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The Ministry of Health received 500 Cold Boxes worth over Rs.5 million with the assistance of the Government of Japan to strengthen the COVID vaccination program in the country.
These cold boxes can be used to carry vaccines safely at the prescribed temperature, from the Medical Officer of Health office to the field for vaccinations.
The Ministry of Health stated that the stock of cold boxes was symbolically handed over to the Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi by the Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Akira Sugiyama in coordination with the United Nations International Children s Fund.
Under the second phase, 750 cold boxes will be provided in the future.
But Elizabeth Onitolo, UNICEF communication for development specialist, warned at the opening session of a three-day media dialogue on Tuesday in Adamawa state that more awareness was needed to avoid a return of the disease.
The joint media dialogue was organised by UNICEF, Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB), and the ministry of information and culture.
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Onitolo said even though the country has been declared free of polio by the World Health Organisation (WHO), there is a need for increasing awareness on immunisation, particularly in the north-east region.
“There is a need for the media to do more awareness, particularly for people in the north-east, to guard against the coming back of polio and other likely diseases into the country,” she said.
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