James Innocent<\/p>\n
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Health authorities and partners in Yei River County, Central Equatoria State have launched a second polio vaccination campaign, area targeting over 41,000 children under five years old.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Susan Yabu, a health officer and focal person for World Health Organization (WHO), explained their target in the four-day campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are launching the second polio vaccination campaign in Yei River County. We aim to vaccinate over 41,000 children across all Payams in Yei. We’ll be using our well-trained volunteers to administer the vaccine,\u201d Yabu said.<\/p>\n She acknowledged challenges faced during the first campaign in reaching certain villages.<\/p>\n Emmanuel Taban, a Yei County health official, commended community participation and urged vaccinators to prioritize previously unreached areas.<\/p>\n He hinted the role of stakeholders saying they are ambassadors who carry accurate information to the public.<\/p>\n Denis William working with Across, a non-governmental organization, underlined that their new project targets returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).<\/p>\n “We have new arrivals from refugee settlements and IDPs within Yei. We’ll ensure everyone, especially children, receives the vaccine,” he assured.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Juan Margaret Lamora, Yei River County’s education director, underscored the importance of well-trained volunteers.<\/p>\n “We’re ensuring medical workers train volunteers to provide accurate information, collect accurate data, and administer the right vaccine, especially to school children,” she explained.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James Innocent Health authorities and partners in Yei River County, Central Equatoria State have launched a second polio vaccination campaign, area targeting over 41,000 children under five years old. Susan Yabu, a health officer and focal person for World Health Organization (WHO), explained their target in the four-day campaign.[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-equatoria-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Volunteer-administers-an-oral-polio-vaccine-to-an-infant.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23883,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23881\/revisions\/23883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}