Emirates Vaccination Agency provides 647 million doses of polio vaccination to Pakistani children
Head of State: We renew our determination to continue efforts in cooperation with partners to combat diseases
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, praised the efforts of the heroes of polio eradication initiatives around the world.
His Highness said, in a tweet on Twitter, on the occasion of the "World Polio Day", which falls on October 24 of each year: "We value the efforts of the heroes of polio eradication initiatives around the world... On the occasion of (World Polio Day) we renew We are determined to continue efforts in cooperation with partners to combat diseases and promote development in societies.”
In addition, the administration of the UAE Project to Aid Pakistan announced the results of the UAE campaign for polio vaccination, which was implemented in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan during the period from 2014 until the end of September 2022, where it succeeded from 2014 until 2022 in giving 647 million and 758 thousand and 365 A dose of vaccination against polio, as the campaign began in 2014 targeting three million children, bringing the number to 17 million targeted children per month during 2022.
This campaign comes within the framework of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, to provide humanitarian and development aid, support the health sector and strengthen its preventive programs in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Since 2011, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has provided $376 million as a contribution from His Highness to humanitarian and charitable efforts to provide vaccines and finance polio vaccination campaigns, especially in the countries targeted by the initiative, namely the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli, director of the Emirati Project to Aid Pakistan, said that the great success of the UAE campaign for polio vaccination is due to the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the diligent follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. The Office of the Presidency, for the campaign's field efforts.
He explained that the initiatives of the UAE have contributed internationally to achieving positive strategic partnerships with governments and organizations affiliated with the United Nations such as UNICEF and the World Health Organization and international charitable institutions such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, through cooperation and coordination in developing methods of planning, implementation and development of polio vaccination campaigns, which is the aspect Which raised the level of success rate in reaching innocent children, and increased the percentage of achievement in the countries targeted by vaccination campaigns.
• Mohamed bin Zayed appreciates the efforts of the champions of polio eradication initiatives around the world.
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