Al-Ittihad Newspaper – "Sharjah Medical": United Arab Emirates provides model for polio treatment

Ahmed Morsi (Sharjah)

Mohammed Abdullah Al Zarooni, director of the Sharjah Medical Region, said: "The UAE provides an outstanding global humanitarian model for polio control through its initiative to provide vaccines and dosages to needy countries.
"The results of the Pakistan vaccination campaign, which provided 346 million doses to more than 57 million children, are the best evidence of the UAE's efforts to reduce the spread of epidemics and prevent the spread of disease. adverse effects on the health of children in need.
The initiative of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces for the Eradication of Polio Worldwide, represents a concrete translation of the wise leaders' guidance to strengthen global efforts to eradicate epidemics and tangible and concrete evidence of US engagement to assist people in need and the poor and develop human development programs by addressing them to enable future generations to lead decent lives.
According to Zarouni, all health centers in the emirate regularly offer these vaccines to eligible children and are organized according to the presence of the population by region.
The Al-Qassimi Hospital for Women, Births and Children in Sharjah organized the activities of the International Polio Day, which took place yesterday, and was congratulated by the director general of the hospital, Ms. Safia Al-Khaja, to maintain her polio-free status for more than 20 years.
The celebration included recensions and lyric texts presented by a number of schoolgirls, outreach activities to the disease, state efforts to address it, the importance of immunization, and others. educational and entertainment elements.