2023-04-26 19:42:29
French.china.org.cn | Updated on 27-04-2023
Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director General Jean Kaseya on Wednesday called on African countries to consolidate recent progress made in Africa through immunization.
Mr Kaseya, who was appointed head of the CDC by the African Union (AU) Assembly in February this year, said in a statement that African countries were urged to strengthen their immunization programs to not lose the gains made by accelerating these efforts.
African countries “must ensure that none of our children are left behind and deprived of the full benefits of immunization,” Mr. Kaseya said, noting that over the past decades vaccines have saved lives. millions of lives, avoiding serious diseases and epidemics, and thus reducing health costs.
However, he stressed that these efforts needed to be intensified.
According to Mr. Kaseya, many of the children who miss out on routine immunizations live in a variety of settings, including urban areas, remote communities and conflict-prone populations.
Mr. Kaseya indicated that the African continent might record good health outcomes if it manages to reach communities to provide them with routine and COVID-19 vaccinations, integrating service delivery and immunization activities. complementary. In addition, strengthening routine essential immunization on the African continent will protect individuals at higher risk, such as children, once morest serious and sometimes fatal diseases such as measles, polio and rubella.
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