Ladi inaugurated the introduction of malaria vaccine in Gedaref and Blue Nile States – Federal Minister of Health: Malaria infection rate is between two and three million infected people
Dr Haitham: Half of the world's malaria deaths come from Sudan, most of them children.
Acting Governor of Gedaref: The vaccine is one of the effective strategies to combat malaria.
The director of expanded vaccination at the ministry. Vaccination will be carried out in 15 localities in Blue Nile and Gedaref states.
Gedaref: Muhammad Mustafa
Sudan recorded the highest rate of malaria infection, with the infection rate reaching between three million malaria patients per year, while Sudan recorded the highest rate of child deaths, while as the rate reached the global level, while the Federal Ministry of Health launched a campaign to introduce the malaria vaccine into the routine immunization of children, in all localities of Gedaref State and the Nile region Blue (in Al-Damazin, Al-Rusairis and Al-Tadamon governorates), noting the introduction of malaria vaccination. The vaccine approved by the World Health Organization will start, followed by a number of high-risk localities in 2025 AD, and it contains four doses to be taken within a year and a half, Sudan is considered the first country in the world. Eastern Mediterranean region and third African country to introduce the vaccine, while Federal Health Minister Dr. Haitham Muhammad Ibrahim, on the high rates of malaria infection of two to three million per year, noting that Sudan accounts for half of the world's malaria deaths.
Haitham told a press conference at the Gedaref State Government Secretariat Hall that he would introduce the malaria vaccine into the routine immunization of children in Gedaref and Blue Nile states. , in the presence of Dr Ahmed Al-Amin, acting director. Governor of Gedaref State, the Minister of Livestock and Fisheries and the Director General of the Ministry of Health of Kassala State, said today Monday that malaria infection poses a serious heavy burden on the Sudanese citizen and requires interventions to reduce the economic burden. and reduce the mortality rate and the rate of dangerous cases (diseases), especially among children. He added that the ministry was seeking to reduce the rate of malaria infection by reducing the rate of complications and deaths, and targeting children with the vaccine. is important because they are more infected and killed by malaria, indicating that the vaccine will be distributed to the most dangerous areas with high malaria infection rates.
The minister stressed that the visit to the displaced people coming from the eastern region of the island proved that they are in need of food, care and shelter, stressing that the ministry has provided medical supplies to hospitals that provide services to displaced persons, and that Al-Faw Hospital in Gedaref State has been equipped and its reception capacity has been increased to more than 80 additional beds, and the ministry has appealed to international organizations such as World Health, UNICEF and other organizations to support the displaced with medicines. that the needs are great given the increase in the number of displaced people from the eastern regions of the island.
Haitham emphasized that the vaccine is safe, effective and approved by the World Health Organization, and technical and administrative arrangements are being made by the Expanded Immunization Administration to target 13 states with high risk and incidence of malaria, emphasizing that the challenge facing the ministry is to provide medical services to every citizen of the country and provide them with medicines and treatment. As a ministry, we seek to reach and vaccinate every child in at-risk states this year and next year, he added. that malaria treatment is free and supported by the Global Support Fund.
For his part, Acting Governor of Gedaref State and Director General of the State Ministry of Health, Dr. Ahmed Al-Amin said that the vaccine is one of the strategies to combat the malaria, noting that the target groups of the vaccine are children below, and he added that Sudan is the third African country to introduce the vaccine, and he went on to say that the treatment and examinations are free in the Gedaref status and monthly reports on malaria infections are published in localities.
The governor pointed out that the displaced people from the east of the island arrived in the state under difficult circumstances and many children and elderly people suffered upon arriving in the state.
For his part, the representative of the General Administration of Federal Basic Health Care, Director of Expanded Immunization, Ismail Al-Adani, said that vaccination with the malaria vaccine approved by the World Health Organization will be introduced in 15 localities in Blue Nile and Gedaref. States, followed by a number of high-risk localities in 2025, which include four doses to be taken over a year and a half, indicating that the vaccine will be distributed to the most dangerous areas with high rates of infection with the malaria. .
Al-Adani noted that the introduction of malaria vaccination and its distribution in localities with the highest infection rate were carried out in accordance with a survey on the prevalence of malaria and reports from emergency situations. emergency, where localities with a high rate of malaria infection were selected. , emphasizing that the vaccine is safe and approved by the World Health Organization, and the world continues to develop the vaccine for emergency use, as it was included in the later stages of the introduction of the second new vaccine, recently produced. and produced in large quantities and approved by the Global Vaccine Alliance, GAVE He added that all localities will be covered by the local R21 133 vaccine in 2025 AD, and that work has been carried out on the security situation and the division of all regions. in the localities identified during the first stage, and he added them according to other priorities, and the choice fell on the State of Gedaref to include all its localities already present, and the Blue Nile region was also on the priority list.
In this context, the representative of the World Health Organization, Dr. Shibli Sahbani, said that vaccination will be part of the solution and that Sudan will be one of the first countries to introduce the vaccine, noting that The incidence of malaria worldwide has reached 250 million, including 600,000 deaths per year, and Sudan records 1.3 million deaths. among children around the world. He added that African countries have introduced vaccines to reduce deaths and hospitalizations, he went on to say that the need and demand for vaccines will increase worldwide and by 2026 AD there will be between 40 and 60 million doses. , and after 2080 AD, there will be more than 100 million doses.
In the same context, the representative of the Middle East Community Health Network, Dr. Nada Jaafar, said that awareness and knowledge of the vaccine are important, as it will take place in four stages of vaccination of children, highlighting the commitment and the network's cooperation with the Ministry of Health and that it has a plan to support the introduction of the malaria vaccine. in cooperation with partners supporting vaccination.
