Health workers in Yemen reach more than 306,000 people with cholera vaccines during four-day pause in fighting – WHO, UNICEF Vaccination campaign covers war-torn areas of Hudaydah and Ibb
More than 306,000 people in Yemen, including over 164,000 children under the age of 15, were vaccinated against cholera as part of a joint WHO-UNICEF campaign that concluded today.
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预计在收到活动最后一天的报告后，这一数字还会上升。
The number are expected to go up as reports of the final day of the campaign come in.
The six-day vaccination effort, carried out by 3,000 health workers in three districts in Hudaydah and Ibb, was made possible by a pause in fighting – known as ‘Days of Tranquility’ – agreed by parties to the conflict.
“The success of this vaccination campaign shows what we can collectively achieve for children and families in Yemen when the fighting stops and humanitarian access opens up,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore.
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不过，这仅是一种快速解决方案。
“Yet the reality is that this is a quick fix.
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要确保该国儿童的长期福祉，必须从政治角度全面解决冲突局面。
Only a comprehensive political resolution to the conflict can secure the wellbeing of children across the country over the long term.”
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世卫组织总干事谭德塞博士说：“人们死于可预防的疾病是不可接受的。
“It is unacceptable for people to die from preventable diseases,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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我们感谢能暂停战斗，使我们能够完成霍乱疫苗接种运动。
“We are grateful for the pause in fighting which enabled us to complete the cholera vaccination campaign.