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A Healthier Tomorrow

How USAID is supporting the protection of young generations against vaccine-preventable diseases

Dalia Younis
Baby Smiling
UNICEF/Egypt 2023/Dalia Younis
30 April 2024

In Egypt, the Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) has proved its cost effectiveness in saving lives since years. EPI in Egypt has achieved several successes in controlling vaccine preventable diseases, including strong national vaccination coverage of over 95%. 

 

Mother holding son
UNICEF/Egypt 2024/Dalia Younis A grandmother bringing her 6-month-old grandson, Younis, for vaccination at a Primary Healthcare Unit (PHU) in Alexandria, North of Egypt. Reflecting on her own childhood, she recalls a time when many children were vulnerable to diseases that are now preventable through vaccines.
Mother holding child as she gets vaccine
UNICEF/Egypt 2024/Dalia Younis This mother is bringing her little 6-month-old Yara for her vaccination at the same PHU. “I was too tired today,” she says, “but I insisted on coming to get her vaccinated on time. It’s a serious matter.” Thanks to the continuous surveillance and quality monitoring of vaccines by the Ministry of Health and Population and UNICEF’s support, young mothers like Yara’s in Egypt have not witnessed the terrible disability and death cases due to diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, mumps, measles, rubella and polio.
Man standing
UNICEF/Egypt 2024/Dalia Younis Islam is a vaccination supervisor at the Ministry of Health and Population, he’s visiting the PHU today as part of the training he has recently received on EVM (Effective Vaccine Management). “EVM (Effective Vaccine Management) is an assessment tool to guides us on the right way to have effective vaccination program with high quality cold chain system including transportation of vaccines, he says, “it includes the use of an EVM2 application to evaluate our cold chain system. The application shows me any problem in details so I can understand the direct cause and deal with it.” The training Islam and 34 other trainees received in 2024 was conducted by the MOHP with UNICEF’s support and USAID fund.
Man standing by vaccination fridge
UNICEF/Egypt 2024/Dalia Younis UNICEF through the financial support of USAID and the Canadian government, also provided freezers for vaccine preservation and tablets to trainees to use during the monitoring and evaluation of cold chain.

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