Iman Morooka, UNICEF
WAJID, Southern Somalia (April 2, 2009) — For the first time ever in Somalia, a Child Health Days campaign has been implemented nationwide by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, local authorities, communities and non–governmental © UNICEF Somalia/2009
A Somali child receives a lifesaving vaccination
A Somali child receives a lifesaving vaccination
as part of the country's first nationwide Child
Health Days campaign.partners.
In a country where routine immunization coverage is low and basic health care services are scarce, this large–scale health outreach targets every child under five with immunization against measles, polio, diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus.
The child survival package also includes vitamin A supplements, de–worming tablets, oral rehydration salts to treat diarrhea ,and water treatment tablets. Women of child–bearing age are vaccinated against tetanus, which can strike mother and newborn children if birthing conditions are not hygienic.
The child survival package also includes vitamin A supplements, de–worming tablets, oral rehydration salts to treat diarrhea ,and water treatment tablets. Women of child–bearing age are vaccinated against tetanus, which can strike mother and newborn children if birthing conditions are not hygienic.
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