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Eleven-month-old Muskaan Doom smiles while sitting on a table in the Immunization Room at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh. Her mother, Raj Nandini, is an employee at AMC.
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
Sahro Mohamed Haile holds her grandson after he has been vaccinated against polio in Hamar Jajab district in Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday 27 0ctober 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed what is at stake when communities do not have the protective shield of immunization against an infectious disease. When vaccines are available, they are the most effective tool to prevent dangerous disease outbreaks.
Staying informed about their benefits and understanding the risks of not getting vaccinated has never been so important. Community mobilizers play an instrumental role in this.
During the recent polio immunization campaign, 8 951 vaccinators went from door to door and 3,390 community mobilizers sensitized the target communities. The two-part campaign, organized by the federal Ministry of Health, UNICEF and WHO, reached more than a million children under the age of five in south and central regions of Somalia.
Credit: UNICEF Somalia
Lady Health Supervisor, Lipika Sonawal Saikia, explains the importance and demonstrates the usage of Oral Rehydration Salt to the mothers visiting Greenwood Tea Estate Hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam, for the routine immunization of their babies.
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Lady Health Supervisor, Lipika Sonawal Saikia, explains the importance and demonstrates the usage of Oral Rehydration Salt to the mothers visiting for the routine immunization of their babies at Greenwood Tea Estate Hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam.
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A chart on immunization and family well-being seen in the background as Lipi Konwar, a nurse at Dibrugarh Urban Health Center, Assam, leaves the center after getting her seven-month-old son, Niyor Chetia, vaccinated.
Alessia Turco, UNICEF Guinea Deputy Representative vaccinating Djegnalen Doumbouya, 21 months. Siguiri, Guinea, Round 0 in a series of 3 national immunization campaigns. Since 9 August, Guinea has recorded 8 cases of poliovirus variant 2 (PVDV2) polio. In response to this outbreak, UNICEF, through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), is supporting the Government of Guinea in its response to the epidemic by launching a series of 3 national immunization campaigns.
UNICEF, WHO and GAVI went to Siguiri on 8 September to join the Ministry of Health in launching the first round of National Polio Immunization Campaign (Round 0) in Guinea. The first round (Round 0) of this immunization campaign targets children aged 0-59 months, an estimated 582,159 children in the Siguiri health district, as well as in the 4 neighboring districts of Siguiri, including 3 in the Kankan region (Mandiana, Kouroussa, Kankan) and 1 district in the Faranah region (Dinguiraye).
In Siguiri, Dr. Mamadou Péthé Diallo, Minister of Health, and UNICEF symbolically vaccinated a few children in front of communities and the media, officially launching the national immunization campaigns and urging parents to have their children immunized against polio, while reminding them that the vaccine is free, safe and effective.
UNICEF in Guinea participates in the implementation of immunization campaigns, supports routine immunization activities and health services, provides vaccines and logistical support to ensure that vaccines reach all children, even in the most remote areas, and supports awareness raising and community mobilization.
The second round (Round 1) is scheduled for September 22-25, 2023 and will include all 38 health districts in Guinea. The third round (Round 2) is scheduled for October 20-23, 2023, and will also include all 38 health districts in Guinea. To address the intense circulation of the virus in the West Africa region, the next two rounds of this polio immunization campaign will be synchronized with other countries in the sub-region, particularly Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mali, to ensure adequate coverage of populations living at the borders of these countries.
2009: A baby receives an immunization at a clinic run by 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.
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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.
Governor Pat McCrory signs House Bill 832 on July 3, 2013, to expand North Carolina pharmacists' authority to give immunizations. Former resident and current preceptor Ashley Branham (in black and white, to the right of McCrory) and preceptor Ouita Davis Gatton (short hair, to the immediate right of Branham) were present for the signing.