Immunization Campaign Launched in Jonglei
Jonglei State Ministry of Health has launched a campaign to eradicate tetanus from pregnant women and children during the dry season. 17 February 2013 Jonglei State Health Minister Jihan Makuei Deng urged the community to get vaccinated so that they can stay healthy. [Jacob Achiek Jok] By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 16 February 2013 [Gurtong] – Health Minister Jihan Makuei Deng has said that vaccination will run three times and will be conducted for seven days each in February, March and April. Jonglei State experiences long rain season of rain where stagnant water usually cause a lot of diseases such as malaria, and bacteria. “We are making use of dry season to be able move through the whole state in the eleven counties, payams and bomas. We are sending about more than 200 staff to cover whole region to immunize the population,” said the minister. She said their motto in the ministry of health is to promote and provide health services. “We promote health by developing our capacity and ensuring that we are able to reach our population and provide care also by alerting and informing our population about the important of vaccination against tetanus, polio and some other diseases,” Jihan said. Jihan said that their focus is on young children from age 0 – 12 because 4 percent of the populations are children and pregnant women constitute 25 percent of the population. Meanwhile, girls and women from age 15 – 49 constitute 49 percent of the population in Jonglei State. She said that campaign started on the 15 February and will run through 22 February. The final vaccination is meant for October for young girls because they shall have a bigger gap. Jonglei as the biggest state in the republic of South Sudan faces many challenges with absence of roads and transport. Infrastructure is being supported by World Health Organization (WHO), Interchurch Medical Agency (IMA) and United Nations Children emergency fund (UNCEF) and United Nation High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR). The UN agencies are supporting the ministry of health with logistic service so that the ministry can deliver services to the areas which are not accessed by road like Pochalla and Akobo counties. IMA is being supported by the World to improve primary health care in Jonglei state. Posted in: Home, Governance, Health -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
