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Mother being immunized against tetanus at an outreach activity by health worker.
Project: Enabling Access to Health: Increasing Community involvement, participation and Responsibility towards Maternal and Child Health (Uganda)
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Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Supported by WHO and UNICEF Kicks Off in Iraq
11 August 2014 – Iraq has launched a polio immunization campaign aiming to protect over four million children under the age of 5 throughout the country against the crippling disease.
The four-day campaign, undertaken by the Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and UNICEF, is part of the national response to the re-emergence of the polio virus earlier this year which ended nearly 14 years of Iraq's polio-free status.
“This campaign comes at a critical time while the country is witnessing a huge internal exodus of children fleeing violence and turmoil,” said Marzio Babille, UNICEF Iraq Representative. “This is a top priority for UNICEF. No child should be missed. No child should be paralysed.”
The campaign aims to reach children in conflict zones, displaced communities and host populations. The on-going violence in the country has precipitated the internal displacement of nearly 1.2 million people since the beginning of the year. Almost 200,000 have been displaced only in the last three days alone. UNICEF estimates half of that number are children.
“As the violence spreads, children are being displaced up to three times with their families, often living in overcrowded conditions where they are at a much higher risk of contracting infectious diseases,” said Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Iraq Representative. “WHO is working with the national health authorities and partners to ensure that the health of all vulnerable populations, especially children, is protected against diseases like Polio.”
With two cases of polio in Iraq and a relatively high number of unvaccinated children due to difficulties in accessing families and children, especially in conflict zones and due to social reservations, Iraq has now become vulnerable to a wider outbreak of the crippling and incurable disease. WHO and UNICEF are helping health authorities reach children in 12 governorates, including the three governorates in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq where approximately 250,000 Iraqi children and 125,000 Syrian children have taken refuge.
“Iraq is one of seven countries included in a consolidated polio response plan by WHO and UNICEF that aims to reach 25 million children in the region with repeated doses of the vaccine. Everything possible must be done to reach all children and end polio forever,” said Chris Maher, WHO manager for polio eradication.
For more Information, please contact:
Juliette Touma, on mission to UNICEF Iraq, jtouma@unicef.org, +964-780-9-288-265 or +962-79-867-4628
Karim El-Korany, UNICEF Iraq, kelkorany@unicef.org, +964-780-92-585-42
Bahaaeldin Elkoussy, WHO polio programme, elkoussyb@who.int, +201006019316
Ajyal Al-Sultany, WHO Iraq, sultanya@who.int, +964 7809 269 506
Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Supported by WHO and UNICEF Kicks Off in Iraq
11 August 2014 – Iraq has launched a polio immunization campaign aiming to protect over four million children under the age of 5 throughout the country against the crippling disease.
The four-day campaign, undertaken by the Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and UNICEF, is part of the national response to the re-emergence of the polio virus earlier this year which ended nearly 14 years of Iraq's polio-free status.
“This campaign comes at a critical time while the country is witnessing a huge internal exodus of children fleeing violence and turmoil,” said Marzio Babille, UNICEF Iraq Representative. “This is a top priority for UNICEF. No child should be missed. No child should be paralysed.”
The campaign aims to reach children in conflict zones, displaced communities and host populations. The on-going violence in the country has precipitated the internal displacement of nearly 1.2 million people since the beginning of the year. Almost 200,000 have been displaced only in the last three days alone. UNICEF estimates half of that number are children.
“As the violence spreads, children are being displaced up to three times with their families, often living in overcrowded conditions where they are at a much higher risk of contracting infectious diseases,” said Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Iraq Representative. “WHO is working with the national health authorities and partners to ensure that the health of all vulnerable populations, especially children, is protected against diseases like Polio.”
With two cases of polio in Iraq and a relatively high number of unvaccinated children due to difficulties in accessing families and children, especially in conflict zones and due to social reservations, Iraq has now become vulnerable to a wider outbreak of the crippling and incurable disease. WHO and UNICEF are helping health authorities reach children in 12 governorates, including the three governorates in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq where approximately 250,000 Iraqi children and 125,000 Syrian children have taken refuge.
“Iraq is one of seven countries included in a consolidated polio response plan by WHO and UNICEF that aims to reach 25 million children in the region with repeated doses of the vaccine. Everything possible must be done to reach all children and end polio forever,” said Chris Maher, WHO manager for polio eradication.
For more Information, please contact:
Juliette Touma, on mission to UNICEF Iraq, jtouma@unicef.org, +964-780-9-288-265 or +962-79-867-4628
Karim El-Korany, UNICEF Iraq, kelkorany@unicef.org, +964-780-92-585-42
Bahaaeldin Elkoussy, WHO polio programme, elkoussyb@who.int, +201006019316
Ajyal Al-Sultany, WHO Iraq, sultanya@who.int, +964 7809 269 506
Busia, Kenya is one of the poorest districts in Kenya and has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. AMREF is implementing a maternal and child health program that is assisting nearly 50,000 women and more than 31,000 children under age five. It integrates maternal and newborn care, malaria prevention, and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. The project is a partnership between AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) and Busia DHMT (District Health Management Team), the local department of the Kenyan Ministry of Health. Here is a photo of a young girl from Busia who has come to a clinic where AMREF has trained health staff and has received a free bednet and gotten her immunizations.
Ashma Khatun has brought her six-week-old son, Arfan Hussain, to Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh for his routine immunization as Lady Health Supervisor, Kunja Baruah, prepares his vaccination card.
Ministry of health workers on Nicaragua's east coast unload cold-storage containers that were used in immunization outreach earlier in the day.
Photo: Miguel Alvarez.
(Left to Right)
Ann Sammons, Raleigh County Board of Education;
First Lady Gayle Manchin;
Tim Allman, WV Immunization Network; Co-Chair
Photo by Martin Valent, West Virginia Legislative Photography
The Polio Immunization Campaign targets particularly southern provinces, like Farah, Helmand, and Kandahar.
The Ministry of Public Health and its international partners have decided to join efforts together with the local communities to fight the ongoing spread of polio, particularly in security- compromised areas. WHO and UNICEF are contributing technical and financial assistance to the Ministry of Public Health for the optimum implementation of the campaign.
Photo: Fraidoon Poya/UNAMA.
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A Nurse give with vaccine to the children during the opening Ceremony of Central level launch of the introduction of Rota Vaccine into the routine immunization Programme at Hlaing Thar Yar Township Hall on February 01,2020.
Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Supported by WHO and UNICEF Kicks Off in Iraq
11 August 2014 – Iraq has launched a polio immunization campaign aiming to protect over four million children under the age of 5 throughout the country against the crippling disease.
The four-day campaign, undertaken by the Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and UNICEF, is part of the national response to the re-emergence of the polio virus earlier this year which ended nearly 14 years of Iraq's polio-free status.
“This campaign comes at a critical time while the country is witnessing a huge internal exodus of children fleeing violence and turmoil,” said Marzio Babille, UNICEF Iraq Representative. “This is a top priority for UNICEF. No child should be missed. No child should be paralysed.”
The campaign aims to reach children in conflict zones, displaced communities and host populations. The on-going violence in the country has precipitated the internal displacement of nearly 1.2 million people since the beginning of the year. Almost 200,000 have been displaced only in the last three days alone. UNICEF estimates half of that number are children.
“As the violence spreads, children are being displaced up to three times with their families, often living in overcrowded conditions where they are at a much higher risk of contracting infectious diseases,” said Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Iraq Representative. “WHO is working with the national health authorities and partners to ensure that the health of all vulnerable populations, especially children, is protected against diseases like Polio.”
With two cases of polio in Iraq and a relatively high number of unvaccinated children due to difficulties in accessing families and children, especially in conflict zones and due to social reservations, Iraq has now become vulnerable to a wider outbreak of the crippling and incurable disease. WHO and UNICEF are helping health authorities reach children in 12 governorates, including the three governorates in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq where approximately 250,000 Iraqi children and 125,000 Syrian children have taken refuge.
“Iraq is one of seven countries included in a consolidated polio response plan by WHO and UNICEF that aims to reach 25 million children in the region with repeated doses of the vaccine. Everything possible must be done to reach all children and end polio forever,” said Chris Maher, WHO manager for polio eradication.
For more Information, please contact:
Juliette Touma, on mission to UNICEF Iraq, jtouma@unicef.org, +964-780-9-288-265 or +962-79-867-4628
Karim El-Korany, UNICEF Iraq, kelkorany@unicef.org, +964-780-92-585-42
Bahaaeldin Elkoussy, WHO polio programme, elkoussyb@who.int, +201006019316
Ajyal Al-Sultany, WHO Iraq, sultanya@who.int, +964 7809 269 506
Eleven-month-old Muskaan Doom, daughter of Raj Nandini, an employee at Assam Medical College (AMC), smiles while sitting on a table in theImmunization Room at AMC. Her parents follow timely immunization routine to ensure her health is not compromised.
Staff Sgt. Derrick Reynolds, a 71st Medical Operations Squadron technician, vaccinates an Airman at the immunizations section of the clinic at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 4. During the current flu campaign, the 71st MDOS was first in Air Education and Training Command to vaccinate 90 percent of their wing and remain tops in wing coverage with 99.2 percent of eligible Team Vance Airmen vaccinated. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
October 12, 2010. At the Regina Armory on Elphinstone Street this morning, Pat Good (left), Norma Ash, Phyllis Jackman, and Lois Sherwin (right) help get people registered for their free influenza vaccination. Normally the flu shot is only offered for free to high risk individuals, but because the flu is a strain of H1N1 this season, the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region is giving out the vaccinations to everyone for free this week.
2009: A Nigerian health worker administers vaccine to infant as part of the USAID-funded IMMUNIZATION Basics project. JSI implements this project to increase the ability of governments and collaborating organizations to deliver quality routine immunization services.
Photo: JSI/ Jenny Sequeira
Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Supported by WHO and UNICEF Kicks Off in Iraq
11 August 2014 – Iraq has launched a polio immunization campaign aiming to protect over four million children under the age of 5 throughout the country against the crippling disease.
The four-day campaign, undertaken by the Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and UNICEF, is part of the national response to the re-emergence of the polio virus earlier this year which ended nearly 14 years of Iraq's polio-free status.
“This campaign comes at a critical time while the country is witnessing a huge internal exodus of children fleeing violence and turmoil,” said Marzio Babille, UNICEF Iraq Representative. “This is a top priority for UNICEF. No child should be missed. No child should be paralysed.”
The campaign aims to reach children in conflict zones, displaced communities and host populations. The on-going violence in the country has precipitated the internal displacement of nearly 1.2 million people since the beginning of the year. Almost 200,000 have been displaced only in the last three days alone. UNICEF estimates half of that number are children.
“As the violence spreads, children are being displaced up to three times with their families, often living in overcrowded conditions where they are at a much higher risk of contracting infectious diseases,” said Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Iraq Representative. “WHO is working with the national health authorities and partners to ensure that the health of all vulnerable populations, especially children, is protected against diseases like Polio.”
With two cases of polio in Iraq and a relatively high number of unvaccinated children due to difficulties in accessing families and children, especially in conflict zones and due to social reservations, Iraq has now become vulnerable to a wider outbreak of the crippling and incurable disease. WHO and UNICEF are helping health authorities reach children in 12 governorates, including the three governorates in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq where approximately 250,000 Iraqi children and 125,000 Syrian children have taken refuge.
“Iraq is one of seven countries included in a consolidated polio response plan by WHO and UNICEF that aims to reach 25 million children in the region with repeated doses of the vaccine. Everything possible must be done to reach all children and end polio forever,” said Chris Maher, WHO manager for polio eradication.
For more Information, please contact:
Juliette Touma, on mission to UNICEF Iraq, jtouma@unicef.org, +964-780-9-288-265 or +962-79-867-4628
Karim El-Korany, UNICEF Iraq, kelkorany@unicef.org, +964-780-92-585-42
Bahaaeldin Elkoussy, WHO polio programme, elkoussyb@who.int, +201006019316
Ajyal Al-Sultany, WHO Iraq, sultanya@who.int, +964 7809 269 506
(Left to Right)
Tim Allman, WV Immunization Network Co-Chair;
Delegate Bonnie Brown;
Delegate Bobbie Hatfield;
Dr. Kerry Gateley, WV Immunization Network Co-Chair;
Sharon Lansdale, President and CEO, The Center for Rural Health Development;
First Lady Gayle Manchin;
Senator Ron Stollings;
Delegate Don Purdue;
Senator Dan Foster