2023-04-28 21:44:57
The Yirimadio Community Health Center hosted this Friday, April 28, 2023, the launching ceremony of the World Week, 2023 edition. Placed under the theme “The great catch-up”, this initiative reflects the commitment of the Ministry of Health and social development and its partners to support routine immunization efforts.
Organized by the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Mali through the CNIECS in collaboration with the DGSHP and with funding from the WHO, the objective sought is to strengthen the EPI by raising awareness and attracting the attention of the population. on the fact that a child’s right is to be protected once morest vaccine-preventable diseases in order to give him a long life. The revitalization of the celebration of African Vaccination Week in the context of COVID-19 is of importance for the eradication of poliomyelitis.
According to Abdoul Karim Sidibé, head of immunization at the World Health Organization (WHO), vaccination levels have declined in more than 100 countries, leading to increased outbreaks of measles, diphtheria, polio and fever. yellow in the world.
He added that 30 years of immunization progress has been lost in just 3 years, with significant impact on the health of millions of children and their communities throughout their lives “The number of children n who have never received a single dose of vaccine, called zero-dose children increased from 7.7 million in 2021 to 12 million in 2022 in the AFRO region. 25 million children did not receive at least one essential vaccine in 2021 and 18 million children did not receive any vaccine in 2021 in the AFRO region. Concerning Mali, 82,658 EZDs were identified in 2022 in the 75 health districts and distributed as follows: 55,570 EZDs in 37 districts identified as being in a conflict zone. 24,791 EZDs in 22 districts identified as rural/remote. 2,297 EZD in 6 districts in Urban and Peri-urban areas”. he pointed out.
For Dr Sidibé, by focusing on vaccination in 2023, they will protect children, strengthen health systems and help overcome the societal and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic “”The great catch-up” theme this year is a global initiative to immunize millions of children and exceed pre-pandemic immunization levels.”
Technical adviser to the Ministry of Health, Dr Hamadoun Dicko, will say in his intervention, that the initiative “the Big catch up” is a coordinated mobilization effort aimed at helping countries to plan and implement increased efforts to strengthen immunization programs through a three-pronged approach, namely care for children who have not been vaccinated during the period 2020-2022, restore vaccination coverage rates in 2023 at least to 2019 coverage levels for the current birth cohort, strengthen immunization systems, as part of primary health care, to improve program resilience and accelerate efforts to care for unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children, in accordance with the objectives and goals of IA2030.
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Source: Mali24
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