{"id":16694,"date":"2025-05-10T20:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T20:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=16694"},"modified":"2025-05-11T04:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T04:30:42","slug":"unicef-delivers-3-million-routine-vaccine-doses-to-las-anod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/05\/10\/unicef-delivers-3-million-routine-vaccine-doses-to-las-anod\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF delivers 3M routine vaccine doses to Las Anod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>LAS ANOD &#8212;<\/strong> In a significant boost to public health efforts, the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) has delivered nearly 3 million doses of routine vaccines to Las Anod, thanks to a collaborative initiative with Somalia\u2019s federal Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Health of SSC-Khaatumo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vaccines include life-saving immunizations against pneumonia and rotavirus diarrhea\u2014two of the leading causes of child mortality in the region. The delivery marks a critical milestone in ongoing efforts to improve child health and combat preventable diseases in underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis large-scale vaccine delivery is part of our commitment to ensure every Somali child has access to essential health services, no matter where they live,\u201d said a representative from the federal health ministry. \u201cWe commend the cooperation and coordination shown by all partners in making this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials from SSC-Khaatumo\u2019s health ministry also welcomed the effort, describing it as a vital intervention in strengthening their routine immunization programs and expanding coverage in remote areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNICEF reaffirmed its dedication to supporting Somali health authorities in achieving equitable access to health services. \u201cThese vaccines will help protect thousands of children from deadly yet preventable illnesses,\u201d said a UNICEF spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The initiative is part of broader efforts to rebuild the health system, restore trust in public health services, and promote community well-being following years of conflict and limited infrastructure in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Source: FTL\u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlsomalia.com\/unicef-delivers-3-million-routine-vaccine-doses-to-las-anod-in-partnership-with-federal-and-ssc-khaatumo-health-ministries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored ugc noreferrer\">view original<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS ANOD &#8212; In a significant boost to public health efforts, the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) has delivered nearly 3 million doses of routine vaccines to Las Anod, thanks to a collaborative initiative with Somalia\u2019s federal Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Health of SSC-Khaatumo. The vaccines include life-saving immunizations against pneumonia and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16694"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16700,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16694\/revisions\/16700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}