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While efforts to end COVID-19 has continued to gather steam with the successful roll-out of vaccines in over a hundred countries, the pandemic continues to hinder routine immunisation services, thereby putting millions of children at risk of deadly diseases.
The second round of a
World Health Organisation “pulse survey” revealed that over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, substantial disruptions persist, with about 90 per cent of countries still reporting one or more disruptions to essential health services.
The survey published during the World Immunisation Week 2021 in the last week of April (April 24th-30th) also highlighted the urgent need for a renewed global commitment to improve vaccination access and uptake.
Bhubaneswar: The need for Vaccination is high in 2021 across the world because of the Covid 19 pandemic that has detached us all physically by its lethality. Vaccination at this point of time has become the only hope that would bring back the society
Experts for ensuring routine vaccination during pandemic
Lahore
May 2, 2021
LAHORE : While immunisation services have started to recover slowly from disruptions caused by Covid-19, millions of children remain vulnerable to deadly diseases in the country, health experts warned on World Immunisation Week, highlighting urgent need for a renewed commitment to improve vaccination access and uptake.
“While we focus on critically important vaccines to protect against Covid-19, there remains a need to ensure routine vaccinations are not missed”, said Dr M Akram Shah, National Programme Manager, Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), addressing a webinar here at the University of Health Sciences (UHS).
Japan, UNICEF provide cold chain equipment to boost immunization services Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Ministry of Health has received the first batch of cold chain equipment procured by UNICEF with funding from the Government of Japan to strengthen Sri Lanka’s delivery of immunization services, including against COVID-19.
Five hundred vaccine carriers were handed over by Ms. Emma Brigham, UNICEF Sri Lanka Representative, a.i and SUGIYAMA Akira, Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka at the UNICEF office. The items were received by Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi.
The next consignments will include 100 ice lined refrigerators, 145 fridge temperature monitors and over 1,000 vaccine carriers.