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In developing countries, the really difficult task will begin after obtaining the corona vaccines
Extensive parts of the world have to deal with wars, corruption and poor infrastructure before they can properly vaccinate populations.
And we have not yet begun to talk about disinformation and conspiracy theories.
"The West cannot defeat the virus alone"
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Monday, 28 December 2020, 18:25
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Aripolla Khan had just injected another polio vaccine, with gunshots heard from nearby hills.
"It happened so fast. There was so much gunfire that I felt it was an explosion," he recalled of an attack that took place five years ago in Pakistan's Jaur province, near the border with Afghanistan.
One of the bullets hit him in the hip and he fell to the ground.
His childhood friend and partner in the vaccination campaign, Ruhallah, was sprawled and bleeding in front of him.
"He could not move," Khan said.
"I watched him lie in front of me while he breathed his last."
In Pakistan, vaccination can be fatal.
Terrorist operatives and extremist religious organizations are spreading lies that the polio vaccine is a Western conspiracy to sterilize Muslim children or keep them away from religion.
More than a hundred medical, warehousing and security personnel involved in the polio vaccine campaign have been killed since 2012.
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More than 100 people involved in the polio vaccine campaign have been killed since 2012. An anti-polio campaign in Pakistan (Photo: AP)
The violence against them is an extreme example of the difficulties facing many countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America in the run-up to the tremendous task of vaccinating their citizens against Corona.
It's not just the problem of access to vaccines or waiting at the end of the queue behind rich countries.
Poor infrastructure means treacherous sheep and sporadic electricity for the freezers where the vaccines need to be stored.
Vaccinators are at risk of wars and conflicts, and corruption threatens funding.
"The most challenging areas are conflict areas, where violent outbreaks are affecting vaccines, and areas where disinformation is spreading, discouraging communities from participating," said UNICEF's global immunization deputy, Benjamin Schreiber.
Many countries rely on COVAX, an international guarantee Equal access to vaccines, although it is already suffering from a lack of funding.
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UNICEF, which runs a worldwide vaccination campaign, is preparing to buy and deliver corona vaccines. Schreiber said the fund has collected about half a billion syringes and plans to supply 70,000 freezers, most of them for solar energy. Tons of corona vaccines a month next year - double its annual monthly rate for other vaccines.
The situation can vary from country to country.
Mexico is expected to begin vaccinating its citizens soon.
The military will manage the distribution of the vaccines, and the government has promised free vaccines for some 130 million citizens of the country by the end of next year.
Meanwhile, Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has yet to announce vaccination plans.
Health experts fear the many rumors will hurt the campaign, including claims that hospitals will give lethal injections to increase corona victims mortality and thus get more foreign aid.
In Africa, the Center for Disease Prevention and Control is leading the effort to vaccinate the 1.3 billion people living in the 54 countries on the continent.
The agency coordinates efforts to obtain vaccine doses and seeks help from the World Bank.
She estimates that the cost of the vaccination campaign is about ten billion dollars.
The cost of the operation in Africa - $ 10 billion.
Man vaccinated in Corona in South Africa, November 30 (Photo: AP)
John Ankangsong, the center's director, said the goal was to vaccinate 60% of Africa's population within two years - about 700 million people - more than the continent had done in the past.
"Now is the time to act," he said.
"The West alone cannot defeat the Corona virus. The whole world needs to defeat it, and that includes Africa."
The Democratic Republic of Congo illustrates the obstacles facing the campaign.
The country has managed to overcome several Ebola outbreaks with vaccine operations, but it has struggled to do so in the east of the country, where armed organizations operate and conflicts over resources.
Field conditions and violence made it difficult for the warehouses to reach all areas, and some were attacked.
Dr. Morris Kekulé von Stradonitz, health Ebola vaccines and slave operations, said that there were rumors of Ebola vaccine designed to kill people, along with other rumors. He said that education programs have overcome resistance to most, but similar suspicions about vaccine currently distributed corona.
In Bene, Central City In the area, trader Danny Momotti said he would get the vaccine for his work. "I need this vaccine card to get to Dubai and other places to buy goods for my son," he said. Civil wars pose perhaps the biggest obstacles.
There were rumors that the vaccines were meant to kill people.
Ebola vaccine shipment by helicopter in Congo, last week (Photo: Reuters)
In Yemen, the health care system collapsed during the six-year war between the Houthi rebels ruling the north and government forces in the south, backed by the Saudi coalition.
Yemen experienced its first polio outbreak after 15 years over the summer, which is its focus in northern Saada province.
UNICEF said the warehouses have failed to work there for the past two years, in part because of security fears.
Cholera and diphtheria are rampant, and Yemen is facing a renewed food shortage. UN officials warned of a possible famine in the country in 2021.
No party to the conflict or an international organization has announced plans for corona vaccines in the country, and only half of the health facilities are still functioning.
Roads, power grids and other infrastructure were destroyed during the fighting, and the Houthis made some plans difficult, trying to blackmail UN agencies, including blocking cholera vaccine delivery in 2017.
"Even the mildest preventable diseases can usually be fatal due to lack of access. For health services in conflict areas, "said Wasim Bahja, who is in charge of Yemen in the International Medical Corps aid organization.
Experienced its first polio outbreak in 15 years.
Corona patient at Yemen Hospital, June (Photo: AP)
In Pakistan, public distrust of vaccines has intensified after the CIA launched a fictitious immunization program in 2011 to identify the hideout of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was assassinated by special US forces.
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only countries in the world where polio has not yet been eradicated.
According to Dr. Rana Speder, who coordinates polio vaccines, 82 new cases were recorded this year, mainly due to the freezing of vaccines due to the coronary epidemic.
He said the area of Bhagur in Pakistan, where Khan was shot, remained one of the more dangerous areas. The deep distrust in his area regarding vaccines, saying the devout tribal elders "believe the vaccine is the reason the young people who received it as children were disrespectful and show little interest in Islamic traditions and values.
" "Everyone is afraid," he said of the Corona. Because he signed up for polio vaccines because he received an amount equal to $ 56 for a few days' work only. "I had to feed my family," he said. He noted that he would probably enlist for the corona vaccines as well. "But I will make sure first. That there are no dangers with it, "he said.
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