Drive lanceret for at vaccinere otte millioner børn mod polio




KARACHI: Sindhs chefminister Syed Murad Ali Shah indviede mandag en ugelang anti-polio-kampagne på tværs af 24 distrikter ved at administrere poliodråber til børn på det nyetablerede sundhedscenter i Gadap.

Han opfordrede forældre til at beskytte deres børn mod den lammende sygdom ved at give dem orale vacciner.

"Lad os sammen, som et samfund, skabe en vej mod et poliofrit miljø, der sikrer en sundere fremtid for vores børn," sagde han, mens han talte ved indvielsesceremonien for anti-polio-kampagnen.

I programmet deltog sundhedsminister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, sundhedsminister Rehan Baloch og andre.Sundhedsafdelingen lancerede en Sub-National Immunization Days (NIDs) kampagne fra den 29. april til den 5. maj. Det afgørende initiativ sigter mod at vaccinere cirka otte millioner børn under fem år mod poliovirus i 24 distrikter i Sindh.

Over 62.000 frontlinjearbejdere vil arbejde i hele provinsen for at sikre, at hvert berettiget barn modtager den livreddende vaccine. Den massive indsats vil blive støttet af knap 4.000 sikkerhedspersonale.

CM opfordrede alle skoler, hospitaler og plejepersonale til at byde vaccinatorer velkommen, da de virkelig kæmpede i frontlinjen i de sidste faser af vores kamp mod den invaliderende sygdom.

Sundhedsministeren sagde, at kampagnen havde til formål at stoppe den alarmerende tendens med positive miljøprøver i Sindh og over hele Pakistan, hvilket truer børns sundhed.

I de seneste rapporter var 11 positive miljøprøver blevet isoleret fra forskellige steder i Sindh. Den situation understregede vigtigheden af ​​denne vaccinationsindsats, sagde hun og tilføjede, at Pakistan og Afghanistan var de to tilbageværende endemiske lande, og at afbryde virustransmission i denne epidemiologiske blok var afgørende for at udrydde polio.

Polioprogrammerne i begge lande blev forenet i en enkelt mission for at beskytte børn mod livslangt handicap og afslutte polio i regionen, sagde hun.

CM sagde, at på trods af sikkerhedsudfordringer og vedvarende virusklynger, fortsatte der en indsats for at sikre vaccination af hvert barn.

"For at sikre, at intet barn efterlades ubeskyttet, opfordrer vi forældre, hvis børn er savnet, til at kontakte Emergency Operations Centres Sehat Tahaffuz Helpline 1166," sagde han.

Medierne spiller en central rolle i at formidle kritisk information, sagde han og opfordrede journalister og samfundsledere til at samle støtte til den igangværende anti-polio-kampagne, hvilket gentager støtten fra medicinske eksperter og religiøse lærde, der går ind for sikkerheden og effektiviteten af ​​oral polio vaccine.

I mellemtiden sagde Karachis borgmester Barrister Murtaza Wahab, at 1,8 millioner børn ville blive vaccineret mod polio under den ugelange kampagne i Karachi.

Han sagde dette, mens han talte med medierepræsentanter efter at have administreret poliodråber til børn i SMB Fatima School Garden i mandags. "Vi vil forsøge at nå dette mål i løbet af de næste syv dage," tilføjede han.

Udgivet i Dawn, 30. april 2024


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