{"id":46235,"date":"2015-12-08T14:53:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=38373"},"modified":"2015-12-08T17:18:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T14:18:16","slug":"38373-polio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/38373-polio","title":{"rendered":"Only 20% out of needed 95% of Ukrainian children were vaccinated against polio within the second round so far \u2013 experts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyiv, December 8, 2015.<\/strong> <\/em>The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended three national rounds of vaccination in response to the polio outbreak in Ukraine. Today the country is in its second round. Only 20% of children under the age of 6 were vaccinated in the first week of this round. Now it is the second \u2013 and the last \u2013 week of this round. Given that the minimum target is 95% reach in each round that is a significant underachievement. That was announced by the WHO representative Dennis King at the press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. \u201cWith such a low coverage, the WHO recommends to extend this round for an additional week,\u201d he added. Moreover, if Ukraine fails to achieve the 95% coverage in tree national rounds, there WHO will likely recommend to extend the vaccination campaign. \u201cThe polio outbreak will be declared over after surveillance of the acute flaccid\u00a0paralysis no longer detects polio virus\u2019s circulation within Ukraine,\u201d Mr. King explained.<\/p>\n

Third round of vaccination is designed to target the children up to 10 years old and was to begin on 18 of January.<\/p>\n

According to the WHO representative Dina Pfeifer, oral polio vaccine (OPV) is the WHO-recommended vaccine to interrupt polio transmission. Children need to receive at least three doses pf OPV to be fully immunized. \u201cIt stops the transmission rapidly, that it why we favor this particular vaccine. That is exactly the right product for Ukraine,\u201d she explained. It also provides the protection against three types of the virus, including the type two that hasn\u2019t been detected since 1999. In May 2016, all countries will simultaneously switch to another type of vaccine and global community will be depending solely on the inactivated polio vaccine against type two. That is another added value of the vaccination process, experts insist.<\/p>\n

Dina Pfeifer also added that this exact vaccine has been administrated for the last 50 years in Ukraine. That means that parents of today\u2019s children were immunized with the very same product. \u201cWe are urging them to provide their children with the same level of protection as they received themselves,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

According to the UNICEF representative Dragoslav Popovic, his organization has secured sufficient dozes of the vaccine for this round. Thanks to the EU donation, there will be enough vaccine for the round three. He believes that the big part of the success of this campaign depends on trust and that the personal example is extremely important. Mr. Popovic provided a vivid example of healthcare workers keeping the immunization records of their children on their tables to deal with parent\u2019s refusal so that they can provide their own example to make the parents change their mind. At the backdrop of this so far failing polio campaign, the healthcare facilities and workers are \u201cdoing an exceptional work\u201d. \u201cIn Kharkiv, healthcare workers are using their personal cell phones to send SMS-reminders to parents of children who were vaccinated in round one. That is an exceptional going beyond normal expectations to ensure those children are protected,\u201d Dennis King added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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