Our immediate priorities are to provide emergency interventions like measles and polio vaccination campaigns and respond to the increasing number of malaria and diarrhoeal disease cases," says Dr Rex Mpazanje, acting WHO Representative in Nigeria.
"WHO has supported the State Ministry of Health to transport over 100 000 doses of the vaccines into Maiduguri and will provide other logistical support to cover any other gaps," adds Dr Mpazanje.
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世卫组织帮助培训疫苗接种队
WHO helps train vaccination teams
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世卫组织还提供人员并培训当地卫生工作者来开展活动,从而支持州政府。
WHO also supports the State Government by providing staff and training local health workers to conduct the campaigns.
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世卫组织支持的总共13个偏远地区工作队将参与所有18个难民营的这次疫苗接种活动。
In total, 13 Hard-to-Reach Teams supported by WHO will be involved in this vaccination exercise in all the 18 camps.
Health workers and volunteers supported by WHO and other health partners set up and ran vaccination sites in Muna garage, Customs House and Fariya IDP camps.
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社区工作者和志愿者挨家挨户向家长和照护者通报附近疫苗接种点的位置和麻疹免疫运动的重要性。
Community mobilizers and volunteers moved from house to house informing parents and caregivers of the location of nearby vaccination sites and the importance of the measles campaign.
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将在其它营地中采用相同的方法。
The same approach will be replicated in the rest of the camps.
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在活动期间提供的其它服务包括服用维生素A和筛查营养不良。
Other services that were provided during the campaign included Vitamin A administration and malnutrition screening.
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麻疹是一种高度传染性的病毒性疾病,是全球幼儿死亡的主要原因之一。
Measles is a highly infectious viral disease and one of the leading causes of death among young children globally.