Iran receives 564,000 doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) with UNICEF assist
UNICEF supported the introduction of PCV into the Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Childhood Immunization Programme and helped distribute 564,000 doses of PCV to forestall pneumococcal illness and deaths amongst youngsters within the nation.
The cargo is the primary PCVs to be shipped to the nation by means of UNICEF Procurement Services in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran, utilizing Iran’s surplus sources from the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. The cargo arrived from India and landed at Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Education will introduce two new vaccines, PCV and Rotavirus, into the National Childhood Immunization Programme. UNICEF will assist the Ministry of Health by means of the introduction and supply part of those two new vaccines, which goal pneumonia and diarrhoea, two infectious illnesses that trigger vital childhood morbidity and mortality.
Dr Robin Nandi, UNICEF Representative in Iran, mentioned: “This is a crucial step in direction of the introduction of two important vaccines that weren’t included within the immunization schedule and can tackle two of the most typical illnesses amongst youngsters – childhood pneumonia and diarrhea. UNICEF is happy to play its position within the introduction of those vaccines along with key companions equivalent to WHO and the Gavi Secretariat.”