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Governorates of Sanaa
The Ministry of Health today launched a national polio immunization campaign that will run until next Thursday and will target 2.7 million children under five years old.
The campaign, the first after the declaration of polio release in Syria, has been renewed for the last thirty-three years: until 1945, a health center, 2,600 mobile teams, 8,601 health workers and 128 volunteers.
The ministry confirmed in a statement that the vaccine was safe and one of the best in the world and had no adverse side effects on the child's health, urging parents to take their children to school. health center or the nearest mobile team to give them the vaccine for free.
According to the director of health, Dr. Ramz Orfali, 230,000 and 500 children under five in 38 health centers and 185 mobile teams covering all neighborhoods and 300 children's gardens with the participation of 720 agents announced the vaccine campaign in Damascus.
In a statement to SANA, Orfali said mobile teams moving from house to house will reach areas recently re-established to provide security and stability and ensure coverage for all children under five, as well as centers. visits and gatherings of temporary residents, referring to contacts with neighborhood and Mukhtar committees. All parents campaign with the distribution of paintings and brochures on stores, pharmacies, streets and squares.
In the Damascus campaign, the director of health, Dr. Yassin Na's, said in a similar statement that the campaign targeted more than 343,000 children in 134 health centers and 388 mobile teams and the participation of 39, about 1300 trained health workers.
The campaign was monitored by the Al-Qatifah Health Center where the Public Health Officer of the Rural Health Directorate of Damascus, Dr Suheir Jumaa, said that Syria's statement was polio-free and meant no not stop vaccination campaigns that would continue to maintain this achievement, immunize all children and ensure their safety. In all health centers and do not have side effects and that simple heat, diarrhea, cough and cough do not prevent it from giving.
Dr. Hassan Amr said the campaign targeted 48,000 children in 90 health centers, 6 discounted points, 3 national hospitals and 26 mobile teams.
Daraa's health, according to its director, Dr. Ashraf Barmou, has awarded 400 permanent and mobile health items for the vaccination of 145,000 children.
While the health of Quneitra and its director, Dr. Awad Al-Ali, was preparing to reach 55,000 children through their health centers and mobile teams in the governorate and IDP communities living in remote areas. rural areas of Damascus.
In Homs, 79 health centers and 33 mobile teams have been preparing to vaccinate about 177,000 children, said the head of the Division of Children and Immunization in the Health Directorate, Ahmad Balul.
According to its director, Dr. Ziad Haj Taha, Aleppo has equipped all health centers in the countryside and the city, as well as mobile teams trained to vaccinate 400,000 children.
In Lattakia, the campaign targets 124,500 children, and Dr. Wafaa Haloum, director of the program at the Health Directorate, has indicated 102 health centers supported by 70 mobile teams serving isolated neighborhoods.
The Tartous campaign brought together 667 health workers trained in 134 health centers and 30 mobile teams to vaccinate 118,000 children, said its director, Dr. Ahmed Ammar.
In Hama, the director of her state of health, Dr. Jihad Aaboura, said that nearly 299,000 children were targeted by the campaign. 125 health centers and 58 mobile teams were equipped to vaccinate them and cover the campaign. Edlib is a publisher next to the province.
According to its director, Dr. Mohammed Rashad, 45 health centers and 60 mobile teams have been set up to lead the campaign targeting 237,000 children under five, including 7,000 in camps and shelters. temporary.
In Deir Al-Zour, Dr. Akram Al-Jouri, deputy director of health, said the campaign targeted 234,000 vaccinated children and girls in 28 fixed centers and 34 mobile centers covering the entire governorate area.
In Al-Raqqa, the director of health, Dr Jamal Al-Issa, said the campaign targeted 182,000 vaccinated children in 28 centers and 28 mobile teams.
The World Health Organization announced that by the end of 2018, Syria would again be polio-free based on a field assessment between the absence of virus isolation for longer of one year, which was considered a victory for public health at the regional and global levels and by the Ministry of Health, followed by a national plan to prevent its return. Implement vaccination campaigns and strengthen the routine immunization program.
It should be noted that Syria declared for the first time that it was polio-free in 1995, following several cases of transmission of wild Pakistani virus caused by armed terrorist groups, and launched the Ministry of Health followed by a series of national vaccination campaigns aimed at reducing the transmission of the virus. Since 2014, no new cases have been reported. But the disease came back in June 2017 after the registration of mutant virus infections at Deir Ezzor to follow the Ministry of Immunization Campaigns, which has now covered 29 national campaigns.
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Daraa
Quneitra
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Homs
Hama
Deir Al-Zour
Lattakia
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