The value of vaccination
Covid has underscored the far-reaching impact of the jab
In the world of healthcare, both prevention, and cure compose of many threads. Today, the value of vaccines can’t be emphasised enough. They not only improve the health of people everywhere, but also create stronger, and more productive communities. Thanks to vaccination against various diseases, some 37 million lives were saved between 2000 and 2019 in low- and middle-income countries. With continued global commitment, an estimated 32 million more can be saved by 2030.
While it may take some more time to help bend the Covid curve, the crisis has underlined the value of vaccines in a world threatened by the burden of preventable diseases. As researchers race against time to make the most effective vaccines available, the healthcare industry and governments across the world are partnering to ensure their access. Just past the World Immunization Week, Covid-19 has ensured that the world is aware of
Speaking during World Immunization Week, Fore also said it was a race to save lives through vaccinations, particularly in some of the world s poorest countries with very fragile health systems.
India is in the midst of a deadly second wave of the virus. On Saturday, daily coronavirus cases in the country passed 400,000 for first time; total cases in India have now topped 19 million, and more than 215,000 people have died from Covid in the country. It is worrying for several reasons. One, is it a precursor to what might happen in other countries, particularly countries in Africa, with much weaker healthcare systems? Fore said last week.
UNICEF chief urges the world to help India ‘now’ as Covid cases soar CNBC 9 hrs ago Tania Bryer
Speaking during World Immunization Week, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said it was a race to save lives through vaccinations.
Around 60 routine immunization campaigns have been stopped globally, as countries focus on tackling the pandemic.
UNICEF is the United Nations agency responsible for providing aid to children across the world.
UNICEF chief discusses India s Covid crisis
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The executive director of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore, has told CNBC that it is very worried about the current Covid-19 crisis in India and urged the world to send urgent help to the country.
KARACHI: “We have to work in partnership and join hands to achieve results,” says Tasneem Fatima, Team Lead CHIP, Karachi. Fatima has been working with CHIP (Civil Society Human and Institutional Development Programme) since 2015. At present she is working to encourage and motivate parents to get their children immunised. Her target area is UC-2 in Baldia Town, district West Karachi.
“There are eight super risk union councils in Karachi and UC-2 Baldia (Ittehad Town) is one of them,” she says. “People belonging to various communities live there but most are Pakhtuns. There are multiple problems, such as lack of awareness, illiteracy, and poverty, due to which immunisation rate is very low,” says Fatima.
The five-in-one pentavalent vaccine, administered in a three-dose schedule, offers low-income countries the added incentive of providing protection from hepB at the same time as immunising their children against four other diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP3) and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).
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Why Global Citizens Should Care
Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations Global Goals, including goal 3 for good health and well-being for all. Equitable access to health services and immunisations is the surest way to ensuring everyone can live free from vaccine-preventable diseases. Join the movement and take action on this issue and more here.