A child in Hawiija receives a measles vaccine from a mobile medical team memberAmong the beneficiaries is Hadija, who brought 2 of her children to the mobile teams for vaccination. “I believe that vaccination prevents many childhood diseases and can save my children. I take this seriously and it has always been a top priority when it comes to the health of my children,” she said.
“Being cut off from regular health services worried me. I thought of my children and how they may become disabled or die. Now we have health teams that move around our village to ensure that not only children, but everyone has access to health care,” added Hadijah.
The WHO-supported mobile teams deliver a comprehensive package of lifesaving health services that include vaccination, medical consultations, medicines, referrals, health promotion and treatment for chronic conditions. In addition, the teams conduct water quality monitoring, and distribution of chlorine tablets at household levels.
An additional 30 mobile medical teams will be deployed to Hawiija on 3 December 2018 to vaccinate children during an upcoming immunization campaign.
To date in 2017, financial support from European Union Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), the Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and the Government of Germany has allowed WHO to deploy more than 70 lifesaving mobile teams to hard to reach areas and newly accessible locations across Iraq.
(Source: WHO)
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