The WHO calls for accelerating efforts to reach nearly 5 million unvaccinated children

By hiring countries like India to save lives through their immunization programs, the WHO today asked countries in its Southeast Asian region to accelerate their efforts to reach nearly five million unvaccinated children. has about 37 million births every year, of which more than 88% of children now receive three doses of diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus (DPT) vaccines a year, an indicator of baseline immunization coverage, said 39, World Health Organization. "Equity and improved immunization coverage are key to preventing the resurgence of diseases, especially those that are eradicated with painstaking efforts, and to further reduce childhood illnesses and deaths. ", said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, inaugurating a three-day meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Immunization. [9002] In addition to India , the region includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, South Korea, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste

. Cultural and other obstacles to access immunization services, and to closely monitor these activities for progress, should be among our immediate priorities.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that many countries are making impressive efforts. India's Indradhanush mission is concentrated in 190 districts, the intensification of urban immunization in Myanmar targeting 29 municipalities, Nepal's efforts for full immunization at the sub-district level and the program twinning and awareness raising Community of Timor-Leste with Sri Lanka for capacity building. The officials of the immunization program

The health agency said that at the Bangladesh Cox's Bazaar, nine campaigns of more than 4.5 million doses of vaccines were administered to refugees Rohingya

. These efforts have prevented epidemics of deadly diseases such as cholera and measles, and have rapidly reduced the diphtheria epidemic among this vulnerable population. Thanks to the strengthened partnerships and ceaseless efforts of thousands of health workers and vaccinators, millions of lives have been saved in the Region, "said Mr. Singh

. Hepatitis B is developing with vaccination

The region continues to be polio-free and maintains its status of maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination Two countries – Bhutan and the Maldives – have eliminated measles, a flagship program of the WHO Regions for South-East Asia Although all countries have introduced two doses of measles and rubella vaccines into their schedule Immunization, vaccination campaigns against measles and rubella are expected to affect nearly 400 million children and adolescents in 2018-2019, said the WHO in a statement.

Singh said that these intensified efforts must be r Enforced and supported as the region seeks to be free from vaccine-preventable diseases, where all countries provide equitable access to quality vaccines and immunization services that are safe, effective and affordable. The meeting of the WHO-convened Technical Advisory Group on Immunization brings together international experts, representatives of national immunization technical advisory bodies and immunization program managers from Member States of the WHO Region. WHO for Southeast Asia. as well as partners and donors, such as UNICEF, the Centers for Disease Control of the United States and Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

. review ongoing efforts and challenges to reduce the burden of various vaccine-preventable diseases, and explore ways to strengthen routine immunization and measles elimination and control in member states. the region.