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Poliomyelitis: the number of cases continues a downward curve
Written by Adnews on April 20, 2024
Efforts to eradicate polio are bearing fruit. After the intensive vaccination campaigns carried out since the reappearance of this disease in 2020, the number of cases is falling significantly.
During this period, 380 confirmed cases were reported. Furthermore, the poliovirus has been detected in wastewater systems in seven major cities in the country. This year, only 160 suspected cases have been identified, which have not yet been confirmed, according to a technical manager at the Directorate of the Expanded Vaccination Program of the Ministry of Public Health.
In view of these encouraging results, the supervisory ministry, with the support of technical and financial partners, including the WHO and UNICEF, intends to continue initiatives aimed at eradicating poliomyelitis. In this context, a new mass vaccination campaign against this disease is on the program.
Scheduled for May 14 to 17, this campaign targets 12,851,149 children under 15 across the country. The strategy adopted to achieve a maximum of targets is based on door-to-door visits, bringing together child care centers, daycare centers, schools, markets, etc. Parents can also bring their children to the nearest health centers. closer to get them vaccinated. “Madagascar could hope to regain its “Polio free” status, obtained in 2018, if everyone adheres to vaccination,” it was stressed.
Alongside vaccination, which is the only way to protect children from polio, the ministry and its partners are also strengthening the fight against open defecation, while encouraging the public to practice washing their clothes. hands with soap, means of prevention just as essential for the eradication of this disease.
Collected by Fahranarison
https://newsmada.com/2024/04/20/poliomyelite-le-nombre-de-cas-poursuit-une-courbe-descendante/
Poliomyelitis: the number of cases continues a downward curve
Written by Adnews on April 20, 2024
Efforts to eradicate polio are bearing fruit. After the intensive vaccination campaigns carried out since the reappearance of this disease in 2020, the number of cases is falling significantly.
During this period, 380 confirmed cases were reported. Furthermore, the poliovirus has been detected in wastewater systems in seven major cities in the country. This year, only 160 suspected cases have been identified, which have not yet been confirmed, according to a technical manager at the Directorate of the Expanded Vaccination Program of the Ministry of Public Health.
In view of these encouraging results, the supervisory ministry, with the support of technical and financial partners, including the WHO and UNICEF, intends to continue initiatives aimed at eradicating poliomyelitis. In this context, a new mass vaccination campaign against this disease is on the program.
Scheduled for May 14 to 17, this campaign targets 12,851,149 children under 15 across the country. The strategy adopted to achieve a maximum of targets is based on door-to-door visits, bringing together child care centers, daycare centers, schools, markets, etc. Parents can also bring their children to the nearest health centers. closer to get them vaccinated. “Madagascar could hope to regain its “Polio free” status, obtained in 2018, if everyone adheres to vaccination,” it was stressed.
Alongside vaccination, which is the only way to protect children from polio, the ministry and its partners are also strengthening the fight against open defecation, while encouraging the public to practice washing their clothes. hands with soap, means of prevention just as essential for the eradication of this disease.
Collected by Fahranarison
https://newsmada.com/2024/04/20/poliomyelite-le-nombre-de-cas-poursuit-une-courbe-descendante/