Sudan - Polio vaccination has failed, blocked by the government and rebels

[Ronan Kelly]

Polio campaign in the Two Areas to start next November, Sudanese official says

October 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The polio campaign for children under five years in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states will take place next November, announced the head of Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), Suleiman Abdel Rahman Suleiman on Thursday.

Speaking following a meeting with UN resident and humanitarian coordinator Ali Al-Za?atari, African Union representative in Khartoum Mahmoud Kane and Arab League envoy to Sudan Salah Abu Halima, Suleiman said that they agreed to start the Polio vaccination campaign in the rebel controlled areas in the Two Areas on 5 November.

He pointed out that the timetable for the implementation of the vaccination campaign has been handed over to the ministry of defence to enable the military to implement a cessation of hostilities between the government and the SPLM-North rebels during the conduct of the operation.
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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Sudan - Polio vaccination in rebel controlled areas has failed

Re: Sudan - Polio vaccination in rebel controlled areas has failed

Polio vaccination campaign in Sudan has failed, UN admits

nov 12, 2013

Fears of spreading disease in two Sudanese states as warring parties fail to agree on window for vaccination programme

Efforts to vaccinate 165,000 children against polio in Sudan's violence-wracked South Kordofan and Blue Nile states have failed, the director of UN humanitarian operations told the UN security council on Monday.

John Ging said he urged the UN's most powerful body to use its clout to get the children vaccinated.

"We the international community have failed the people of South Kordofan and Blue Nile," Ging said.

Read more: The Guardian

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Sudan - Polio vaccination in rebel controlled areas has failed

Re: Sudan - Polio vaccination in rebel controlled areas has failed

12 November 2013

Sudan polio vaccination blocked, says UN's John Ging

The UN is concerned of a polio outbreak in violence-hit areas


Efforts to vaccinate 165,000 children against polio in Sudan have been blocked by the government and rebels, the UN humanitarian chief says.

John Ging said the two sides should stop "filibustering" and give health workers access to children in the South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.

The government and rebels had ignored a Security Council resolution to give health workers access, he said.

The UN fears that conflict in the two states could lead to a polio outbreak.

According to the UN World Health Organization, Sudan has been polio-free for more than two years.

South Kordofan and Blue Nile border South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan in 2011 after a peace deal to end years of civil war.

Read more: BBC News