Federal Ministry of Health: receives one million four hundred thousand doses of cholera vaccine
Federal Minister of Health: Initially, vaccines will be distributed in Kassala, Gedaref and Nile states.
D. Haitham: He welcomes the support of partners from the Global Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and Global Health
After support from the Ministry of Finance and partner interventions: cholera infection rates have decreased.
The Federal Ministry of Health received 1,407,200 doses of cholera vaccine provided by the Global Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), which were supplied through the ICG and delivered to Sudan through UNICEF, which indicates that the oral cholera vaccine, which is a vaccine, was requested to implement the campaign to combat the cholera epidemic in the different states of Sudan.
Federal Minister of Health, Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, said in a press release that the cholera vaccine would be distributed initially in Kassala, Gedaref and Nile states, where 1,058,545 elderly people 'a year and more. will be targeted in the localities of Atbara, Al-Damer and Berber, and in Kassala State, vaccination will take place in the localities of Khashm Al-Qirba, targeting 178,680 people aged one year and above.
In Gedaref State, 169,962 people will be targeted in Gedaref Municipality, provided that the ministry's efforts continue to provide vaccines to the rest of the areas affected by the epidemic, emphasizing that the Ministry of Health is working with other parties to carry out environmental sanitation campaigns. waste disposal and chlorination of drinking water have successfully eliminated the virus.
Haitham pointed out that the rate of cholera infection is declining and the rapid response of organizations helped in providing vaccines and delivering them to the country, praising the great efforts and appreciated support of the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health and Organizations. in the supply of vaccines.
Haitham called for the importance of ensuring the success of environmental sanitation and striving for waste removal and safe disposal, in addition to disinfecting and chlorinating drinking water before to use it.
