20/03/2024 10:35 (UTC)

Vaccination in Somalia: the challenge of reaching every corner of the country

Dollow, Somalia, March 20 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Daniel Irungu) If people cannot get close to the vaccines, bring the vaccines closer to the people: this is the motto followed by nurse Ahmed Garad and his colleagues in their daily work to immunize all Somalis, also in the most remote places of the country or controlled by jihadists.

"We start the day by collecting the vaccines from the hospital in a small refrigerator. Then, we pack what we need for that day or the entire week and we get into the cars," Garad tells EFE from the Kaharey displaced persons camp, outside the town of Dollow, southwestern Somalia.

FOOTAGE OF BABIES IMMUNIZATION AT KAHAREY REFUGEE CAMP NEAR DOLLOW, SOUTHWEST SOMALIA.

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Date: 20/03/2024 10:32 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Health » Preventative medicine
Health
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 153 seconds
Reference: 7001347023
Relevance: Normal