He affirmed the state’s commitment to launch initiatives to improve human life
Abdullah Al-Ghafli: The UAE is a main center for controlling infectious epidemics
The polio eradication initiative has achieved humanitarian alliances and strategic partnerships.
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Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli: "The Mohammed bin Zayed initiative to eradicate polio is one of the most important humanitarian health initiatives."
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The director of the Emirati Project to Help Pakistan, Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli, affirmed that the UAE has become a major center for monitoring infectious diseases and epidemics, and a vital starting point for joint global efforts to eradicate and eliminate them from endemic areas, in addition to the UAE’s commitment and undertaking to organize and manage international efforts to mobilize resources, launch initiatives and strategies The future aiming to improve human health and quality of life.
On the occasion of announcing the UAE campaign for polio vaccination, Al Ghafli added that the campaign reflects the interest of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, to strengthen international cooperation to prevent the spread of polio and protect children from diseases that can Prevention.
He said that the humanitarian directives and vision of His Highness, and the support he provides to the global efforts to eradicate polio, are among the main pillars that have contributed to limiting the spread of the disease among the children of needy communities in various regions of the world, noting that His Highness’s initiative to eradicate polio in the world is considered One of the most important humanitarian health initiatives that have proven effective and successful in the most difficult and largest incubator areas of the disease in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and has been able to achieve its noble humanitarian goals, support global efforts and United Nations programs, and enable countries and governments to develop and upgrade their health programs to protect societies from diseases and epidemics, and to promote and develop safety And children's health and future, and ward off risks from the shoulders of poor societies.
He explained that His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's initiative to eradicate polio in the world has contributed internationally to achieving humanitarian alliances and positive strategic partnerships with governments and organizations of the United Nations, including UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and international charities, such as the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation, from Through cooperation and coordination in developing methods of planning, implementing and developing polio vaccination campaigns, which is the aspect that raised the level of success in reaching children, and increasing the rate of achievement in the countries targeted by vaccination campaigns.
Pointing out that the strategic partnership between His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation provided an incentive initiative to honor a number of vaccination team workers, who devoted their lives to eradicating polio through the “Champions Award for Polio Eradication” and “Prize Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for Global Health », with the aim of shedding light on the field efforts being made to eradicate polio, despite the difficult conditions facing the members of the vaccination teams working to eradicate the disease.
Al Ghafli added that the occasion of the International Polio Day, which falls on today, represents a humanitarian message that includes commitment and international cooperation to protect innocent children, and to ensure that they have access to basic vaccinations and vaccinations that protect them from diseases and epidemics, especially polio.
poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis is considered a highly contagious disease. It is caused by a virus and attacks the nervous system.
It can cause paralysis within hours, and polio spreads through contact between people.
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