Sudan Polio Campaign reaches children in inaccessible areas for the first time in 10 years
Children under the age of 5 receive polio vaccines in South Jebel Marra including in Gorlangbang and Karra
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For the first time in ten years, immunization activities have started in areas of South Jebel Marra. The National Polio Campaign is targeting 8.6 million children around Sudan. In the areas of South Jebel Marra including Gorlangbang, the polio campaign is targeting approximately 15,000 children under the age of five with polio vaccines.
Due to conflict in the area, humanitarians were previously unable to reach Gorlangbang and children did not have access to critical health care.
UNICEF, in collaboration with South Darfur’s State Ministry of Health, provided training to over 30 health workers from the area on the vaccinations and precautionary COVID19 measures.
Health Worker in Karra, South Jebel Marra giving a 4-year-old girl her dose of Polio Vaccine.
UNICEF in collaboration with South Darfur’s Ministry of Health reaches remote areas of South Jebel Marra with Polio Vaccines.
A mother holds her 3-year-old son as he takes his Polio Vaccine in Karra, South Jebel Marra.
I know vaccines are important to protect my children, I am happy this service has come to us after a very long time
29-year-old Manatil is a mother of four children, she brought her two-year-old daughter Munasa to get her Polio Vaccine.
A health promotor is giving two-year-old Munasa Muhyadin, her polio vaccine in Gorlangbang in South Jebel Marra.
UNICEF with the support of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is able to assist the Government of Sudan to reach children with Polio vaccines in the most remote areas, where accessibility has been extremely limited due to conflict. The objective is to ensure every child under the age of five is protected from Polio, to help make Sudan Polio Free once again.
