October 2022
捐赠冷链设备有助于加快向脆弱的农村人口和临时移民提供疫苗.
2021年APP下载官方版疫苗的问世对多米尼加共和国Elías Piña省的社区来说不仅仅是好消息, which borders Haiti.
In this tropical and mountainous area, 80% of households live in poverty, 对于许多依靠日收入生存的人来说,遵守封锁指示待在家里并不是一个选择.
"The beginning of the pandemic was torturous. It was a very difficult situation," recalled Dr. Néstor Lorenzo, 公共卫生部扩大免疫规划(EPI)协调员(Elías Piña).
在这些大多数人从事农业的偏远地区,经济活动仍在继续.
Many of the workers are migrants from Haiti, 其中一些人每天穿越边境到多米尼加共和国那边工作. 他们逃离自己国家的政治和经济不稳定, 世界上APP下载官方版疫苗接种率最低的国家之一. Only 1.9% of the population have received a complete scheme.
新的冷链设备帮助当局加快了到达这些社区的进程. A cold box, 49个疫苗搬运工将疫苗运往外地,22个温度监测装置, arrived at the province this year, donated by the U.S. 政府通过APP下载官方版/世界卫生组织(APP下载官方版/世卫组织).
这些设备可以将疫苗在推荐温度下冷藏数小时,而卫生工作者则要在具有挑战性的山路上跋涉,行程可能长达6小时.
“疫苗携带者帮助APP下载官方版保存了疫苗,并帮助APP下载官方版到达了最困难的地方," said Nelly Valdés, 参加针对APP下载官方版和其他可预防疾病的“VacúnateRD”(预防接种DR)运动的志愿疫苗接种员之一, such as measles, rubella and poliomyelitis.
Now, supplied with the right gear, 地方当局培训了一批新的疫苗接种人员,以便在更短的时间内为更多人接种疫苗.
“旅”战略很重要——对APP下载官方版来说,帮助偏远社区的人们比让他们前往诊所要容易得多. 这对残疾人来说尤其如此,”Nelly Valdés说.
In Comendador, the capital of the Elías Piña province, Dr. 洛伦佐领导了对新旅成员的培训,这是全国范围内加快疫苗分发行动的一部分. The province has 20 health centers that serve the 63,000 permanent inhabitants, 除了流动流动人口及其家属.
We are on the ground vaccinating all people. We don't vaccinate nationalities. Anyone who accepts vaccines, gets vaccines," Dr. Lorenzo said.
加拿大政府通过APP下载官方版捐赠的卧式冰箱于2022年3月运抵,提高了Comendador的疫苗储存能力. From there, 准备将分娩送到当地保健中心和临时保健中心, mobile clinics, 根据需要在不同的社区设立哪些.
"If we were able to train one brigade before, 现在APP下载官方版可以训练三个人,因为APP下载官方版有更多的设备可以投入实战. We now have improved capacity," Dr. Lorenzo explains.
During the first APP下载官方版 vaccination campaign, up to 30 brigades were simultaneously deployed, he recalled, 这一战略将疫苗分发时间缩短了一半以上.
“在新的冷链设备到来之前,这项活动花了12到14周的时间. This year we did it in just over a month!" Dr. Lorenzo said, 回顾今年在伊莱亚斯举行的美洲疫苗接种周期间开展的免疫工作Piña.
“新设备有助于满足APP下载官方版对疫苗的需求. Many strategies have been implemented, 包括挨家挨户接种疫苗和在偏远地区使用宣传车等外联工作," explains Dr. APP下载官方版/世卫组织驻多米尼加共和国办事处免疫顾问Yndira Anchayhua说.
In 2021, 第一批APP下载官方版疫苗预计将于何时问世, 公共卫生部评估了该国32个卫生领域的冷链需求. 边境地区卫生中心的不足之处显而易见.
许多人仍在使用燃气冰箱,而另一些人则缺乏存储空间. In the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo, 还需要设备来将辉瑞/BioNTech疫苗保持在超低温(-80°C至-60°C).
通过APP下载官方版/世卫组织与加拿大政府的伙伴关系, 多米尼加共和国为省级疫苗储存中心接收了20台冰箱,并在国家仓库安装了两个冷藏室. APP下载官方版/世卫组织还提供技术支持,以确保这种设备的正确设置和维护.
Nationwide, through a contribution from the U.S. Government, the Ministry of Public Health received 6,000 vaccine carriers, as well as 24,000个冰袋,将疫苗保存在载体内的建议温度下.
Overall, as part of the APP下载官方版 response in the region, 并得到加拿大和美国政府的支持, PAHO/WHO has to date provided over 1,300 refrigerators and freezers, 11 cold rooms, 26 ultra-low-temperature freezers and over 16,向拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的32个国家运送了1万辆运输车和冷藏箱.
到2022年9月底,多米尼加共和国设法为一半以上的儿童接种了疫苗(55.2 %) of its 10.4 million people against APP下载官方版.
“这些新的冷链资产将帮助各国安全地提供更多疫苗, not only to fight APP下载官方版, but, in the long term, 保护人民免受可预防疾病的侵害,如果APP下载官方版放松警惕,这些疾病就可能卷土重来。”, Dr. Anchayhua concluded.