’, “the child will get fever “ are common in her community. Naazma patiently explains the dangers caused due to lack of vaccination and its necessity in today’s life to every household. Her effort along with the support of Community Mobilization Coordinator and Block Mobilization Coordinator has led to a massive increase in the children immunized in Vijaynagar Ghaziabad.
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Dante NavarroDelorosa, a corpsman with Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to service members at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2020. Navy Medical Center San Diego and NHCP were selected by the DOD's COVID Task Force to receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine based on recommendations from the military services and U.S. Coast Guard, to best support several criteria to include anticipated supply chain requirements, such as cold and bulk storage facilities and sufficient medical personnel to administer vaccines and actively monitor vaccine recipients. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)
220104-N-OX321-1059 NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy (Jan. 4, 2022) Hospitalman Hector Conde, a San Antonio, Texas native attached to U.S. Naval Medial Readiness and Training Command Sigonella, grabs a vaccine vile from the immunization office’s refrigeration unit, Jan. 4, 2022. Conde was selected by his command to be highlighted in the “In the Spotlight” feature of Naval Air Station Sigonella’s base paper, The Signature. NAS Sigonella’s strategic location enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to deploy and respond as required, ensuring security and stability in Europe, Africa and Central Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kegan E. Kay)
I have a million things to get done before I leave, appointments to go to, immunizations to get, money to exchange, a visa to get, and so on. Busy, busy, busy. Then I found something out that I wasn’t expecting to have to deal with, at least not right now.
I found out that my father, who I haven’t seen or spoken to in over 9 years, had to have a triple bypass heart surgery and some toes amputated. It was a shock I wasn’t expecting. And I know that he has wanted to get back in touch with me for well over a year. I’m so unsure about it all. I haven’t heard from him in so long. He was never really around. He and my Mom separated when I was 11. And he was sporadically involved in my little brother and my lives after that. The last time I saw him was at my little brother’s funeral. He doesn’t really know me, he wasn’t a big part of my life really, and he was never there when I could have needed him.
So now I really have to think about this. I have heard that he has cleaned up, and was actually doing well. Which is great. Good for him. But do I want to see him? Do I want to try again? Is he really going to try or do I have to go through that disappointment again? Could I handle going being let down again? Do I need closure or do I want to actually try to have some sort of relationship with him? I really don’t know…I don’t know at all…