http://www.english.hadhramaut.info
Vaccination campaign against tetanus targets districts in Wadi Hadhramaut
[The Source: SEIYOUN/hadhramaut.info - 15/10/2010]
Vaccination campaign against tetanus implemented by the Ministry of Health and Population in a number of governorates of the Republic in from 9th -14th in October 2010 was concluded Thursday evening ,
The aims to of the campaign was to reduce the incidence of mortality from tetanus by raising immunity against the disease.. In Wadi Hadhramout According to Mr. spring Jaafar bin Obaidullah Director of the Expanded Programme on Immunization Health for the Wadi, the campaign success was (56%). The district targetted were (Shibam, Saah, Soum, cotton Rakhey Wadi-Alain, and Hura), women targetted for vaccination were(37 252). He also indicated that out of the (121) teams that have worked during the campaign were (242) nurses, a midwife and a volunteer and the number of supervisors were (34) and the number of Media Coordinators from (6), number of cars working in the field and used by supervision and transferingteams difference from one area to the other were 56 cars. Praising the role played by Wadi and Sahraa local authority in overcoming all the difficultiesand he thanked all who have contributed to the success of the campaign..
|